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Leaders in Quantitative Methodology
The Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology (SMEP) is an honorary-membership organization for professional scholars who work in the area of quantitative methodology. SMEP has exactly 65 members, each of whom was voted in after being
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First Latin American Congress for the Advancement of Psychological Science
At a first-of-its-kind meeting, scientists based in Latin America and beyond shared research and training as well as media and public policy strategies. The APS Fund for Teaching and Public Understanding of Psychological Science provided partial support for this First Latin American Congress for the Advancement of Psychological Science (CLACIP).
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Call for Papers: 28th World Congress of the International Association for Suicide Prevention
The 28th World Congress of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) will be held in Montreal, Canada, June 16–20, 2015. This biannual event, sponsored by the World Health Organization, is the world’s largest gathering
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Research as Free Speech?
Elizabeth A. Yeater and Geoffrey F. Miller’s May/June 2014 Observer article on sensitive-topics research describes their Sisyphean attempts to convince their institutional review board (IRB) that questionnaire research on topics such as trauma and sex
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Adults with Autism Report Struggles With Driving
As the population of adults diagnosed with autism grows, a new study provides a first step toward identifying whether this population is getting help with a key element of independent living — appropriate driving education.
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Priming Gender Norms and Levels of Heterosexism as Predictors of Adoption Choices
In this study, my colleagues and I were interested in how priming gender norms and one’s level of heterosexism can affect decisions about which couple can adopt a child. We tested this by priming people
