Robert Plomin, King’s College London, received the 2004-2005 APS William James Fellow Award at the 17th APS Annual Convention for his outstanding lifetime of significant intellectual contributions to the basic science of psychology. In accepting the award, Plomin said, “I think the integration of genetics into psychology has been slow. More
David Premack, University of Pennsylvania, received the 2004-2005 APS William James Fellow Award at the 17th APS Annual Convention for his outstanding lifetime of significant intellectual contributions to the basic science of psychology. Premack accepted the award, saying, “Getting awards is a tricky business. But there’s really only one rule More
Matching people to the environments they live and work is centrally important in industrial/organizational psychology. At this year’s Annual Convention in Los Angeles, an invited symposium examined the history of the person—environment paradigm. Symposium Chair David Baker, Director of the Archives of the History of America at the University of More
Judy DeLoache discusses how children become symbolminded. Her Bring the Family Address centered on the challenges children face and “how infants and very young children first start to learn about a variety of different kinds of symbols that are all around them, from the beginning of life.” Funny Meeting You More
In the complex studies of neurons and gray matter, cognitive psychologist Stephen Engel is sticking to the basics. Engel, a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, was able to characterize the way learning impacts the primary visual cortex — the first stop in the brain for information from More
Though her book The Fountainhead, was written over 60 years ago, Ayn Rand’s philosophy of Objectivism remain relevant today, particularly to business ethics, according to APS Fellow Edwin A. Locke, University of Maryland, in his invited talk, “Ethics in Business Organizations: Why Are They Needed? What Should Be Taught? Who More
