Donation of organs, tissues, etc.; Psychology, Applied; Health behavior; Indians of North America; Kidney transplantation
American Indians (AI) and Alaska Natives (AN) of the United States (US), and First Nations (FN) peoples of Canada, experience higher rates of many chronic diseases. While the burden of specific health issues differs by group, an increasing...
Bullying in schools;Harassment in schools; Ethnic diversity;Social anxiety; Social psychology
Bullying or peer harassment is recognized as a substantial public health and educational problem in American schools. In this talk, Dr. Juvonen presents findings of collaborative research on bullying conducted primarily in Los Angeles area public...
Social Psychology; Terrorism; Genocide; Uncertainty; Fear; Threat; Anxiety; Humiliation; Security
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...
Evaluation; Policy and research series; Social sciences; Rand Corporation; Development; Politics and policy making
In his presentation Dr. Klitgaard provides the history of evaluation and policy analysis that evolved through three generations since WWII. By listing examples and tools used for evaluations he aims to facilitate future evaluation research that...
Attention; Consciousness; Mental representation; Recovered memory; Sexual abuse victims; Social Psychology
Dr. Jonathan Schooler discusses issues related to attention, internal and external trains of thoughts, stages of consciousness from non-conscious to experience to meta-awareness. He discusses questions such as: the causal relationship between...
Social psychology; Evaluation; American Evaluation Association
This debate between Dr. Fetterman, Dr. Scriven and Dr. Patton covers issues related to empowerment evaluation and offers an intense arguments about its promise and pitfalls. The debate covers
Social psychology; Evaluation; American Evaluation Association
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...
