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  • Preparing for a surprising and rewarding career applying the science of psychology
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    Psychology, Applied; Careers for the 21st century; Social sciences; Universities and colleges; Universities and colleges Graduate work
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    Dale E. Berger of Claremont Graduate University gives a symposium presentation focusing on preparing for careers where one can apply the science of psychology in non-academic settings. Berger's main thesis is that there are many new and upcoming...
  • Lectures on Applied Psychology and Evaluation Science
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  • The defiance and defense of group norms: why extremism is the bread and butter of social life
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    Social psychology; Social deviance; Uncertainty; Social exclusion; Morality; Loyalty
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    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...
  • Lectures on Applied Psychology and Evaluation Science
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  • Evaluation evidence and evidence-based practice: concept and confirmation
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    Evaluation; Evidence-based practice; Generalization (Psychology)
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    Dr. Mark Lipsey, a leader of the field of evaluation, talks about evidence-based practice and its relation to evaluation. Evidenced-based social science theories are often helpful for understanding the etiology of desired or undesired outcomes and...
  • 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...
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  • Utilization-focused evaluation: its promise (Patton) and pitfalls (Scriven)
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    Social psychology; Evaluation; American Evaluation Association
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    In this debate Dr. Patton and Dr. Scriven discuss issues related to utilization-focused evaluation and its promise and pitfalls respectively. The debate covers key issues to how the field is practiced today. The debaters discuss the importance of...
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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...
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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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  • Thriving in the global zeitgeist of accountability and evidence-based practice
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    Psychology, Applied; Evaluation; Social sciences
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    Stewart Donaldson, dean of the School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences at Claremont Graduate University opens this symposium with a presentation about the “second boom” of applied psychology and evaluation. In this new phase of the...
  • Lectures on Applied Psychology and Evaluation Science

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