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Festschrift for Elliot Aronson
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The Lie Detector
Since the birth of scientific psychology some 130 years ago, psychologists have grappled with the best ways to collect and interpret data. And although the field has made incremental progress over the past century or
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Finding Our Minds: An APS Award Address by David Meyer
In his seminal 1890 masterwork, Principles of Psychology, William James wrote: “The faculty of voluntarily bringing back a wandering attention, over and over again, is the very root of judgment, character, and will. … An
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Festschrift in Honor of Elliot Aronson
Friends and colleagues of Elliot Aronson celebrated his dedication to psychology at a banquet and a day long Festschrift in his honor. Sunday, May 25, 2008 Opening Remarks and Welcome Taking the Leap of
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Decision Making, Rationality, and Reasoning
Taking advantage of their overlapping annual meetings in Chicago, APS and the Association for Behavioral Analysis (ABA) jointly presented a symposium on “Decision Making, Rationality, and Reasoning: From Human to Animal,” showcasing some of the
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Keynote Address: Stress and Health Across the Lifespan
As Shelley Taylor tells it, it was twenty years ago when a colleague knocked on her office door and said she absolutely must join this new psychological society if she wanted to be taken seriously
