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...
Psychology, Applied; Careers for the 21st century; Social sciences; Universities and colleges; Universities and colleges Graduate work
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...
Social psychology; Long-term retention (Memory); Teaching; Learning; Psychology, Applied; Education; Universities and colleges; Classroom environment
Dr. Diane F. Halpern from Claremont McKenna College discusses the need to teach students for long-term retention and transfer, especially when the goal is to have students apply their knowledge to a wide range of issues in varied contexts. Dr....
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,...
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; Cross-cultural psychology; Teaching; Learning; Psychology, Applied; Education; Universities and colleges; Classroom environment; Social identity; Friendship; Higher education
This is a reaction panel to the first half of this symposium that is discussed by panel members Anthony Antonio (Stanford University), Tracy McLaughlin-Volpe (Emerson College) and moderated by Elizabeth Yost Hammer (Xavier University of Louisiana)....