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Applying to Doctoral Graduate Programs: Should You Get a Master’s First?
Ask any university faculty member about graduate school and most will give the advice that if a doctoral degree is your goal, you should apply directly to doctoral programs instead of applying to terminal master’s
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Scientific Freedom in Peril; Mission Not Accomplished
Scientific Freedom in Peril Stanley Sue University of California, Davis Beth Loftus [Observer, August 2003] correctly identifies the need to defend scientific freedom. However, psychological science is being confronted with a worse threat – namely
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Graduate Education: Deep? Broad? Both? Neither?
A perennial controversy, off and on, within every graduate program in psychology, concerns requirements for the PhD. What should they be? Prior to answering this question, we need to ask: “Do we know the best
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Psychologists in Non-Traditional Academic Departments
Psychology in a Community-Based Medical School By Glen Aylward A community based medical school uses private hospitals for its clinical work and teaching, while a normal medical school would have a university-owned facility. As a
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King’s College London – Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre
The Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, one of the world’s top psychological research institutions, is trying to bridge the gap between ‘nature’ (genetics) and ‘nurture’ (environment) as they interact in the development of behavioral
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Preserving the Spirit and Respect of Academia Through Traditions
Through degree ceremonies, academics reach each other and the public. I was fortunate to receive an honorary doctorate of philosophy from the University of Helsinki, Finland along with 11 other people from various countries and
