Social psychology; Mathematics; Teaching; Exploring issues in mathematics education
In this presentation, Dr. Stigler briefly describes most recent findings from the TIMSS (Third International Mathematics and Science Study) Video Studies of mathematics and science teaching in seven countries, and discuss the implications of these...
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...
Donation of organs, tissues, etc.; Psychology, Applied; Health behavior
For the past decade various models of health behavior have been utilized in an attempt to increase organ donor registrations. It has been assumed that because being an organ donor can impact someone else’s health, it should be considered a health...
Social sciences Research; Science and society; Education; Public policy; Social research
In this presentation, Halpern emphasizes the importance of social science research to inform public policies. She emphasizes benefits of social science research such as improving quality of life, motivating learning, reducing crimes and many...
Information technology is rapidly changing the context for leadership. Leaders today touch a worldwide audience which not only includes immediate and remote workers but also other stakeholders such as customers and the general population. The...
Psychology, Applied; Careers for the 21st century; Social sciences; Universities and colleges; Universities and colleges Graduate work
This introductory symposium presentation presented by, Stewart Donaldson the dean of the School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences at Claremont Graduate University, examines longitudinal trends in obtaining psychology and other social...
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...
Science and society; Stem cells Research; Global warming; Science and religion; Evolution; Social research
Dr. Alan Leshner discusses the role of science and scientists in major social issues, such as religion, evolution, stem cell research, global warming, and political agendas. He suggests that it is important for scientists not only to educate the...
Social psychology; Teaching; Learning; Psychology, Applied; Education; Universities and colleges; Classroom environment
Dr. Regan Gurung’s (University of Wisconsin, Green Bay) presentation is about the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). He discusses what SoTL is, how it can optimize teaching and enhance student learning and how it is different from...
We will discuss two roads to legitimization of leaders. The “long-road” has to do with what the leader is really like in terms of intelligence, personality, or other factors that are important for leader success. This road is difficult to...
Psychology, Applied; Social sciences; Social problems; Social relations; Ethnicity in children; Cross-cultural psychology; Education Children; Education America; Teacher training; Elementary school teaching; High school teaching; High school...
Professor Patricia Greenfield of University of California at Los Angeles presents a method for bridging collectivistic and individualistic value orientations in the American classroom for this symposium on applied psychology. Specifically, Bridging...
Research methods; Statistical methods; Psychology, Applied
A critical aspect of conducting any type of field-based research and evaluation is the collection of data needed for testing hypotheses and answering evaluation questions. Many do not realize the importance of this activity in the planning of...
Donation of organs, tissues, etc.; Psychology, Applied; Health behavior
Developed from “best practices” derived from the organ procurement literature, the Family Communication Coordinator (FCC) Protocol outlines a communication path to promote family members’ understanding of brain death and their acceptance of...
Donation of organs, tissues, etc.; Psychology, Applied; Health behavior; Service learning
College students attending universities in New York designed and implemented campaigns to promote organ and tissue donation on their college campus or in the surrounding college campus community. It was predicted that students in the campaign...
Donation of organs, tissues, etc.; Psychology, Applied; Health behavior
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,...
Donation of organs, tissues, etc.; Psychology, Applied; Health behavior
Efforts to increase the availability of organs and tissue from donors have received increased emphasis in the last decade in both policy and practice circles. As part of an innovative grant program operated by the U.S. Division of Transplantation,...
Social psychology; Conformity; Bandura, Albert, 1925-; Milgram, Stanley; Abu Ghraib Prison; Influence (Psychology); Persuasion (Psychology)
Social psychologist Philip Zimbardo offers an overview of the psychology of evil and his experience studying the phenomenon. Zimbardo defines evil as the exercise of power to do harm, and describes how good people can become evil. Zimbardo suggests...
Social psychology; Social deviance; Uncertainty; Social exclusion; Morality; Loyalty
Dr. Dominic Abrams presents his research on the way people react to extreme, or 'deviant' members of their own and other groups. Group psychology has long established that deviants tend to be rejected within groups, but there are many times when...
Social psychology; Terrorism; Uncertainty; Threat; Leadership; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001; Counterterrorism
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...
Social Psychology; Uncertainty; Threat; Patriotism; Leadership; Authoritarianism; Security; Terrorism; Immigration
Dr. Merolla discusses how different types of threats can make individuals come to feel anxious, insecure, and uncertain about the world around them. There are many studies predicting that citizens may exert control over such uncontrollable...
