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Dissertation Dilemmas
Everyone with a PhD must have thought long and hard about how to conduct dissertation research. Everyone currently in graduate school must contemplate the same topic. Those two groups include virtually everyone reading the Observer.
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100 Years of ‘the Experimentalists’
The Society of Experimental Psychologists celebrated the beginning of its centennial year March 7-8, 2003 by holding its 100th annual meeting at Washington University in St. Louis. The centennial observation will culminate in 2004 with
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Classical Blunders
Don’t believe everything you read, not even in the classics, cautions Linda Bartoshuk of Yale. “The books aren’t always right,” says the APS Board Member. “I don’t think I learned that until graduate school.” At
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Confessions of a Collector
Saying that Rob Wozniak collects books on psychology is akin to saying Tiger Woods hits golf balls. The Bryn Mawr professor has more than 10,000 such books. They fill shelves that reach floor-to-ceiling along every
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‘Unforgettable’ Classics: Classic Psychology Texts Stand the Test of Time
What makes a text a classic? Members of the American Psychological Society Board of Directors were asked about their favorite psychology classics. APS Members are invited to share their psychology classic nominations as well (send
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Greetings from APA
As President of the American Psychological Association (APA), I have often been asked how APA is faring relative to the American Psychological Society (APS). The assumption in such questions is that the organizations compete with
