Monitor on Psychology - June 2012 - (Page A4)

APA 2012 Psychological Science Highlights Scientific Award Addresses Te Future of Memory: Imagining, Remembering, and the Brain—Daniel L. Schacter, PhD*, 2:00-2:50 PM, Friday, 8/3 Te Future of Subjective WellBeing Research— Edward F. Diener, PhD*, 2:00-2:50 PM, Saturday, 8/4 Making Research Matter: Strategic Science Harnessed to Create Social Change—Kelly D. Brownell, PhD*, 1:00-1:50 PM, Friday, 8/3 Vulnerability Across Generations: Nongenomic Transmission of Familial Risk— Michael Meaney, PhD*, 3:00-3:50 PM, Saturday, 8/4 Master Lectures Development of Childhood Amnesia and a Personal Past—Patricia J. Bauer, PhD*, 2:00-2:50 PM, Saturday, 8/4 Getting From X to Y: Mediating Variables in Psychology—David MacKinnon, PhD*, 4:00-4:50 PM, Saturday, 8/4 Te Mentality of Corvids: Implications for the Evolution of Human Cognition—Nicola S. Clayton, PhD*, 3:00-3:50 PM, Friday, 8/3 Neurobiology of Addiction: A Reward Deficit and Stress Surfeit Disorder— George F. Koob, PhD*, 5:00-5:50 PM, Saturday, 8/4 Pursuing Self-Esteem: Ineffective and Effective Strategies—Jennifer Crocker, PhD*, 3:00-3:50 PM, Saturday, 8/4 Neal Miller Lecture Te Neurobiology of Temperament and Emotions: A Molecular and Genetic Approach—Huda Akil, PhD*, 4:00-4:50 PM, Saturday, 8/4 Other Sessions Change in a Military Setting: An Agile and Adaptive Approach to Change Management—LaToya Malone, MS, et al., 8:00-8:50 AM, Sunday, 8/5 Designing Cognitive Ability Tests for Use in Hiring and Promotional Systems—Harold Goldstein, PhD, et al., 12:00-12:50 PM, Friday, 8/3, CES Expanding the Horizons of Dysfunctional Leadership in the Workplace—Stanley B. Silverman, MA, et al., 11:00-11:50 AM, Tursday, 8/2 Heading Into the Unknown: IRB Regulations in Transition—Sangeeta Panicker, PhD, et al., 3:00-3:50 PM, Friday, 8/3 Human Factors in Disney—Robert C. Allen, PhD, et al., 3:00-3:50 PM, Friday, 8/3 Outwitting the Wisdom of the Body: Interrelationships Between Obesity and Cognitive Functioning—Kerri Boutelle, PhD, et al., 12:00-12:50 PM, Friday, 8/3, CES For Students Making Professional Contacts: A Scientist’s Guide to Networking— DebraA.Major, PhD, et al., 3:00-3:50 PM, Saturday, 8/4 Pay Day! How to Find and Secure Research Funding in Psychology— Kellina M. Craig-Henderson, PhD, et al., 3:00-3:50 PM, Friday, 8/3 Playing Well With Others: Interdisciplinary and Translational Research—Clint Bowers, PhD, et al., 12:00-12:50 PM, Friday, 8/3 Special Events When I Grow Up: Nontraditional Career Options—Tim Nichols, PhD, et al., 4:00-4:50 PM, Saturday, 8/4 Tis panel will highlight nontraditional career options for psychological scientists. Job opportunities, job search strategies, and career trajectories will be discussed. Psychological Science Idol (PSI): Sixth Annual Datablitz!—2:00-2:50 PM, Saturday, 8/4, Selected graduate students will present their novel and cutting-edge research in a rapid, blitz-style fashion (2 minutes each).A panel of judges will select the best presentation and award a special prize. Register Online at www.apa.org/convention See back cover for instructions 4 Full program available online at www.apa.org/convention http://www.apa.org/convention/ http://www.apa.org/convention/

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

Monitor on Psychology - June 2012
Letters
President’s column
Contents
From the CEO
Give an Hour founder is one of Time magazine’s ‘most influential’
APA treatment guidelines panels are being formed
APA supports ‘Speak Up For Kids’
In Brief
Time Capsule
Random Sample
Judicial Notebook
Questionaire
APA honors Howell
Science Watch
Science Directions
What you should know about online education
Speaking of Education
Psychologist Profile
Redefining masculinity
Miscarriage and loss
Something for everyone
Candidates weigh in
Division Spotlight
American Psychological Foundation
Personalities

Monitor on Psychology - June 2012