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Federal Funding for Basic Psychological Science
With tight budgets and dramatic cuts in federal funding, can researchers realistically hope for government funding for their work? This was the topic of conversation at the Federal Funding for Basic Psychological Science Workshop, held Thursday in Chicago at the 24th APS Annual Convention. The short answer is yes. As Rebecca A. Ferrer (National Cancer Institute), Lisbeth Nielsen (National Institute on Ageing), Melissa W.
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Convention Video Blog: How Can Wii Help?
The cameras are rolling at the APS 24th Annual Convention in Chicago, Illinois. Jessica A. Stansbury of Towson University presented her research "How Can Wii Help? Video Gaming Increases Course Knowledge and Engagement" at the Teaching Institute Poster Session Thursday, May 24. The effectiveness of video gaming to supplement instruction of descriptive statistics and factorial designs in a research methods course was evaluated. Students designed studies involving their scores from two Wii video games. Students’ actual knowledge increased significantly, and they reported high levels of engagement with the material.
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Convention Highlights — Friday
Selected sessions from Friday's program SPOTLIGHT: Cross-Cutting Theme Program 9:00 AM – 12:45 PM: Disaster, Response, and Recovery Sheraton Ballroom IV Theme Program Speakers: George A. Bonanno, Silvia H. Koller, Lisa M. Shin, Dirk Helbing, Edna B. Foa 9:30 AM - 10:25 AM: Naked Truth Part I: Getting into Graduate School Chicago Ballroom VIII APS Student Caucus Speakers: Kris Gunawan, Emily Cohen-Shikora, Liz Goldstein, James Hodge, David Miller, Jessica Tessler SPOTLIGHT: Award Addresses 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM: The Surprising Power of Retrieval Practice in Improving Retention: From the Lab to the Classroom Sheraton Ballroom III APS Award Address Speaker: Henry L.
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Convention Highlights – Thursday
Selected Sessions from Thursday's Program: 9:00 AM - 12:50 PM: APS-SMEP Methodological Workshop Series Chicago Ballroom IX, Chicago Ballroom X, Sheraton Ballroom I 10:15 AM- 11:15 AM: APS-STP Teaching Institute Colorado, Huron, Ontario Methodological Workshop SPOTLIGHT: Clinical Science Forum 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM: Meet the Editor of Clinical Psychological Science: Alan E. Kazdin Speakers: Alan E. Kazdin Ballroom Promenade 1:30 PM - 3:15 PM: Organizational Efforts to Disseminate and Implement Empirically Supported Interventions in Health Care Systems Chicago Ballroom VIII Speakers: Lea R. Dougherty, Kellie Crowe, Shirley M. Glynn, Ellen Healy, Bradley E. Karlin, Bradley E.
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The Mobile App Is Back!
The APS Convention App is ready for download! Attendees can stay tuned with up-to-the-minute information at the convention: For information on sessions you may want to attend, click on the events or poster sessions tab. To add a session to your itinerary, click the desired event and then click the star in the upper right hand corner of your screen. This will add the event to the My Schedule tab. (To remove an event, simply click the star icon again to delete) Want information on a speaker or author?
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Planet in a Jar: Studying Behavior on a Worldwide Scale
No jar exists that is large enough to contain Planet Earth. Most social and behavioral scientists who study the planet as a whole concede that they can’t set up controlled experiments like scientists who study animals or humans in the laboratory. But one sociologist believes that scientists can build that jar — inside a supercomputer. Dirk Helbing, from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, has a goal to build what he calls a Living Earth Platform — a simulator that replicates everything that is happening on Earth. With this simulator, researchers could tackle questions about how human societies function on a planetwide scale.
