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  • What it took to change the SAT
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    Science; SAT (Educational test); Education; Social research
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    In this presentation Dr. Atkinson discusses his experience to convert country’s most widely used admissions examination, the SAT 1, to a more advanced test, the SAT 2. Dr. Atkinson was seeking a new test for college admission because he was...
  • Lectures on Applied Psychology and Evaluation Science
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  • First person consent Ohio donor registry: applying theory and research to a statewide intervention to increase organ donor registration
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    Donation of organs, tissues, etc.; Psychology, Applied; Health behavior
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    Ohio’s transition to a first person consent organ donor registry provides an opportunity to study attitude and behavior change in regard to organ donation. Ohio was an early adopter of first person consent registries for organ donation. The...
  • Lectures on Applied Psychology and Evaluation Science
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  • Studying interpersonal conversations about health: the case of family discussion of organ and tissue donation
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    Donation of organs, tissues, etc.; Psychology, Applied; Health behavior
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    This presentation will discuss the overall idea that it is important to understand the dynamics of interpersonal conversations about health for two reasons: 1) interpersonal conversations can influence the participants’ health knowledge,...
  • Lectures on Applied Psychology and Evaluation Science
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  • The How of Happiness
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    Happiness; Positive psychology; Gratitude; Kindness; Optimism
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    The primary foci of Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky’s presentation are the cognitive and motivational processes that distinguish individuals who show exceptionally high and low levels of happiness. By exploring the levels and benefits of happiness, she...
  • Lectures on Applied Psychology and Evaluation Science
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  • The need for certainty as a psychological nexus for individuals and society
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    Social psychology; Terrorism; Uncertainty; Threat; Leadership; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001; Counterterrorism
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    Arie Kruglansky presents his theoretical and empirical work on the need for assured knowledge and the central role it plays in human social behavior, on individual and group levels of analysis. The need for assured knowledge labeled more...
  • Lectures on Applied Psychology and Evaluation Science

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