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Science of Behavior Change Symposium at SPR Annual Meeting
“Temporal Discounting as a Target for Prevention: Basic, Mechanistic, Developmental, and Policy Insights” Symposium May 30th, 2018 Society of Prevention Research 26th Annual Meeting Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC The Science of Behavior Change, a National Institutes of Health Common Fund program, will hold a symposium discussing the measurement, conceptualization, and application of temporal discounting research from 10:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. on May 30th, 2018 as part of the Society of Prevention Research’s 26th Annual Meeting. The presentation will be followed by a brown bag lunch from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
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New APS Journal Rolls Off the Press
The first issue of Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science is now available and promises a unique blend of empirical work, commentaries, tutorials, and other informative content.
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Special Perspectives Issue Revisits Most Impactful APS Journal Articles
A new, special issue of Perspectives on Psychological Science marks the 30th anniversary of APS with a collection of reflections, insights, and forward-looking articles from authors of the 30 most-cited articles published in APS journals. In an introduction to the issue, Editor Robert J. Sternberg considers some of the factors that lead to high-impact articles, including how the research is presented, whether the research relates to issues that are important to scholars and lay people, and the extent to which the research propels the field forward. The authors discuss the origin and central hypotheses of their articles, and why they believe the work has had such an impact in the field.
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Harassers Tend to Deflect Blame for Their Behavior, Study Suggests
Research aimed at understanding men who sexually harass subordinates in the workplace suggest these individuals are able to convince themselves they’re not to blame for their behavior.
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People in Power May Pick Up Sexual Signals That Aren’t Really There
Psychological scientists have found that people in positions of power may have be swayed into misperceiving sexual interest from subordinates.
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How Media May Fuel Sexually Harassing Behavior
Men report being more open to engaging in sexually coercive behavior after watching television programming that objectifies and degrades women, a study in Italy shows.