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Do Graduate Students Really Think Straight About Weird Things?
I'm Sean Hughes from the National University of Ireland, Maynooth and I presented my research at the APS 23rd Annual Convention in Washington, DC. Students come to the study of psychology equipped with a range of misconceptions. Unless they are directly targeted for correction, students often leave with many of these erroneous beliefs intact. We tested 550 graduate psychology students to see if they could distinguish psychological fact from fiction.
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Self-Explanation of an Answer Choice Is Beneficial to Student Performance
My name isDarcey N. Powell from West Virginia Universityand I presented my research at the APS 23rd Annual Convention in Washington DC. Requiring students to explain their answers to multiple-choice homework questions improved their performance on the assignment, suggesting that these explanations facilitate a deeper understanding of the concepts. Female students scored higher than male students, but explanations were only associated with significantly higher scores for the male students. Teaching Institute Poster Session - Board: - 049 Thursday, May 26, 2011, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Gunston Darcey N.
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Inside the Psychologist’s Studio: Janet Taylor Spence
Inside The Psychologist's Studio with Janet Taylor Spence Interviewed by Kay Deaux at the 22nd APS Annual Convention in Boston, MA, May 28, 2010. Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions Remembering Janet Taylor Spence See more interviews with legends of psychological science here.
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Festschrift in Honor of Elliot Aronson
Friends and colleagues of Elliot Aronson celebrated his dedication to psychology at a banquet and a day long Festschrift in his honor. Sunday, May 25, 2008 Opening Remarks and Welcome Taking the Leap of Faith With the 'Aronsonian' Tradition of Applied Experimental Social Psychology Jeff Stone From Consistency About Self to Consistency for Others: Traveling the Road to Vicarious Dissonance Joel Cooper The Jigsaw Classroom and Beyond: Improving Intergroup Relations When Contacting Groups Have Unequal Status Anthony G.
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Dawes Unplugged – An Interview with Robyn Mason Dawes
Dawes Unplugged An Interview with Robyn Mason Dawes Hosted by Joachim I. Krueger This video is a companion to, "Rationality and Social Responsibility: Essays in Honor of Robyn Mason Dawes," part of the book series Modern Pioneers in Psychological Science. psychologicalscience.org/books
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19th APS Annual Convention – Opening Ceremony Award Presentations
APS President Morton Ann Gernsbacher welcomes attendees to the 19th APS Annual Convention in Washington, D.C. Presentation of William James Fellow Awards to: Elliot Aronson and Richard Schiffrin Presentation of James McKeen Cattell Fellow Awards to: James S. Jackson Morton Deutch, the second recipient of this year's James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award was not in attendance and was presented his award at a later time during the convention. Presentation of the Psi Chi/APS Albert Bandura Graduate Research Award, by Virginia Andreoli Mathie, to recipient Deah Lawson. Recognition of Psychological Science editor James Cutting.
