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posted online soon at www.apa.org/ education/k12/national-standards.aspx. A work group composed of board and committee chairs and a member of the Board of Directors developed recommendations for procedural safeguards to ensure scientific merit of APA motions, resolutions and reports. Council approved amending the Association Rules and the Council New Business Item Form to more clearly specify review standards for APA reports and/ or policy statements. Reports themselves never constitute APA policy but any policy recommendation emanating from a report, and the reports themselves, must demonstrate a scientific foundation when being considered by the council. When indicated, all motions and/or reports APA’s Council of Representatives approved $2.1 million to fund seven initiatives coming before the council should reflect designed to support and advance APA’s three strategic goals: maximizing the most appropriate and relevant organizational effectiveness, expanding psychology’s role in advancing health and scientific data and literature available. increasing the recognition of psychology as a science. In other action, the council: • Approved the Guidelines for Forensic Psychology. These judicial, legislative and administrative bodies. The guidelines guidelines advise psychologists, those specializing in forensic can be reviewed at http://www.apa.org/practice/guidelines/ work and others, on their roles and responsibilities when index.aspx. testifying in court or sharing psychological expertise before • Adopted a resolution directing the APA central office to increase and measure its advocacy of psychology as a science. • Approved changes in the way APA signs memorandum of understanding programming hours at the annual with Mexican Psychological Society convention are allotted to create a During APA’s 2011 Annual Convention, APA signed a memorandum meeting with more thematic and of understanding with the Mexican Psychological Society (Sociedad collaborative programming and fewer Mexicana de Psicología, or SMP). Through the memorandum, APA competing sessions. and the SMP affirm their similar statutes, goals and vision, and • Voted to change the eligibility pledge to work together and explore common activities in the service requirements for the life status category of their members and society. After the signing ceremony, which of membership. Such a change will took place during an APA Board of Directors meeting, APA and SMP require amendments to the Association representatives discussed possible collaborative projects, including Bylaws and will therefore be put to a student exchange, continuing education and education guidelines. vote of the membership this fall. The SMP is the eighth national psychology association that has • Approved the 2011 class of 124 signed a memorandum of understanding with APA. The others are new APA fellows. Australia, Canada, Colombia, Jordan, Norway, South Africa and the • Reviewed the 2011 budget and a United Kingdom. forecast for 2012. APA staff estimate During the convention meeting, APA also met with delegates that 2011 will end with an operating from the Norwegian Psychology Association to discuss next steps margin of approximately $2.8 million in implementing the APA-Norwegian Psychology Association on an overall budget of approximately memorandum of understanding. The two organizations agreed to plan $112 million. For 2012, staff are joint activities on advocacy for psychologists’ involvement in primary anticipating no revenue growth and care, and on disaster response. therefore budget controls have been put —R. FARBERMAN in place to ensure a balanced or betterthan-balanced budget. n OCTOBER 2011 • MONITOR ON PSYCHOLOGY 79 Lloyd Wolf http://www.apa.org/education/k12/national-standards.aspx http://www.apa.org/education/k12/national-standards.aspx http://www.apa.org/practice/guidelines/index.aspx http://www.apa.org/practice/guidelines/index.aspx

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Monitor on Psychology - October 2011

Monitor on Psychology - October 2011
President’s Column
Subtle and stunning slights
Contents
From the CEO
Live science on the showroom floor
Zimbardo re-examines his landmark study
Ready, set, mentor
Attention students and ECPs: Self-care is an ‘ethical imperative’
Suicide risk is high among war veterans in college, study finds
Psychotherapy is effective and here’s why
From toilet to tap: getting people to drink recycled water
What’s ahead for psychology practice?
A push for more accountability is changing the accreditation process
Peer, parental support prove key to fighting childhood obesity
Popular media’s message to girls
Bullying may contribute to lower test scores
A consequence of cuckoldry: More (and better) sex?
Manatees’ exquisite sense of touch may lead them into dangerous waters
Building a better tomato
How will China’s only children care for their aging parents?
‘Spice’ and ‘K2’: New drugs of abuse now on the market
Many suspects don’t understand their right to remain silent
In Brief
Boosting minority achievement
Where’s the progress?
And social justice for all
Helping new Americans find their way
Segregation’s ongoing legacy
A new way to combat prejudice
Retraining the biased brain
Suppressing the ‘white bears’
How to eat better — mindlessly
Protect your aging brain
Must babies always breed marital discontent?
Outing addiction
Flourish 2051
The danger of stimulants
Keys to making integrated care work
Is technology ruining our kids?
Facebook: Friend or foe?
The promise of Web 3.0
NIMH invests in IT enhanced interventions
Science Directions
Science Directions
PsycAdvocates work to safeguard key programs
The psychology of spending cuts
APA’s strategic plan goes live
Visionary leaders
Bravo!
Vote on bylaws amendments

Monitor on Psychology - October 2011