Convergence: Connecting Levels of Analysis in Psychological Science
In the past, our field harbored distinct, and often competing, schools of thought that tackled different problems and produced findings that often appeared to diverge. Today, investigators attack shared problems at complementary levels of analysis and produce results that converge. Studies of people in a social world; mental systems of cognition and emotion; and biological mechanisms of the genome and the nervous system interconnect and yield an integrated psychological science. The APS 23rd Annual Convention displays, and celebrates, these advances in our field.

Connected: Network Analyses of Brain, Behavior, and Social Interaction

Interpersonal Networks in Organizations

Friday, May 27, 2011, 9:35 AM - 10:05 AM
International Ballroom West

Giuseppe (Joe) Labianca
LINKS-International Center for Research on Social Networks in Business and University of Kentucky

Typical psychological approaches to understanding attitudes and behaviors focus on either individuals’ characteristics or the influence of group membership on individuals. In contrast, a social-network approach revolves around using the individual’s relationship to those people around him or her as a primary explanation of what people think and do in organizational settings.

This is part of the Connected: Network Analyses of Brain, Behavior, and Social Interaction Theme Program. Additional Speakers

Subject Area: Connected: Network Analyses of Brain, Behavior, and Social Interaction