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Largest Collaborative Project Known to Humankind: APS Wikipedia Demo
Jonathan A. Obar of Michigan State University kicks off the APS Wikipedia Initiative Special Event Wikipedia in the Classroom: Initial Responses to the Call to Action Friday May 25. A full crowd in the River Exhibition Hall Events Area saw Robert E. Kraut, Paula Marentette, Margaret P. Munger, Jonathan A. Obar, and Steve Joordens describe the APS Wikipedia Initiative. Presenters shared examples from the class room as well as problems and challenges. Get involved in the APS Wikipedia Initiative, more information online.
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Inside the Neurotic Mind
CHICAGO -- A brief history of where neuroticism has been, and a briefer glimpse of where it's going, framed the James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award address by David Barlow on Friday afternoon at the 24th APS Annual Convention. Psychologists have a much clearer understanding of neuroticism today than when it was first described in the 1940s by Hans Eysenck. Today's diagnostics for negative affect (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_affectivity) suggest a strong biological component — meaning some degree of heritability— and a strong psychological component, stemming from early experiences like trauma or even parenting style.
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Convention Highlights — Saturday
Selected sessions from Saturday's program: 9:00 AM - 10:20 AM: RISE Award Addresses River Exhibition Hall - Events Area Student Award Winners Speakers: Andrew S. Sage, Tegan B. Garland, Bridget R. Jeter, Ethan H. Mereish, Gal Slonim 9:00 AM - 10:20 AM: Emotional Influences on Decision Making Ontario Invited Symposium Speakers: Benjamin R. Newell; Peter Ayton, John Payne, Paul Slovic 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM: Putting the Person Back Together: The Social Psychology of Cultural Animals Missouri Society for the Teaching of Psychology Speaker: Roy F.
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Convention Video Blog: Violence Exposure During Childhood Is Associated With Telomere Erosion
The cameras are rolling at the APS 24th Annual Convention in Chicago, Illinois. Idan Shalev of Duke University presented his research "Violence Exposure During Childhood Is Associated With Telomere Erosion: A Longitudinal Study" at Poster Session V on Friday May 25. Idan Shalev Duke University Terrie E. Moffitt Duke University and King’s College London, United Kingdom Avshalom Caspi Duke University and King’s College London, United Kingdom Using a longitudinal design we tested the effects of violence exposure during childhood on telomere erosion rate. We assessed childhood adversity prospectively and measured telomere length at two time-points, at age-5 and at age-10 years.
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Convention Video Blog: When Chaos Comes Home
The cameras are rolling at the APS 24th Annual Convention in Chicago, Illinois. Alexander P. Kempe of Metropolitan State University presented his research "When Chaos Comes Home" at Poster Session I on Thursday, May 24. Alexander P. Kempe Metropolitan State University Kasandra Danielson Metropolitan State University Kerry S. Kleyman Metropolitan State University Soldiers have always struggled with readjusting to life after war. The current study evaluated over 400 soldiers using Zuckerman’s Sensation Seeking Scale and Courbasson’s Reflective Activity Scale. As expected, results indicated significantly higher sensation seeking for combat versus non-combat soldiers.
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APS Honors 2012 Award Recipients
The 24th Annual APS Convention kicked off with a ceremony honoring the recipients of its 2012 awards for 2012. APS President Douglas L. Medin of Northwestern University welcomed the nearly 4,000 psychological scientists attending the convention. Richard Heimberg, from Temple University, president of the Society for the Study of Clinical Psychology, presented the society's Distinguished Scientist Award to William E. Pelham from Florida International University. The Albert Bandura Graduate Research Award went to Chris Conway from University of California, Los Angeles for his work on stress generation theory. Psi Chi Past President Michael D.
