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Children Prefer Peers Who Share Their Beliefs (APSSC Award Winner)
My name is Larisa Heiphetz from Harvard University and I presented my research at the APS 23rd Annual Convention in Washington, DC. In two studies on belief-based preference, 6-9-year-old children reported preferences for religious in-group
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The Creation of Picasso’s ‘La Plage à La Garoupe’: A Case Study
We are Kuba Glazek and Amanda Holevinski from Temple University, and we presented our research at the APS 23rd Annual Convention in Washington, DC. In this study, a quantitative analysis of a piece of art
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Joy of Theorizing
There’s the Joy of Cooking, the Joy of Sex, and now … the Joy of Theorizing. Daniel Wegner has created more than his share of influential theories in psychology, and in his William James Fellow
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Neuroticism and Dampened Pleasantness of Positive Memories
My name is Lisa J. Emery from Appalachian State University and I presented my research at the APS 23rd Annual Convention in Washington, DC. College students recalled autobiographical memories using the word-cue technique, then rated
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How We Decide
What decisions we make and how we arrive at them – those questions served as the backdrop for yesterday’s “Choices” theme program at the APS 23rd Annual Convention. But the program’s four presenters answered these
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The Elusive Independent Variable
In discussions of psychological research, the independent variable is not often referred to as “elusive.” Why, then, would it be elusive in psycho-social intervention research? In her SSCP address at the APS 23rd Annual Convention
