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20 22 26 32 26 Can you new licks?old teach an guitarist 10 11 Upfront Internship shortage continues Mental health services remain scarce at community colleges APA weighs in on the constitutionality of life without parole for juvenile offenders APA praises court’s support for equality New mobile app answers psychologists’ clinical questions NIH offers free Web resources for psychologist researchers 4 5 9 16 30 31 54 75 80 88 Departments Letters President’s column From the CEO In Brief Random Sample Judicial Notebook Science Directions Speaking of Education Division Spotlight Personalities GOVERNMENT RELATIONS UPDATE A boost for integrated care Federal funding is helping to integrate psychology into health care and build a more skilled psychology workforce. TIME CAPSULE ‘America’s first sport psychologist’ In 1938, Chicago Cubs owner Philip K. Wrigley hired experimental psychologist Coleman Griffith — and didn’t listen to a thing he said. QUESTIONNAIRE Can you teach an old guitarist new licks? Cognitive psychologist Gary Marcus spent his sabbatical learning to play guitar, and putting to rest the fallacy that new skills are just for kids. EARLY CAREER PSYCHOLOGY Navigating the dual-career track Resources like the Higher Education Recruitment Consortium can help academic couples overcome the hurdles of finding two academic jobs in one place. PSYCHOLOGIST PROFILE Linking patients, bolstering research Neuropsychologist Paul Wicks’s skills as a researcher have made him invaluable to the success of a social networking site for patients. SCIENCE WATCH The pain of social rejection As far as the brain is concerned, a broken heart may not be so different from a broken arm. NEW JOURNAL EDITORS Solving global challenges The new editor of the Journal of Psychotherapy Integration will encourage a science-practice dialogue. A home base for multiple fields The new Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology and Economics editors, Daniel Houser and Bernd Weber, will bring together disparate researchers to answer the tough questions. AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATION Thanks to our donors APF thanks those who paid tribute to colleagues, mentors and loved ones by making a gift to the foundation in 2011. Their generosity ensures the future of psychology and honors the people who have helped make a difference in your life. Awards and funding opportunities 36 50 78 79 82 87 12 12 13 14 www.facebook.com/American PsychologicalAssociation APRIL 2012 • MONITOR ON PSYCHOLOGY 7 http://www.facebook.com/American%20PsychologicalAssociation http://www.facebook.com/American%20PsychologicalAssociation

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Monitor on Psychology - April 2012

Monitor on Psychology - April 2010
Letters
President’s Column
Contents
From the CEO
Internship Shortage Continues
Mental Health Services Remain Scarce at Community Colleges
Apa Weighs in on the Constitutionality of Life Without Parole for Juvenile Offenders
Apa Praises Court’s Support for Equality
New Mobile App Answers Psychologists’ Clinical Questions
Nih Offers Free Web Resources for Psychologist Researchers
New and Improved Psyclink
In Brief
Government Relations Update
Time Capsule
Questionnaire
Random Sample
Judicial Notebook
Early Career Psychology
Psychologist Profile
Coal Miners’ Dilemma
The Science of Political Advertising
Science Watch
Science Directions
More Support Needed for Trauma Interventions
The Case Against Spanking
Innovative Psychology at the High School Level
Speaking of Education
Apa Divisions Reach Out to New Psychologists
New Journal Editors
A Home Base for Multiple Fields
Division Spotlight
American Psychological Foundation
Awards and Funding Opportunities
Personalities

Monitor on Psychology - April 2012