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What Research Psychologists Do
Research psychologists use scientific methods to examine questions and test hypotheses with the aim of understanding human thought and behavior.
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Helping with a Police Chase
Student Handouts for the Eyewitness Testimony Unit of Reinventing Introductory Psychology. Video Questionnaire from Video Memory Test from Video
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About the Model
Promoting active student engagement in critical/scientific thinking about behavior and mental processes.
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Science of Behavior Change Symposium at SPR Annual Meeting
“Temporal Discounting as a Target for Prevention: Basic, Mechanistic, Developmental, and Policy Insights” Symposium May 30th, 2018 Society of Prevention Research 26th Annual Meeting Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC The Science of Behavior Change, a National Institutes of Health Common Fund program, will hold a symposium discussing the measurement, conceptualization, and application of temporal discounting research from 10:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. on May 30th, 2018 as part of the Society of Prevention Research’s 26th Annual Meeting. The presentation will be followed by a brown bag lunch from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
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New APS Journal Rolls Off the Press
The first issue of Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science is now available and promises a unique blend of empirical work, commentaries, tutorials, and other informative content.
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Special Perspectives Issue Revisits Most Impactful APS Journal Articles
A new, special issue of Perspectives on Psychological Science marks the 30th anniversary of APS with a collection of reflections, insights, and forward-looking articles from authors of the 30 most-cited articles published in APS journals. In an introduction to the issue, Editor Robert J. Sternberg considers some of the factors that lead to high-impact articles, including how the research is presented, whether the research relates to issues that are important to scholars and lay people, and the extent to which the research propels the field forward. The authors discuss the origin and central hypotheses of their articles, and why they believe the work has had such an impact in the field.
