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.

Special Event

Meet the Editor of Clinical Psychological Science: Alan E. Kazdin

Thursday, May 24, 2012, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Ballroom Promenade

Alan E. Kazdin
Yale University

At this informal gathering, you will have a chance to meet Alan E. Kazdin, Founding Editor of Clinical Psychological Science and learn more about the scope and mission of this exciting new journal from the Association for Psychological Science. Clinical Psychological Science publishes advances in clinical science and provides a venue for cutting-edge research across a wide range of conceptual views, approaches, and topics. The journal encompasses many core domains that have defined clinical psychology, but also boundary-crossing advances that integrate and make contact with diverse disciplines and that may not easily be found in traditional clinical psychology journals. Among the key topics are research on the underlying mechanisms and etiologies of psychological health and dysfunction; basic and applied work on the diagnosis, assessment, treatment, and prevention of mental illness; service delivery; and promotion of well-being. Plan to attend the Clinical Science Forum immediately following this event.

Subject Area: Clinical