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Plenary Session: Changing Structures, Changing Behavior: How Systemic Forces Drive and Deter Behavior Change
Changing people’s behavior involves more than just changing hearts and minds. In this two-part panel, Markus Brauer and Asaf Mazar present novel systemic approaches to changing behaviors crucial to addressing societal challenges.
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APS-David Myers Distinguished Lecture on the Science and Craft of Teaching Psychological Science: Translating Cognitive Research into a Useful Framework for Teaching and Learning
In the APS-David Myers Distinguished Lecture, Stephen L. Chew outlines a research-based, context-dependent framework of the cognitive challenges of teaching.
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2024 APS Awards Ceremony: A Celebration of Excellence
APS honors members throughout their careers with the field’s most prestigious awards and recognitions at the 2024 APS Annual Convention in San Francisco, California.
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These Science-based Tips Can Help You Manage Conflicts in Relationships
Conflicts are inevitable even in the most loving of relationships. Goals, needs and interests will differ on matters great and small — parenting styles, delegation of chores, whether the toilet seat should be up. Contrary to popular belief, though, conflicts in and of themselves are not a sign that there’s something wrong with the relationship, experts say. If managed well, conflicts provide “the opportunity to enhance and grow in our relationships,” said Nickola Overall, a professor of psychology at the University of Auckland specializing in the science of relationships.
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Crowding Out Falsehoods
Psychological scientists are harnessing the biases and expertise of imperfect individuals to enhance the wisdom of crowds.
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Science for Society: What Spurs Action on Climate Change?
Researchers gathered to investigate the psychological factors inhibiting actions and policy changes that will halt or reverse current climate trends.
