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APS Teaching Fund Showcase: Psychological Detective Activity Boxes
With the help of a $5,000 grant from the APS Fund for Teaching and Public Understanding of Psychological Science, John Marazita and Maryam Elmajadoubi, an undergraduate honors student, created Psychological Detective Activity Boxes to promote a new generation of psychological scientists.
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Exploring the Future of Clinical Science Training
APS Fellow Ann Kring provides a breakdown of the Clinical Science Summit, where psychological scientists gathered to discuss methods to strengthen and improve clinical science for the generations to come.
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Bringing Greater Rigor to Behavior-Change Research: NIH Best Practices
In a workshop at the 2023 APS Annual Convention, researchers from the Science of Behavior Change Research Network discussed the importance of adopting a framework that seeks to better understand and respond to the underlying mechanisms driving forms of behavior change.
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Complexities and Lessons in Researching Culture-Specific Experiences
Gheirat exemplifies a complex, culture-specific experience that requires using culturally sensitive research practices to investigate. Explore these case-specific ideas and solutions for researching phenomena from little-understood and/or studied phenomena.
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Diversity, Trust, and Informed Consent: Making Genetics Research Effective for All
Research on genetic risk factors is paving the way for precision mental healthcare, but the field needs more racially diverse participants and perspectives for all people to benefit equally.
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The Bad-Behavior Blend
“The one gene, one disease idea is a thing of the past.” Scientists aren’t simply trying to identify people who are innately predisposed to incivility, immorality, or lawlessness. They’re examining how parenting, education, and other life experiences trigger those biological leanings.