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  • Dying to be popular: adolescents--why do they go to extremes?
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    Social Psychology; Adolescent behavior., Uncertainty; Individual differences; Popularity; Sensation seeking
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    Dr. Siegel discusses adolescent substance use, adolescents’ willingness to accept physical harm to achieve popularity, and the role of socio-personal sensitivity and expectations in decision-making and risky behavior. According to Dr. Siegel not...
  • Lectures on Applied Psychology and Evaluation Science
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  • Uncertainty as a source of mass violence: genocide, terrorism and passive and active bystanders
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    Social Psychology; Terrorism; Genocide; Uncertainty; Fear; Threat; Anxiety; Humiliation; Security
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    Dr. Staub explores the roots of altruism, the origins of violence including genocide and mass killing, as well as prevention, and psychological recovery and reconciliation. Dr. Staub discusses various conditions that can create uncertainty on...
  • Lectures on Applied Psychology and Evaluation Science
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  • Gunfight at the causation corral: let’s run those Clantons out of Tombstone
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    Evaluation; Social sciences
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    Evaluation Theorist Michael Scriven, of Western Michigan University, presents his perspective on the “causation-debate.” According to Scriven, formal analysis (e.g., experimentation and statistical analysis) is neither necessary nor sufficient...
  • Lectures on Applied Psychology and Evaluation Science
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  • Radical worldview defense in reaction to personal uncertainty
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    Social Psychology; Uncertainty; Radicalism; Cognitive psychology; Sympathy; Fear
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    Kees van den Bos presents his research on attitudes toward radicalism and terrorism among adolescents in the Netherlands. He focuses on the social-psychological processes that lead people to defend their own cultural values rigorously and, in doing...
  • Lectures on Applied Psychology and Evaluation Science
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  • Credibility and other criteria for “good evidence”: integrating diverse perspectives, toward better judgments about evaluation and applied research
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    Evaluation; Social sciences
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    Melvin Mark, professor of psychology at The Pennsylvania State University, presents this conclusion to the symposium, “What Constitutes Credible Evidence in Evaluation and Applied Research.” Mark synthesizes presentations given during this...
  • Lectures on Applied Psychology and Evaluation Science
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  • Evidence as “proof” and evidence as “inkling”
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    Evaluation; Social sciences
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    Professor Jennifer Greene of the Education Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign addresses the gap between collecting credible evidence in evaluation research, and applying it in a public policy domain. Greene’s main...
  • Lectures on Applied Psychology and Evaluation Science

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