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The Official Newsletter of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Chris Crandall & Monica Biernat, Co-Editors 2004 Convention: Looking Inside the Forward to Austin, Texas Current Issue: meeting in this new property, one of a dozen By Rick Hoyle State of the Society; New 2, 3 we anticipate an enthusiastic preconferences ranging in Arrangements for the 2004 reception by hotel focus from the latest Executive Director chosen convention, to be held management and staff. research findings in specific areas of personality and Student Pub/TIP Winners; 4 January 29-31 in Austin, Carlston on Writing Texas, are nearly complete. The program committee, led social psychology, to career Construction of the new by Mark Leary, has put development, to the art and The first Summer Institute 5, Hilton Austin, convention together the most varied and science of teaching in Social Psychology 16 headquarters, is ahead of extensive SPSP program psychology. schedule. ever (see p. 8 for an article PSPB News; call for Editor 6 from the Program Chair The convention officially Nominations Hotel management projects a about how the decisions opens with a welcome were made). reception at 5:30 on Report from the 7 “soft opening” by November th and a full opening by early Thursday the 29 . As a Publications Committee January. As one of the first If you can make it to Austin reward for our willingness a day early, then you’ll have to commit to holding our SPSP Convention 8 organizations to stage a Programming the option of participating in (Continued on page 3) President’s Column: Jim 9 SPSP Election Results: New Officers Chosen Blascovich on Rumors SPSP Elections were held Blascovich will become Past- term, and represents the Dan Wegner on Discovery 10 and Debate in Science this spring; the Society President. interests of Div. 8 at APA elected a new President- Council meetings twice a The new Secretary-Treasurer year. Dr. Deiner is a former SPSP is distinct from APA 11 Elect, Secretary-Treasurer, Division 8 APA Council Representative is Timothy Wilson, of the SPSP President. and Member-at-Large. University of Virginia. Dr. Mel Manis on the Value of 12 Wilson received a Ph.D. from The new Member-at-Large Retirement The President-Elect is the University of Michigan. is Nalani Ambady of Dr. Wilson replaces Sharon Harvard University. Dr. 13, Margaret Clark, of Carnegie- Campbell, Block, Murray, 17, Mellon University. Dr. Clark Brehm and Leslie Zebrowitz Ambady received a Ph.D. Service Award Winners 19, 20 received a Ph.D. from the who were simultaneously from Harvard University. University of Maryland. elected Secretary-Treasurer. The Member-at-Large Update from the Graduate 14 Although the position of The Secretary-Treasurer serves a 3-year term, and Student Committee President-Elect is elected serves a three year term. represents the interests of each year it is, in effect, a the SPSP membership. EAESP Summer Institute 18 Announcement three year term. Each SPSP The new APA Council President serves one year Representative is Ed Deiner All elected office are voting of University of Illinois- members of the Executive Passings; 21, each as President-elect, Announcements 30 President, and Past- Champaign. Dr. Deiner Committee, and attend the President, with substantive received a Ph.D. from the twice-a-year council Comings & Goings 22 duties in each year. Dr. Clark University of Washington. meetings, once at the SPSP replaces Hazel Markus, who The APA Council conference, and once at the will become President. Jim Representative serves a 3-year APA Convention.■ Classic Book Review: 28 Seduction of the Innocent Page 2 DIALOGUE The State of the Society: Report from the Executive Committee Despite concerns about SARS, at 3,892, the largest in our history, and In addition to the issue of membership, terrorism, and power outages, the SPSP it's expected to crack 4,000 in 2004. In we do not have a large SPSP/Div. 8 Executive Committee met in Toronto, the figure below, you can see the presence at APA conventions. This, August 10, 2003 for what we believe breakdown of the nationality of SPSP too, is a continuing problem, and the was the 30th annual meeting. President membership, separately for Student and APA convention program committee is Jim Blascovich welcomed the Full status. We do not know—because working hard to create something Executive Committee and other we do not ask— about the gender or desirable for personality/social members, and then related a disturbing the ethnicity of the membership. psychologists. Next year's convention story that a provost at a prominent Another trend in the Society is that will be in Hawaii, and a strong program university, who suggested publicly that fewer SPSP members are also members that emphasizes personality psychology "social psychology is dead" and that in APA. This trend is a continuing (and is tied to the Association for further hires in social psychology concern in the Executive Committee, Research in Personality) is expected. should be avoided (see p. 9 for the and several past Dialogue articles and Presidential Column which relates the columns have discussed the value of a Budget. As in the past few years, SPSP story). strong connection between SPSP and finances are in good shape. Compared APA. Is there a perception that APA is to many comparable organizations, And so the meeting began with serious not responsive to personality/social things are very good--we're showing a discussion for about raising the scientists', scholars' and teachers' modest surplus from last year, and we visibility of social/personality needs? Harry Reis pointed out that to expect to run a modest surplus next psychology in circles such as National make APA serve personality/social's year. The Executive Committee is Research Council, where science policy needs, we must make APA know what considering ways to use these small is made for Congress and Executive our wishes are—historically APA has amounts of extra money in ways to branch. More local to psychology, a been able to deliver on our request— benefit the Society and its membership. new Director for the Board of when we ask. Members should feel free to contact the Scientific Affairs (within APA) will (Continued on page 15) soon be chosen, and it is important that the position is filled by someone with respect for and understanding of social-personality psychology. In addition, the APA Chief Executive Office will soon be choosing a new head of the Scientific Directorate, and this person will have the opportunity to shape lobbying of Congress (purse strings) and executive branches (actual disbursement). SPSP members are currently working to advise the responsible parties, and trying to shape these policies.

Elections. The results of the recent elections was announced (see p. 1). Peggy Clark will be the new President- Elect, Tim Wilson will be the new Secretary-Treasurer, Nalani Ambady will be the new Member-at-Large, and Ed Deiner will be the new APA Council Representative.

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Executive Committee Appoints David Dunning Next Executive Officer Recently, Harry Reis informed the smooth as possible. contracts with publishers and maintains Executive Committee that he intended the membership lists, handles all to resign his position as Executive Dunning is Professor of Psychology at Society funds, and serves as the Officer of SPSP at the end of calendar Cornell University. He received a institutional memory for the year 2004. Ph.D. in psychology from Stanford organization, among many other duties. University in 1986. He is a past The subsequent search has been member and Chair of the SPSP Harry Reis will have served the successful. The Committee has Publication Committee and is currently organization as Executive Officer for a unanimously approved and is pleased a Member-at-Large on the Executive decade. His contributions to SPSP have to announce the appointment of Prof. Committee. Such experience is one of been immeasurable. He will leave the David Dunning as Executive Officer- his many qualifications for the new organization with strong fiscal Designate for calendar 2004 and position. David will resign his position foundations and multiple programs for Executive Officer for a five-year term as Member-at-Large when he takes the membership, not the least of which commencing on January 1, 2005. over as Executive Officer in 2005. is the annual SPSP Convention. On behalf of the membership, the Reis will serve as Past-Executive The Executive Officer is perhaps the Executive Committee wishes to express Officer during calendar 2005. Hence, most important office in SPSP, as the its sincere gratitude to Harry for his there will be a two-year transition EO oversees all meetings, keeps track unparalleled service.■ period so that the changeover will be as of the business of the society, oversees

At about 6:00, there will be a brief htm (Inoperative links will become Convention 2004: program featuring welcoming remarks, operative as the information to which announcements, and recognition of they lead becomes available.)

Austin, TX winners of several awards given by (Continued from page 1) SPSP. Then, in an area adjacent to the New this year is the capacity to pay for meeting at the hotel before construction welcome reception, a poster session convention registration by credit card was complete, the Hilton will provide will run from 6:15 to 7:45. through this Web site. Look for this free “heavy” appetizers and two free feature to come online in late drinks per person at the reception. Plan For complete information about the September. Plan now to join my convention, including the list of colleagues on the convention preconferences, the convention committee, Lynne Cooper, Mark Leary, Because of our schedule, the list of speakers, and Tim Strauman, and me in Austin willingness to commit to information about travel awards, and for the 2004 Convention.■ the hotel before instructions for registering for the convention, booking a hotel room, and construction is arranging transportation, consult the complete, the Hilton convention Web site. All of this free information can be accessed from the will provide convention home page, at “heavy” appetizers and http://www.taramillerevents.com/SPSP/spsp. two free drinks per person at the reception. Additional SPSP Convention information: to arrive by 5:30, grab a drink and some food, and tune into two bits of The application deadline for the SPSP Diversity Awards is programming before heading to one of October 23, 2003. Visit the Awards web site at the nearby restaurants or music clubs. http://www.spsp.org/divtrav.htm

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Scheepers Wins SPSP Student Publication Award The Society for Personality and Social An honorable mention was awarded to Personality and Social Psychology Psychology announces that the David M. Marx of Harvard University Review) by December 31, 2002, were recipient of the 2002 Student for his article (co-authored with Jasmin eligible. Publication Award is Daan Scheepers S. Roman), “Female role models: of the University of Amsterdam for his Protecting women’s math test A total of 27 papers were eligible this article (co-authored with Russell performance,” published in Personality year, and the selection was made by Spears, Bertjan Doosje, and Antony S. and Social Psychology Bulletin, the award committee consisting of R. Manstead), “Integrating identity and September 2002 (vol. 28, pp. 1183- Jack Dovidio, Andrew Elliot, and instrumental approaches to intergroup 1193). Joanne Wood differentiation: Different contexts, (Chair).■ different motives,” published in Papers authored by predoctoral Personality and Social Psychology students and accepted for publication in Bulletin, November 2002 (vol. 28, pp. a society journal (Personality and 1455-1467). Social Psychology Bulletin or

Theoretical Innovation Prize Winners Announced We are pleased to announce this year's winners of the SPSP John T. Jost and Orsolya Hunyady, The Fritz Strack and Roland Deutsch, Theoretical Innovation prize. The Psychology of System Justification and Reflective and Impulsive Determinants SPSP Prize Committee (Robert the Palliative Function of Ideology. of Social Behavior. Zajonc, Chair; Members of the Committee, Goeff Cohen, Bob Paula M. Niedenthal, Lawrence W. Congratulations to all of these Krauss, Shelley Taylor, Giff Weary) Barsalou, Piotr Winkielman, Silvia outstanding contributions! Look for an reviewed 22 outstanding nominations Krauth-Gruber, and François Ric, announcement in the next issue of for the SPSP Theoretical Innovation Embodiment in attitudes, social Dialogue regarding applications for the Prize. The following three perception and emotion. next TIP Award.■ contributions will share the prize: Organization of Empirical Articles: Description and Illustration of a Simple Heuristic By Don Carlston

It is difficult to teach technical writing apply equally well to paragraphs within A results paragraph needs to begin with to young psychologists – even to those sections, and to sentences within para- an introduction (“Remind us of the whose general writing abilities are well graphs. conceptual question you are asking”), developed. I have found it useful to followed by specification (“Remind us reduce the organizational structure of of the actual operation performed or the technical articles (specifically, empiri- Novice writers may benefit considera- actual behavior measures”), resolution cal ones) to one simple heuristic that bly from thinking about the normative (“Tell us the answer immediately and repeats at virtually every level of or- purpose of each element of an empiri- in English”), and finally, a conclusion ganization. This heuristic involves cal article and by forcing themselves to (“End each section of the results with a these four steps: introduction, specifi- adhere to the four-step structure de- summary of where things stand”). cation, resolution and discussion. scribed here. This may be particularly Note how the sequence mimics the true for the most difficult sections to major sections of the complete article. write, such as the results. In that sec- Although these steps are readily recog- tion, especially, the heuristic described nized as the major sections of an article here summarizes some of the sage ad- To illustrate the application of the or- (with specification referring to the vice provided by Daryl Bem in his clas- ganizational heuristic, I provide a brief, method, and resolution to results), they sic 1987 chapter on empirical writing. (Continued on page 26) DIALOGUE Page 5 The First SISP in Colorado: A Terrific Start By Chick Judd and Thus, in the middle of an unusually hot late evening party hosted by Geoff July, several score of Ph.D. students— Urland and Greg Webster (CU PhD Leaf Van Boven mostly from the US and Canada, but students) featuring copious libations When future social psychologists also from Australia, Hong Kong, and, and bad karaoke. There was also a consider the development of their field, with funding from EAESP, five character-building visit to Rocky they will certainly recognize SISP 2003 Europeans—descended on Boulder, Mountain National Park; some of these as a pivotal event. The first Summer where they emptied the local Target of 40 students were even foolish enough Institute in Social Psychology (SISP), small fans to cool their cozy (or brave enough, depending on one’s was held this past July 13–26, at the accommodations. Students participated perspective) to join Leaf Van Boven in one of five two-week long courses: hiking through hail, rain and lightning beautiful campus of the University of Colorado, Boulder, nestled between the Methods of Implicit Social Cognition to the top of Bear Peak. plains and Rocky Mountains. Hosted (Mahazarin Banaji, Irene Blair, and by the Social Psychology Program at Brian Nosek), Relationship Processes The final evening featured a banquet the University, more than 80 PhD (Margaret Clark and Jean-Philippe and student presentations, covering students and 13 instructors spent two Laurenceau), Social Identity and everything from research conducted weeks expanding their social Intergroup Relations (Amelie and planned, theoretical development, psychological expertise, embarking on Mummendey and Stephen Wright) illustrations of students’ skilled use of new collaborations, and meeting new Terror Management Theory and PhotoShop and Powerpoint, and, of friends. By unanimous consensus, this Research (Jeff Greenberg and Tom course, bad acting. Whether funny or first SISP was a tremendous success. Pyszczynski), and Social Neuroscience factual, all of the instructors had clearly (Eddie Harmon-Jones and Tiffany Ito) done a wonderful job, and students Like many good ideas, the notion of an were uniformly enthusiastic—a intensive summer school for social Each course established its own conclusion supported by more formal psychologists comes from Europe. internal norms, expectations, and analysis of quantitative data utilizing Since 1967 the European Association schedules, which ranged from an sophisticated methods well-understood of Experimental Social Psychology assignment-intensive “boot camp” to by Chick, who promises to distill them (EAESP) has organized (lately) more relaxed, cinematic friendly, to a sign test. biennial Summer Schools for advanced intellectual jam sessions. In class, graduate students in social psychology students pondered fundamental By all accounts, this first SISP was a from countries throughout Europe. motivations, romantic interpersonal tremendous and significant (p < .05) Many, if not most, prominent European relations, in-group/out-group success. Everyone who participated, social psychologists are graduates of representations, and their particularly the course instructors who the summer school; most European electrocardiographic and implicit took two weeks away from their busy social psychologists have shared an manifestations. The courses summer “work,” helped make possible intense learning experience. And like accomplished several goals. Students a great learning experience. Obviously so many boys at summer camp gained a thorough understanding of the support of the National Science struggling with a “broken” bus, this theory and methods in the relevant Foundation, SPSP, and the shared experience has built areas. Equally important, especially for encouragement of Steve Breckler at collaborative bridges between graduate budding scholars, students developed NSF were instrumental and greatly programs and across nations. preliminary research agendas in their appreciated. And, of course, there area and many began collaborative would be no SISP without students. Inspired by the Europeans, Eliot Smith research to be continued in their home Their enthusiasm and hard work made and Chick Judd suggested to Steve programs. In addition to these two- clear the future vitality of our discipline Breckler at NSF and Harry Reis of week long courses students enrolled in and the excitement that creative minds SPSP, that American social one of two day-long methods engender. psychologists establish their own workshops on the intervening Saturday: summer school. Harry believed the David MacKinnon’s Mediation The success of the first SISP promises school could be an important function Analysis and Dacher Keltner’s Methods that this will become a very important of Assessing Emotions. of SPSP, and Steve encouraged Harry, ongoing activity of the Society. The Elliot, and Chick to write a proposal for Students’ noses were not always kept next SISP is being planned for summer initial funding from NSF. Reviewers to the grindstone. Warm mountain 2005. Applications will be solicited by were enthusiastic about the summer nights were filled with performances of notices to the SPSP email list in the fall school and granted five years’ funding the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, of 2004, with the deadline on or around to SPSP for the first three SISPs. visits to the local bars, and at least one Jan. 1, 2005.■ Page 6 DIALOGUE

Publications Committee, Submit to PSPB Online: Continued

(Continued from page 7) New Procedures Described to Joanne Wood, University of [email protected], By Fred Rhodewalt The Rapid Review system will also Waterloo, serve as the center for editorial staff to incoming Chair of the Publications Committee. Your responses will be an Personality and Social Psychology communicate with authors, editors, and reviewers electronically, and will important consideration when Bulletin is now receiving manuscript deliberations resume at the next submissions through a web-based function as the platform for the review process. Executive Committee meeting. system called Rapid Review. Authors should register at the Rapid Review Please note that although Rapid Review Finally, the Publications Committee homepage: clarified some current policies. One set http://www.rapidreview.com/SAGE2/C gives authors the option to complete the Submission Form online but submit of clarifications involved eligibility for ALogon.jsp the Student Publication Award. The the manuscript by mail, this option should only be used if the author is Committee revised the eligibility Authors will be issued a password and guidelines to be more specific about login ID that will be used any time they unable to upload the manuscript file(s). In this case, the author must still what is meant by student status (those want to contact the system and for all currently enrolled in a program, who future manuscript submissions. provide an electronic copy of the manuscript, and should contact the have not yet received their Ph.D. or Manuscripts can then be uploaded into appropriate terminal degree, and who the system through an easy, step-by- journal office for further instructions before mailing any materials.■ are not yet employed full-time in the step process. profession) and about when membership in the Society is expected (at the time of the award committee’s deliberations). A second focus of clarifications, based on the policies of the journals’ publishers, related to Call for Nominations: when papers can be posted on Websites. PSPB manuscripts can be New PSPB Editor Sought for posted up until the time the manuscript 2005-2009 Term appears in print; after that, no version of the manuscript or article can be posted on the Web. PSPR manuscripts The Publications Committee and the Executive Committee of the Society for can be posted before publication; they Personality and Social Psychology, Inc., has opened nominations for the can remain posted after publication if editorship of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. The editor will accompanied by the information that begin receiving manuscripts on January 1, 2005, and the term will be for 4 the article has been published in PSPR years. The editor’s stature in the field should be commensurate with PSPB’s and that Erlbaum holds the copyright. high quality and strong impact; the editor typically holds the rank of professor. Nominations, which may include self-nominations, should be in In closing, I would like to announce the form of a statement of one page or less. All inquiries or nominations that Rick Robins, University of should be submitted to: California–Davis, has agreed to serve on the Publications Committee, Gifford Weary replacing me. As I complete my term Department of Psychology on the Publications Committee, I want Ohio State University to express my appreciation to all of 1885 Neil Avenue those who give their time generously Columbus, Ohio 43210 serving the Society on committees and the journals as editors, associate Review of nominations will begin as nominations are received, with initial editors, consulting editors, and deliberations for recommendations to the Executive Committee beginning reviewers. Each of you contributes in December 1, 2003.■ meaningful ways to the success of the Society and its publications, as well as to the health and vitality of the field.■ DIALOGUE Page 7

Report from the Publication Committee: Publications are Healthy, and Mostly Profitable By Jack Dovidio editor. Other members at this time The Publications Committee also include Joanne Wood and Jack recognized the success of Dialogue. The report from the Publications Dovidio. The new PSPB editor will Committee (Jack Dovidio, Joanne begin receiving manuscripts on January PSPR’s citation impact 1, 2005, and the term will be for 4 Wood, and Gifford Weary) at the factor was second in summer meetings of the Executive years. Nominations, which should be Committee was upbeat and submitted to Giff Weary, terms of regular journals, encouraging. By all conventional [email protected], will begin to be behind JPSP, and first measures, the Society’s publications reviewed as materials arrive; the initial are very healthy. deliberations for recommendations to among all journals in the the Executive Committee begin immediacy index. Submissions to Personality and Social December 1, 2003. Self-nominations Psychology Bulletin (PSPB) are on are, of course, welcomed. Given the track to match last year’s total of 451 short timeline, we urge people to make The Executive Committee accepted the manuscripts. Fred Rhodewalt, PSPB their nominations as soon as possible. recommendation to increase the length Editor, reports that the acceptance rate of Dialogue regularly to 32 pages per for the journal has stabilized between Eliot Smith’s report on Personality and issue to accommodate the demand for 20% and 25%, the publication lag is Social Psychology Review (PSPR) also space and interest in the newsletter. about 10 months, and the editorial turn- contained good news. The journal is on The Executive Committee also around time is under 10 weeks. In pace to match its record number of enthusiastically endorsed the addition, the journal’s Institute for submissions, 73, attained last year. Publications Committee’s Scientific Information (ISI) citation Publication lag has risen to 13 months recommendation to extend Chris impact factor in 2002 equaled its with the publication of two special Crandall’s and Monica Biernat’s term highest level since 1995. The new issues—but a downward trend is as Dialogue Editors another four years. centralized office has improved anticipated. Eliot and the Publications efficiency, and a new electronic Committee do not anticipate any more With respect to new developments, the manuscript processing and tracking special issues in the near future in an Publications Committee and the system promises to streamline the effort to limit the journal’s publication Executive Committee considered a lag for regularly submitted papers. proposal for establishing a new Society At PSPB, the editorial Editorial lag remains at 12 weeks. Of book series, perhaps modeled after the significant note was the debut of PSPR earlier Review of Personality and turn-around time is under in the ISI citation rankings. In 2002, Social Psychology series in which 10 weeks and citation PSPR’s citation impact factor was 3.22, SPSP sponsored an edited book or two second in terms of regular journals, a year on important and emerging impact is at its highest behind Journal of Personality and topics in the field. The committees level since 1995. Social Psychology (3.65). Moreover, wrestled with the advantages and PSPR is first among all journals in the disadvantages of such an enterprise. On operation further. Despite enjoying the immediacy index, which is a measure of the positive side, a book series would momentum of the journal, Fred will be how quickly the “average article” in an help maintain a valuable mechanism stepping down from his editorial duties issue is cited. This information will for disseminating information within on December 31, 2004. The serve as the “headline” for Elrbaum’s the field, edited volumes, while also Publications and Executive Committees new marketing campaign for the highlighting particular areas of expressed their gratitude to Fred and journal. If your library does not yet personality and social psychology. On his editorial team (Vicki Helgeson, subscribe, we urge you to take the negative side, the editorial demands Margo Monteith, Paula Niedenthal, advantage of the book credit incentive will be considerable, and the income William Rholes, William von Hippel, that Erlbaum will be offering people from a book series is likely to be and Stephen Wright) for their hard whose libraries add a subscription to limited. The Publication seeks the input work, which has paid off in terms of PSPR on their recommendation. of the members of SPSP on the the success of PSPB. A search for a Journal revenues are a major source of advisability of pursuing a book series successor will begin immediately. Giff income supporting the activities of the initiative. Please send your comments Weary, Ohio State University, will Society. (Continued on page 6) chair the search committee for a new Page 8 DIALOGUE Planning the 2004 SPSP Convention Program (or Why Was My Submission Rejected?) By Mark Leary, and averaged. We then accepted the 36 weaknesses were that the study had not symposia with the highest average been conducted at the time of Program Chair ratings, all of which had ratings submission (and the submission indicating that at least three of the four guidelines indicated that the When the SPSP Executive Committee reviewers thought that the symposium submission must present results) or the first discussed the viability of an annual should definitely be accepted. Then, the results were so vaguely described that SPSP convention several years ago, it next highest eight submissions, which it was not clear what the study had spent considerable time trying to were essentially tied for 37th place, found. Other common weaknesses project how many might attend the were reread by four raters who made included null findings, findings that meeting. In those early days, estimates their choices for the best four. When merely replicated previous research, or ranged from 300 to 800 attendees, and these votes were tallied, the four smallish findings (a single correlation, some committee members wondered submissions with the highest number of for example). We also had a surprising whether it would be possible to offer a points were added—totaling 40 number of submissions that could be broad program of interest to all factions symposia out of 67 submissions—an construed only with difficulty as lying of the organization. As it turns out, they acceptance rate of 60%. within social or personality needn’t have worried. The first meeting psychology. in Nashville far exceeded even the Fifteen individuals served on the poster most optimistic expectations, and the th selection committee. Three reviewers I must admit, however, that as I read 4 meeting in L.A. last year had nearly read each of the 983 poster past the 100 or so submissions with the 1600 in attendance. submissions, the three ratings were z- lowest ratings, I became increasingly transformed and averaged, and the uneasy about the distinctions between As exciting as the convention has been, accepted and rejected posters. I am not its popularity has raised the question of at all convinced, for example, that the how to maximize the number of papers We were able to accept 143rd lowest-rated submission, which presented and the number of SPSP was not included on the program, was a members who are on the program each only 40 symposia and jnd lower in quality or impact than the year. Previous program committees 822 posters; a number of 163rd lowest-rated one, which is on the have made many decisions toward strong, deserving program. Of course, given the those two goals, and this year’s convention’s constraints of space and committee has continued to expand the submissions could not be time, a line between accept and reject program’s offerings without increasing included, and those who must be drawn somewhere. But I think the length of the convention itself. For the reviewers would agree that several example, we were able to add four received rejection notices of the rejected submissions were of more symposia and 108 more posters are entitled to an sufficient quality to be included had than last year, but with 67 symposia explanation of how the there been room on the program. and 983 posters submitted, we still had far more submissions than room on the choices were made. The upside of the selectivity of the program. Given that we were able to process is that the quality of this year’s accept only 40 symposia and 822 highest-scoring papers were accepted program is quite high. Furthermore, the posters, a number of strong, deserving until the program was full. Again, we symposia and poster sessions will be submissions could not be included, and had some ties on the acceptance- supplemented by a variety of featured those who received rejection notices rejection cusp, which required a second speakers, presentations by SPSP award are entitled to an explanation of how look at several submissions. In winners, workshops, special functions the choices were made. addition, I personally read all of the for graduate students, and meetings of

rejected submissions both to see if special-interest groups, as well as a Seven people served on the symposia there was any reason for me to override Presidential session. I genuinely review committee, and each submission the reviewers’ judgments and to get a appreciate the considerable time and was reviewed by four people (with sense of why posters submissions were effort that the symposia and poster diverse areas in social and personality rejected. For the first 100 or so of the reviewers contributed to selecting the psychology). Each reviewer’s ratings 161 rejected poster submissions, I program, and look forward to an were z-transformed within reviewer to could see why the reviewers had given outstanding convention in Austin.■ adjust for levels of reviewer leniency low ratings. The most common DIALOGUE Page 9

PRESIDENT’S COLUMN

Rumors of the Demise of Personality and Social Psychology Greatly Exaggerated? By Jim Blascovich much furor (Jost et al., 2003). I for one Surely, he or she would be convinced believe that such backlash is a likely by the data analysis conducted, I recall, indicator of the importance of an issue. A colleague recently related an incident by a past president of SPSP And, I am impressed by the example of that grabbed my attention. The demonstrating that overall psychology “taking on the critics” provided by our provost—a psychologist no less—at a department rankings were nearly colleagues’ op-ed rebuttal in the university with a traditionally excellent perfectly predicted by the strength of Washington Post (Kruglanski & Jost, doctoral training program in their respective personality and social 2003). personality and social psychology, psychology training programs, indeed, reportedly had informed the faculty that more strongly predicted than by the the psychology department there strength of training programs in any should not recruit new personality and other subdiscipline. We need to better social psychologists because the field is promote the practical “dying.” Such arguments aside, however, I wondered why this administrator had value of the good theories Feeling challenged (but not threatened), developed such a belief. Did his or her that we spend so much my initial almost reflexive response counterparts at other universities share effort honing. was to invite this person to the it? I thought, “What we do is important Society’s annual meeting in Austin this dammit!” Then it hit me once again, coming winter. “But, to whom?” Perhaps she or he Perhaps as a field, we need to better hadn’t noticed our work because it promote the practical value of the good Surely, this provost would recant such hasn’t been informative enough outside theories that we spend so much effort a morbid opinion after listening to, our field. honing. In my opinion, shying away reading the work of, and experiencing from doing so invites the morbid view the enthusiasm of 1500 active I recalled what I had written in this of our field such as the one held by our participants, over a third of whom are column last Spring. Stimulated be the not so favorite provost. graduate students. invasion of Iraq, I argued that, with a

relatively few notable exceptions, our Jost, J.T., Glaser, J., Kruglanski, A., field seems to shy away from some Sulloway, F.J. Political conservatism important “big picture” personality and “What we do is as motivated social cognition. social psychological issues; for Psychological Bulletin, 129, 339- important dammit!” example, those pertinent to war, social 375. justice, politics, religion, etc. Why? In Then it hit me once part, they represent very complex Kruglanski, A. & Jost, J.T. (2003, again, “But, to whom?” problems. In part, our conclusions in August 28). Political Opinion, Not these sensitive areas tend to debunk Pathology. Washington Post, Page implicit personality and social A27. ■ Surely, this individual would be psychological theories (i.e., awakened by the fact that membership conventional personality and social in our Society has increased by a third psychological wisdom) leading to (to approximately 4000) in the last ten public backlash. years. As recent reactions (e.g., Ann Coulter, Surely, this person would be impressed Cal Thomas, George Will) to John Jost, by the knowledge that the most Jack Glaser, Arie Kruglanski, and Society for Personality and Social profitable APA journal is our Frank Sulloway’s Psychological Psychology prestigious flagship journal, JPSP, not Bulletin articles on personality and Visit us at www.spsp.org to mention the success of our own political liberalism-conservativism Society journals, PSPB and PSPR. demonstrate, such attempts can create Page 10 DIALOGUE Science Talk: Discovery and Debate

By Daniel M. Wegner language that captures science as a both. A discovery not proposed and struggle of competing views. We think defended might as well never have There are two ways to talk about of Galileo incarcerated by the Pope for been found. And a fight that is joined science. One is a language of his rejection of geocentric theory, without any basis in discovery would discovery (Eureka!) the other a taking a stand and then suffering in its soon devolve into pointless bickering. language of debate (Victory!). Each one captures a truth about science. But Discovery talk is about Science Between the Lines when it comes to science writing, exploring and looking discovery trumps debate every time. Still, each of these languages brings Here’s why. and suspecting and with it a special flavor, a “take” on learning, full of images of science that carries unspoken Discovery and Debate science as a search. Debate talk is about Discovery talk is about exploring and claiming and arguing and looking and suspecting and learning, defense. Science in this light is value- full of images of science as a search. laden and personal, a battle with other maintaining and holding, We think of Galileo gazing into the scientists in their roles as reviewers and a language that captures heavens to see what no one had seen editors, or a confrontation with the before. Images arise of truth-seekers press, or for that matter, a hasty retreat science as a struggle of through the ages, of Newton, Faraday, from villagers wielding pitchforks. competing views. Edison, Pasteur, Curie, each entranced by the search for knowledge. Which is the real language of science? Discovery talk produces visions of light Well obviously, both languages implications. Considered in this light, bulbs going on over our heads. describe parts of the animal. Science the language of discovery is much does involve finding things out, as well more convincing. Debate talk is about claiming and as pressing for one’s personal views. arguing and maintaining and holding, a The social pursuit of knowledge needs (Continued on page 11)

Discovery Words Debate Words

Suspect (We suspect that…) Argue (We argue that…)

Find (I found…) Show (I showed…) Learn (We learned that…) Maintain (We maintain that…) Possibility (It is possible that…) Position (Our position is that…) Suggest (We suggest…) Claim (We claim…) Indicate (The findings indicate…) Demonstrate (The findings demonstrate…) Idea (Our idea is…) Point (Our point is…) See (We can see that…) Hold (We hold that…) Expect (We expect to find that…) Hope (We hope to find that…) Wonder, ask, explore, hypothesize, Defend, attack, oppose, conjecture, observe, measure, test, track, condemn, criticize, counter, reply, reveal, investigate, conceive, agree, disagree, surrender, contend, check, look, uncover, examine… venture, insist, propose…

DIALOGUE Page 11 Science Talk scientist, this day, and that is now open There will be winners, yes, but there to observation by all. Papers that will also be losers. Debate language (Continued from page 10) introduce a “finding” imply a focus on presumes competition, clashing self- When science is pressed as a debate, what the world is like rather than on interests, haggling, and trying to “work after all, the possibility that there will what you or I or someone else thinks it it out”—all the trappings of life by be opposition is implied even as the is like. The language of discovery committee. Debate language makes us discoveries are being described. Papers suggests that what has been found is so all into attorneys. that make “claims” introduce their powerful that no opposition could ideas as though they are in doubt, possibly arise. Discovery words How to Write already criticized by a band of implied convey wonder and astonishment. opponents who have a better idea and They are the things we say when we In good science writing, discovery is for sure won’t believe this one. either know the truth or believe there is what it is all about. Although debate Science presented as debate is such a thing. exists and is essential to our field, it is defensive. It has already lost a battle, not what we should highlight when we and is returning the fray, bloodied and There are other undercurrents to these write. The language of discovery punchy. Debate language suggests language choices. When we speak of seems, all things considered, far more itself into oblivion, creating by discovery, we talk of a cooperative likely to win friends and influence innuendo the expectancy that there is process, one in which any reasonable people. When you write your next no reality being discovered, only an person would look at the evidence and scientific paper, you might pause to arbitrary, socially determined judgment agree that, darn it, this is the way things reflect on this: Do you want to draw being negotiated. are! Everyone is a winner when a readers’ attention to the way things discovery is made. When we cloak our seem to be, or would you rather The language of discovery, in turn, science as debate, in contrast, we use impress them that this is the way you conveys a single reality, an underlying “fighting words” that foment see it? ■ truth that is being found by this controversy even when it did not exist.

I’m a Member of SPSP/Division 8/APA but ...

By Harry Reis one receives all the benefits of by the Division 8 membership office. membership: PSPB, PSPR, Dialogue, If Division 8 is your first APA division, It has been said that organizations exist our conference, training, award, and membership costs nothing above your so as to confuse their members about fellowship programs, etc. One also APA dues; if it is your second or what they belong to. Experience gets to identify with the world’s largest beyond, it costs an additional $2. The suggests that this is an apt description organization of personality and social major benefits of membership in of the confusing state of affairs with psychologists, with more than 4,000 Division 8 are a strong and active voice regard to membership in SPSP, APA, members. in APA governance and lobbying, and and Division 8. We may have our the Division 8 contribution to the Ph.D.s, or be studying for one, but that One joins APA by applying to the APA annual APA convention. I suspect that doesn’t mean we are up to Membership office in Washington. a major source of confusion is the understanding this Gordian knot. Ph.D.s can become full members of assumption that, if one is a member of Nevertheless, I’ll give a try. APA, students can become student APA and of SPSP, one is automatically affiliates, and non-Ph.D.s can become a member of Division 8. This is not First, the easy part: SPSP and APA are associate members. SPSP has no role true, however. The only way to join fully independent organizations. SPSP in this process. Division 8 is an interest Division 8 is through the process became a separately incorporated not- group within APA. It was formed in described above. for-profit organization in 1975 (at the 1947; the first chair was Gordon behest of APA, but that’s another Allport. The only way to become a Still confused? Send us an email and story). The first president was Paul member of Division 8 is to express an we will try to answer your questions. Secord. One becomes a member of interest in membership on the division (These rules were brought to you by the SPSP by applying to our central office, interest form that accompanies the same people who wrote the rules for currently in Rochester. Provided that annual APA dues statement. determining NFL playoff teams the one is qualified and pays annual dues, results of elections in Florida.) ■ Membership applications are approved Page 12 DIALOGUE

style of many senior faculty. While many older professors have a lot to offer -- maturity, patience, historical On the Value of Retirement perspective, and yes, occasional flashes of wisdom, I could not overlook the By Melvin Manis time and energy to pursue other possibility that a younger professor might fill my slot with a vigor and worthwhile things that I had been doing enthusiasm that I could not easily Our esteemed editors asked if I would for some time, things that continued to sustain, and that our students might try my hand at a piece on retirement. interest me: tennis, travel, photography, profit accordingly. And as you can see, I agreed, in reading for fun, playing in a recorder recognition of the widespread belief ensemble, staying up late to watch How has it worked out? My own (hope) that we senior citizens may have Charlie Rose and various old movies, experience in retirement has been some special oldie wisdom, worth and spending time with friends (some overwhelmingly positive. Yes, I sharing. of whom had already retired). And so I occasionally miss the give-and-take concluded that for me, retirement was with students, participation in Nonetheless, I found the assignment a an attractive option. I could continue to collaborative research efforts, and the bit daunting, since like many social fulfill my interest in psychology, but sense of identification with ongoing psychologists my past writing has been not as a real “player.” I would attend scientific and university issues. But mainly data-based—an attempt to colloquia (usually about two a week) overall, I spend little time wondering if explicate some interesting (to me at and read the occasional journal, but I I did the right thing in retiring when I least), reliable patterning of would give up teaching and research. did. Judging from the many retirees I social/cognitive processes. My writing Hence, in 1999, after 45 years as a know, my positive experience is not style in these papers usually involved fulltime psychologist, at the ripe young uncommon. Indeed, I can think of only an implicit attempt to hide any private age of 68 I joined the army of the one retired professor of the many I hopes and insights in the interests of retired. know who has expressed any regret empiricism, objectivity, and generality. about his decision to retire when he But a piece on retirement, I concluded, In thinking about retirement it is did, and in this case the retirement would inevitably be importantly natural to consider how such a change experience was complicated by an influenced by my own experience, and would affect our own happiness. But unexpected late divorce. the experiences of friends and there are also social considerations that acquaintances--hardly a representative might be relevant. Many years ago, one Some people, I am told, worry about sample. Hence I start with some mild of my colleagues (Jack Atkinson) how they will spend their time once trepidation. observed that many of us were blessed they are substantially freed from in our academic careers. We had professional responsibilities. I have not But enough throat-clearing. When to entered what turned out to be a “growth found this to be a problem, nor does it retire? My own career was mainly in industry.” We consequently had decent appear to be much of an issue with the academic world, and hence my salaries and working conditions, time others. Parkinson’s Law tells us that comments will be probably be most to pursue our research interests, the work inevitably expands to fill the pertinent to other academics. Happily, opportunity to work with gifted available time and I have personally for many professors of my generation, undergraduate and graduate students found this to be true. My diminished the magic of capitalism, as expressed in (like our esteemed editors); and we professional obligations fit quite nicely our TIAA-CREF portfolios, made early even had some freedom in the very into the larger time frame that is retirement a feasible financial option— courses we offered. All this, plus available with no “extra” time left over. sometime in the 1990s I realized that sabbaticals!!! But, Jack noted, these And happily, I have been able to retirement was unlikely to involve any terrific jobs might not be available to maintain and expand the time I devote significant reduction in my standard of many of our students (an observation to the nonprofessional interests I noted living. Given that I could afford it, for that is even truer today), particularly if earlier in this essay. I have, for me the decision to retire was we held on to them till the last possible example, been playing tennis 2-3 times importantly influenced by my moment. There might, in brief, be some a week, plus regular swimming and recognition that while I was quite altruistic reasons to retire. weight-lifting sessions. I have also healthy in my late 60s, I nonetheless taken courses in photography, in had less total energy than I did when I These social concerns seemed Photoshop, and in the History of was younger. This meant that if I was reasonable to me, and they were Western Music, and read many fine to maintain my academic reinforced when I contrasted the energy books (most recently, R. Caro’s latest responsibilities at what I considered an and eagerness with which my young LBJ volume Master of the Senate and acceptable level, I might not have the colleagues pursued their careers, in contrast to the more settled, relaxed (Continued on page 13) DIALOGUE Page 13 Robert Cialdini receives 2003 Donald T. Campbell Award By David Dunning is ever free of self-interest, an issue that seemingly effortless elegance—work touches the core of fields as diverse as that takes care to subject his ideas to The recipient of the 2003 Donald T. philosophy and economics. He has tests in both laboratory and field Campbell Award for contributions to also demonstrated, through his settings. social psychology is Robert B. Cialdini, influential research on basking in of the Arizona State University. reflected glory, how people manage Robert Cialdini’s other contributions to their associations with others to the field should not be overlooked. He Robert Cialdini has distinguished maintain a sense of self-regard. has served as the president of SPSP, as himself for the broad appeal and impact well as an associate editor of the of his contributions to social and In more recent work, he has carefully Journal of Personality and Social personality psychology. He is by all laid out how social norms influence— Psychology. He also well-known as an measures an eminent scholar, best- and fail to influence—social behavior influential ambassador of our field to known for his ground-breaking work in real-world contexts, bringing some other disciplines as well as the public at on influence tactics. Indeed, he clarity to a fundamental research topic large. He is a brilliant speaker, who literally wrote the book on influence that has been plagued by a complicated easily conveys the importance of social tactics, and his ideas continue to have a and contradictory empirical history. psychological research. prominent and far-reaching impact on theory and application. Cialdini’s scholarship shows a true flair Members of the 2003 Campbell Award for studying everyday phenomena and committee were David Dunning Over the years, Cialdini has also illuminating the social psychological (chair), Alice Eagly, and Hazel produced thought-provoking work mechanisms by which they function. Markus. ■ challenging whether altruistic behavior His work is marked by its rigor and

On retirement, Continued pride, and accomplishment that they increasingly aware of the many experience in their professional lives, foundational steps that would be (Continued from page 12) and they may consequently be reluctant necessary to execute such plans. I am T. M. Luhrmann’s Of Two Minds: The to retire (even though retirement is a discouraged by these necessary “next Growing Disorder in American very effective way to get out of steps,” mainly because the preliminary Psychiatry). My wife and I have also unwelcome committee meetings). activities that were once routine and gone on several interesting trips, and that may have even had a charm of we get to see many weekday movies, When I was a young professor I their own (e.g. checking the relevant plays, and concerts, all without thought I would want to carry on my literature, getting approval from the worrying about preparation for the next scholarly and research activities as long local authorities who provide access to day’s classes. as possible. I admired mentors like my human subjects ), now seem like a dissertation chair, J. McV. Hunt, who series of daunting, effortful hurdles. Are there some people who would not seemed to continue in their work for And this is before we get to those ever- be happy in retirement? Doubtless there one decade after the next. And when I present, genial gatekeepers we call are. I note, however, that there are very talk with younger colleagues they editors. few professors at my university who sometimes assume that in retirement I are carrying on into their seventies and might use my freed-up time to write These ruminations suggest a possible beyond. Nonetheless, there are further scholarly pieces (they may feel kernel of advice: if the preliminaries undoubtedly some people whose that this is the course they would and the ongoing details of your work intense involvement in professional follow if, like me, they had a chance to (as distinct from the rewards that derive activities and the rewards they derive be on a perpetual sabbatical). This is from the successful completion of that from these activities are of continuing surely a path that some retired work) are no longer joyous in their own paramount importance. People like this professors have followed with right, and if your TIAA-CREF account may feel that the alleged joys of considerable success. But not me. I do makes you smile, it may be reasonable retirement could not plausibly get occasional ideas for research and to start thinking about retirement. substitute for the sense of pleasure, for think pieces , but I find that I am (Continued on page 32) Page 14 DIALOGUE

Update from the Graduate Student Committee By Jennifer Harman student website. The newsletter SPSP conference in Austin. One award contains important GSC and project will be granted during each poster President, SPSP Graduate updates, news on student-related session to students whose poster Student Committee conference activities, and also presentation reflect excellence in highlights student research. research, clarity in presentation, and On behalf of the Graduate Student Graduate Student Survey. This Spring, personal knowledge in a discussion Committee (GSC), I am happy to report the GSC conducted a web-based survey with judges. Students who enter the on several exciting projects that we of graduate student members. Students competition are interviewed by three have been developing and maintaining were surveyed on a wide variety of "secret" judges during the first hour of over the last 6 months. The current questions related to their training the poster session. At the conclusion of committee is made up of Jacek Jonca- programs. Over 250 graduate students the session, winners are publicly Jasinski (Texas Tech), Arlen Moller responded, and preliminary findings recognized, given a small monetary (Rochester), Chandra Osborn were published in the summer issue of award, and have their poster moved to (Connecticut), Michele Schlehofer- the Forum (which can be accessed on a permanent display area for the Sutton (Claremont Graduate U.), and the student web site). Additional remainder of the conference. Camille Johnson (Ohio State ) and me. findings will be published in the fall Information about applying for the Although we have been busy on many issue of the Forum, and a final draft of award is available on the student web projects, I will highlight a few the survey results will be distributed on site. A call for judges will be made important ones here. the student Listserv and posted on the shortly, so if you are interested, please contact Camille Johnson at SPSP Student Web page: As of student website sometime this Fall. [email protected] or Jennifer January, 2003, the graduate student Pre-conference: Academic and Non- Harman at website (http://www.spsp.org/student/) academic Careers and Transitioning to [email protected]. has been providing student members Employment. The GSC is working on a with information on SPSP student collaboration with APA this year to Mentoring Luncheon: We are also awards, fellowships, stipends, and hold a pre-conference at the 2004 SPSP working on collaborating with the programs. There is also a career conference. Half of the day will contain Training Committee, to sponsor a new resource link that contains information information on academic careers, event at the 2004 SPSP conference. At on interviewing tips and nonacademic hosted by APA. The second half of the the mentoring luncheon, students will and academic careers. Links to grant pre-conference we will be dedicated to be able to interact with both Ph.D.- funding sources are also provided. non-academic careers and transitioning level and other student attendees in a comfortable setting, and receive The Student Listserv: This moderated to employment, hosted by the GSC. informal professional development and listserv distributes information to SPSP The second half will contain two training through networking and graduate students. The volume of email components: 1) representatives from 4 discussion. Fifty students will be able is limited to about 3-4 emails a month. or 5 non-academic careers (e.g., to register to have lunch with one of 10 Non-academic job opportunities are marketing and non-profit sectors) will mentors who are knowledgeable about posted on a monthly basis, and there is present information about their fields, student-generated core topics. A coffee/ also a venue called “Dear Sigmunda,” offer suggestions and answer student’s dessert social will then take place after where students confidentially seek questions about how to enter their field, the luncheon that is open to all SPSP opinions and give advice to each other etc.; and 2) a panel discussion with 5-6 members. Mentoring topics will be about issues and problems they are people in the first 3 years of elicited from graduate students early in facing. Occasionally, student’s employment outside of graduate school the Fall, and we will then be seeking opinions on various committee issues in both academic and non-academic volunteer mentors. Stay tuned for more are also sought on the listserv. Students careers will talk about tactics to aid in information about this event! can join the listserv easily, just by making a smooth transition from sending an email to: student to employee. We are very Our work from last year has also been [email protected] with the excited about this pre-conference, and recognized by other professional following message: subscribe hope that it is as popular as the societies. For instance, SPSSI regularly Firstname Lastname. “Alternatives to Academia” symposium forwards our monthly non-academic that was sponsored last year by the career opportunities to their student The Forum. This newsletter is GSC. members and gives credit to our produced on a quarterly basis and committee. In addition, APS recently distributed to students via the student Graduate Student Poster Award:The listserv and is also posted on the GPA will again be offered at the 2004 (Continued on page 32) DIALOGUE Page 15

other comparable scientific fields have a wide array of awards available to State of the Society, Continued them; social-personality psychology is well under the level of their neighbor (Continued from page 2) the Social-Personality Psychology. The fields. Awards play a large role in voting members of the Executive winners for Service to the Society are identifying excellence to non- Council with their ideas (these are the Scott Plous of Wesleyan University, social/personality psychologists, people with a * in the Chuck Huff of St. Olaf College, and notably Chairs, Deans, Provosts, hiring box on the back page of Dialogue). Marilynn Brewer of Ohio State Committees, and so on. University. The winners for Service on

Research Awards. Several awards were Behalf of Social-Personality One important issue for the creation of announced at the meeting. The Psychology are Nancy Cantor of prizes is underwriting them—a recipient of the Henry A. Murray is University of Illinois-Champaign and substantial prize requires an Carol Ryff, the winner of the Donald T. Bob Croyle of the National Cancer endowment of about 15-20 times its Campbell Award is Robert Cialdini, Institute (see p. 17). yearly spending. These prize and the winner of the Jack Block endowments may come from direct Award is Ravenna Helson (see stories More Awards. Although the Society is yearly donations (e.g., the Theoretical on pp. 13, 19). There are three winners involved in six awards or prizes, there Innovation Prize is supported by Mark of the Theoretical Innovation Prize; the is continuing interest in expanding the Schaller), or endowments and estate first authors of these papers are John amount of formal recognition that the donations. It was suggested that the Jost of New York University, Paula Society confers. There is a general Society seek professional assistance for Niedenthal of Université Blaise Pascal, sense that we, as a field, tend to be generating and managing donations; and Fritz Strack of University of stingy and self-punishing. There is little the Society is considering this Wuerzburg (see p. 4). downside to having more awards, as possibility. long as there are enough people to

Service Awards. The Society's second deserve them; we don’t think there is Several new award possibilities were round of Service Awards were given in any shortage of merit worthy of discussed at the meeting, including the two established categories: Service recognition in SPSP’s ranks. Many to the Society, and Service on Behalf of (Continued on page 17) Page 16 DIALOGUE The Summer Institute of Social Psychology: A Student’s Perspective By Scott Eidelman plenty of time for other activities. bachelor named Tex. The Social Many took advantage of the Colorado Neuroscience group shared funny No one was sure what to expect when Shakespeare festival, nearby hiking pictures, bad data, and, well, lubricant. over 70 eager graduate students and a trails, and pick-up games of Ultimate Most interesting was the Terror few post-docs convened in Boulder, for Frisbee and soccer. An indefatigable, Management group’s keen analysis of the first ever Summer Institute in few put forth the effort to go white the war in Iraq (a distal defense Social Psychology. We knew water tubing. “The Hill,” complete with mechanism to deal with a certain enthusiasm was high, that Boulder was undergraduate bars and local color, leader’s fragile existence). The Implicit beautifully situated outside the served as a frequent hangout. Most Social Cognition group marched to a Rockies, and that our instructors were nights, however, were spent relaxing different beat, sharing fascinating as in the dark as the rest of us. around the dormitory and its pond. If research proposals; and Social Identity Everything else (including the heat), you could navigate around the geese and Intergroup Relations offered their was to be a surprise. Quite a pleasant and what they left behind, you were own insights as to how we all might one, as it turns out, for with time, we likely to hear familiar tales the highs come together under the banner of soon became well-acquainted with and lows of graduate student life, the unlimited love. dormitory-living (sans air- pleasure and the pain, and, naturally, more than one funny advisor story. Specifics aside, the presentations were conditioning), at least one topic in social psychology, and–most notably– fun, informative, and touching. All each other. along we knew we were a part of We all gained a newfound something significant, but–for most of For most SISP attendees, standing in appreciation for the us, at least–it took the end in sight to line for the shower, finishing dinner by make the obvious even more so. After 6:30, and having strangers make our effort-attraction link—we some drinks, dinner, more drinks, a few beds each morning took some getting LOVED our courses! toasts, and some particularly moving used to. More than a few participants words from Amelie Mummendey, most (and at least two nameless instructors) of us found our way back to the Hill for noted that 9 a.m. seemed awfully early Local graduate students Geoff Urland a final night of photos, friends, and fun. to start a class. But this was summer and Greg Webster were kind enough to school, after all. Classes met daily, with share their (and their neighbors’) By all accounts, SISP was an amazing success. Of course, we encourage format varying across courses. courtyard on one particularly pleasant Colorado evening. All had fun, most Chick to perform the sign test, but note that a more telling statistic would be a Seminar-style discussions were the imbibed, and a lucky few listened as a norm, though small-groups work, nameless instructor gave an impromptu measure of effect size. We’re sure Jacob Cohen would agree that the specialized equipment training, and history lesson (read: gossip session) movie viewing were all used as about those who came (drank, shouted, impact of this first Summer Institute in Social Psychology was–and will methods of instruction. All courses and offended) before us. built on the instructors’ area of continue to be–quite large. expertise, as well as their passion for No SISP (not even the first!) would the material. Despite differences in have been complete without a final On behalf of all those attending the first SISP, we would like to say thank you, topics, social comparison outside of the banquet. No one seemed to know what classroom confirmed important was to take place at the plenary session to Chick Judd and Eliot Smith for acting on their hunch, to Harry Reis commonalties in our experiences. We scheduled to precede this event; or, all learned a great deal about a sub-area more precisely, who was to say what to and Steve Breckler for their support and encouragement, to NSF for their in the field, developed significant whom (though the stories circulating financial backing, to Chick, Leaf Van friendships with our future colleagues, would have made Festinger very, very Boven, and Geoff Urland for being gained a newfound appreciation for the proud). After some goading, telling, stellar organizers, and–of course–to all effort-attraction link (we LOVED our and last-minute planning, five of the instructors, who shared with us courses!) and–sooner or later–were marvelous student presentations their time, knowledge, and enthusiasm. cajoled into taking an IAT or two for emerged. The Close Relationships All of you helped to make our two the Implicit Social Cognition class. group introduced us to different weeks in Boulder an unforgettable Being in class a mere 8 hours a day left theoretical models in the area and a experience.■ DIALOGUE Page 17 Second SPSP Service Awards Go to Brewer, Cantor, Croyle Huff and Plous By Claude Steele and flourishing enterprise, in Society tirelessly throughout her significant part, because of Marilynn's academic career. She, like Marilynn As a Society, we are blessed that many contributions during this period. We Brewer, has been elected to virtually all people have—and continue to be— take this opportunity to express our of its offices. But this award is in heartfelt thanks. special recognition of her contributions willing to contribute their time and hard work to the Society’s development Scott Plous. Scott single-handedly to maintaining a commitment to social and prosperity. This generosity has developed the cutting-edge website that psychology in the reorganization of made the Society healthy, wealthy SPSP now enjoys, and with this NSF that occurred in the early 1990’s. (kind of) and wise (certainly). The contribution, brought the Society into Her vigilance, organizational mastery, Executive Committee has long wanted the modern internet age. He began this and hard work helped to assure NSF’s to reward this generosity; last year it website and has managed it from its commitment to its program in social developed two awards to be given in inception, with truly creative content psychology. In appreciation of her recognition of outstanding service, one and great responsiveness to issues such being there at the right time, her for contributions to the Society as fixing the spam problem. We all owe recognizing what was at stake, and her directly, and the other for contributions him a great debt and make this award sustained commitment to furthering the in behalf of the Society and its as a token of our appreciation. field’s interest in that agency, we offer this award. members in other venues. This year’s Chuck Huff. Chuck Huff too has winners are honored below. Robert Croyle. Bob is currently a helped the Society move into the For contributions to the Society: modern information age. He developed Program Director at the National the idea of having Listservs for the Cancer Institute. This award is being Marilynn Brewer. Marilynn has made in recognition of his effective given generously to the Society Society—one for announcements and the other for announcements and efforts to further behavioral approaches throughout her career, serving in just in that Institute, that is, to convince the about every one of its elected offices. discussion—and then single-handedly did the work of setting them up. He has leadership of the value of behavioral And during the period when APS was approaches in understanding and being formed as a separate society, and managed them tirelessly—even while on sabbatical—and has made them an managing cancer. He has lobbied the role of scientists in APA was being tirelessly in this effort. And as a result, diminished, Marilynn's experience, essential communication medium of our discipline. We make this award in the list of research projects funded by wisdom and energy were critical in the Cancer Institute includes a large enabling SPSP to find its footing as an appreciation of Chuck’s innovative and sustained commitment to this service. and growing number of social independently incorporated Society. psychology projects. In appreciation of This took hour upon hour of work— For contributions on behalf of the Bob’s helping to develop this new negotiating, strategizing and following Society: outlet for social psychological research, through. The Society is now a secure Nancy Cantor. Nancy has served the we make this award. ■

State of the Society, Continued to cover this issue more fully in future resulted in a 50% acceptance/rejection issues of Dialogue. rate. It is structurally very difficult to (Continued from page 15) increase the size of the conference— awards for research creativity, Conference. The review process for the there are few venues that allow for applications of social-personality 4th SPSP Conference in Austin enough sessions to co-occur, and still research, scholarly connectedness to (starting January 29, 2004) was under offer the right size room for plenary other disciplines, special awards for way during the meeting, and the results sessions, posters, distribution of box younger scholars (e.g., a Presidential of that deliberation have now been lunches, and the other needs of our Young Scholar who would be pre- made public. Serious attention was paid large and highly successful conference. tenure), book awards, and service to to including more talks, symposia, There is still likely to be substantial public policy. If you have ideas papers, and posters during the overlap between poster session, social or opinions on these matters, you conference. Currently, many worthy hour, and award and other should feel free to the contact any of and interesting research and ideas are announcements. The Executive the voting members (see p. 32) of the prevented from appearing at the Committee was unanimous in its desire Society, or the Executive Officer or the conference due to space limitations; to increase the access to symposia and Executive Officer-designate. We hope even having six simultaneous sessions (Continued on page 20) Page 18 DIALOGUE EAESP Summer School 2004: A Significant Opportunity for American Graduate Students By Harry Reis encouraging friendships and strongly) covered by the five tracks. collaborative research. At its heart, the We are lucky that Kees van den Bos We are pleased to announce that SPSP teaching program will consist of five (justice; University of Utrecht), Catrin will again be sponsoring five North workgroups covering five main Finkenauer (interpersonal relations; American graduate students in the domains of research in current Free University, Amsterdam), Rob biennial EAESP Summer School. The Holland (attitudes; Nijmegen summer school is described below. University) and Karen van der Zee-van Application procedures will be SPSP will sponsor five Oudenhoven (cultural psychology; announced soon on the SPSP website. North American graduate University of Groningen) agreed to students for the EAESP give talks about their field of expertise. August 1–August 15, University of After their talks, they will be available Groningen, The Netherlands Summer School. The for further discussion and individual The EAESP Summer School 2004 will official language during questions. Finally, we are happy to take place from August 1-August 15 in announce that Marcello Galucci (Free Groningen, a medium-sized, pretty and the summer school will University, Amsterdam) agreed to give lively city in the north of the be English. an afternoon methods workshop. The Netherlands. official language during the summer experimental social psychology. Each school will be English. Following the great tradition of the participant will participate in one of previous EAESP summer schools, two these workgroups. Per workgroup there Students’ accommodations will be in major goals will be pursued: First, the will be 12 students and two teachers, international student houses (2-person intention is to familiarize students with both experts in the respective field. We rooms). The student houses are the latest theoretical, methodological will offer the following tracks in the equipped with kitchens, but except on and empirical developments in various table below. weekends students will be provided fields in experimental social with breakfast, lunch and dinner. psychology. This, in turn, should In addition to the workgroups, all contribute to the individual dissertation teachers will present their current work Further information is available at projects. Second, the summer school in plenary sessions. Moreover, we http://www.spsp.org/eaespsum.htm■ will aim at facilitating contacts between invited some guest speakers whose young scholars from different work represents social-psychological European and non-European countries, research domains that are not (or not

EAESP Summer School Courses and Instructors, August 2004, Groningen, The Netherlands:

Automaticity and goals Tanya Chartrand (Duke University, USA) & Ap Dijksterhuis (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Stereotyping Bernd Wittenbrink (University of Chicago, USA) & Olivier Corneille (Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium)

Intergroup relations Russell Spears (University of Cardiff, United Kingdom) & Sabine Otten (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)

Emotions, motivation, and decision making Nira Liberman (Tel Aviv University, Israel) & Marcel Zeelenberg (Tilburg University, The Netherlands)

The self Brett Pelham (University at Buffalo, USA) & Diederik Stapel (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)

DIALOGUE Page 19 Carol Ryff Wins 2003 Henry Murray Award By Jefferson Singer quantitative data with incisive, textured contributions of those working in the qualitative assessments captures the demanding kind of inquiry pioneered As the outgoing chair of the Henry A. best spirit of Murray's multimethod by Henry Murray (1893-1988). The Murray Award Committee for Division approach to understanding personality. Murray tradition includes a 8, it is my pleasure to announce the In a recent chapter, her integration of receptiveness to the integration of a 2003 winner of the Henry A. Murray biographical material from the lives of variety of theoretical viewpoints and award—Carol Ryff, Department of Goethe, Leo and Sonja Tolstoy, Robert research techniques, the development Psychology, University of Wisconsin- and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and of tools that enable the bringing Madison. The committee chose Prof. Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera parallels together of the "tough and tender" in Ryff for the enormous breadth of her Murray's efforts to draw on the insights personality research, recognition of the research, spanning fields of of literature, arts and the humanities to thematic unity of individual lives, the development, aging, personality, extend the lens of personological biological, social, and cultural contexts interpersonal relations and health analysis. Her sensitivity to person- of personality, and a style of psychology. centered life history analysis in her intellectual leadership that exhibits and ongoing multi-site MIDUS project inspires several of these characteristics Her multi-dimensional model of well- indicates that she will take the Murray in others. Previous winners include being, examined through longitudinal tradition forward to a new generation David Winter, Seymour Epstein, and data sensitive to sociocultural and of younger researchers. For all these Robert White. socioeconomic variables, exemplifies reasons, she was an ideal choice for the the Murray tradition that the whole Murray award. The incoming chair for the Murray individual can best be understood award is Nicole Barenbaum. The through an analysis of both internal Established in 1978, the Henry Murray article below details information on needs and the "press" of the external Award is made annually, if warranted, nominating candidates for the 2004 environment. Her ability to blend to recognize the outstanding award. ■

Call for Nominations for the 2004 Henry A. Murray Award

Nominations are being sought for the (c) A theoretical outlook that phone: 931-598-1302). Henry A. Murray Award. The Award, recognizes intrapsychic structure and Nominations should include three established in 1978, is made annually the thematic unity of individual lives in letters of recommendation that describe to recognize and encourage those the midst of phenotypic diversity. how the candidate meets the award working in the demanding and difficult criteria, a copy of the nominee’s CV, tradition pioneered by Professor (d) Interest in imagination and in and reprints of his/her relevant work. Murray. The awardee receives $1,000 biography, literature, and myth as and is asked to present a Murray Award psychological data. Nominations are due by May 1, 2004. address at the meeting of the APA the Carol Ryff, the most recent Murray following year. (e) Interest in the biological, social, Award winner, will be honored at the and cultural contexts of personality. American Psychological Association The Murray tradition may be meeting in August of 2004. ■ characterized as follows: (f) A style of intellectual leadership that has contributed to outstanding (a) Receptiveness to the value of work that exhibits several of these bringing together a variety of characteristics. disciplines, theoretical viewpoints, and research techniques. Nominating materials should be sent to Professor Nicole B. Barenbaum, Chair, Society for Personality and Social (b) Conceptual tools that lend Henry A. Murray Award Committee, themselves to the integration of the Psychology Department of Psychology, University Visit us at www.spsp.org tough and tender in personality of the South, Sewanee, TN 37383- research. 1000 (email: [email protected]; Page 20 DIALOGUE

Ravenna Helson Receives Block Award By Brent Roberts development (Helson, Mitchell, & establish that personality was both Moane, 1984), and of experiences in consistent and changeable in Ravenna Helson is this year’s much work, marriage, parenthood, the adulthood, and has been a persistent deserved recipient of the Jack Block women’s movement on personality and clarifying voice in that Award from the Society for Personality change (e.g., Helson, Kwan, John, & controversy for many years. She was and Social Psychology. Dr. Helson is a Jones, 2002), and the psychological also one of the first to study the lives of leading scholar in at least three fields of underpinnings of creativity in authors women using longitudinal methods, inquiry: adult personality development, and mathematicians (Helson, 1973; having tracked the Mills Longitudinal women’s development, and the field of Helson & Crutchfield, 1970). Her Sample for over 40 years. Using that creativity research. She has published creativity and insight in these areas of sample, she was one of the first to many of the definitive studies of the research was recently acknowledged highlight the importance of midlife, continuity and changeability of when she and her colleagues received well before the baby boomers personality in adulthood, the patterns of the award for the best article in the motivated increased attention to the development unique to women’s lives, Journal of Research in Personality, on topic. She also used that sample to ask and insightful analyses of the creative the growing evidence for personality important questions about women’s personality. Dr. Helson’s research is change in adulthood. lives in particular. For example, she remarkable for both its span of topics asked: Is the traditional role bad for as well as its breadth of methods. She Methodologically, she seamlessly women? Are the 50s the prime of life has made significant contributions to incorporates multiple methods, such as for women? And how do women our understanding of the rank-order self-reports, observer ratings, text manifest their creative potential across consistency and changeability of analysis, and projective techniques in the life course? Her ability to combine personality traits across the life course her effort to triangulate on the issues in creative insights with multiple (Helson & Moane, 1987; Helson, any given research project. methodological techniques in her Jones, & Kwan, 2002), the role of Throughout her career, Dr. Helson has efforts to study lives the long way social clock projects in personality been ahead of the curve on numerous makes her a fitting recipient of the fronts. She was one of the first to Block Award.■

State of the Society, Continued The location for the 2005 conference is committee, Allen Omoto, Claremont as yet undetermined, although Graduate School. (Continued from page 17) negotiations are currently under way. other speaking slots at the SPSP At this point, only locations in the Two Summer Institutes. The Summer conferences. But the practical South are being considered, and the Institute for Social Psychology was limitations are very difficult—every preference is for a location on the east quite a big success, early data from session of the Executive Committee for coast (e.g., Florida, South Carolina). students gives very high marks to the the last three years has discussed this Institute. We have a report from the question seriously. Mark Leary, chair Training Committee. The Training organizers (see p. 5) and a report from of the Program Committee has written Committee is interested in moving a student participant (see p. 16). a short article (see p. 8) that explains toward helping interested SPSP Expectation ran high for SISP, and all the process of selection; he describes scientists to be involved in public early reports suggest these expectations the difficulty associated with making policy, including planning an SPSP were met. these selections, and acknowledges the symposium. GASP had a high profile at large number of excellent submissions SPSP in LA, and is one visible The European Association for which go unrecognized. outcome of the Training Committee's Experimental Social Psychology The program for the Austin conference commitment and support of inclusion. Summer School will be in Gronigen, is certain to be excellent, and the There was a lengthy discussion about The Netherlands in July. There are conference will offer a few extra how to begin training people in policy several dedicated positions for North niceties; there will be some free food at work, and also in terms of turning the Americans; applications are welcoming reception, and two (2) free findings of our vibrant and exciting encouraged (see p. 18). drinks per person! Another nice result field into useful policy. The Training of the Society's fiscal solvency is that Committee is looking for people with Australasian Fellow. There is money registration for the conference will be public policy experience; members for an Australasian Fellow. These the same price as last year. who wish to be of assistance might funds go to a member of the profitably contact the chair of the (Continued on page 24) DIALOGUE Page 21

He is probably best known for his (1946) conformity, and depression. He may be Problems in Prejudice. New York: King's best known to SPSP members for his Passings Crown Press. In this monograph, work on the Interaction Model of

Hartley first demonstrated the high Personality, which encouraged research This continues our section of very brief degree of correlation among different into the mutually reciprocal effects obituaries of psychologists of interest to ethnic prejudices, and using data on between personality and situations, see members of SPSP. If you wish to contribute attitudes toward the "Nonesuch" groups Endler, N.S. & Magnusson, D. (1976). an obituary, or bring our attention to people of Wallonians, Danireans, and Pireneans, Toward an interactional psychology of we have overlooked, please e-mail the suggested that fear of the unknown personality. Psychological Bulletin, 83, 956- editors, and we will be happy to include The Editors might underlie a substantial amount of 974. them. — ethnic prejudice. In addition, his work in scientometrics Eugene Hartley, September 2002 Vincent Nowlis, May 2003 was influential and widely read, see Endler, N. S., Rushton, J. P., & Eugene Hartley received a Ph.D. from Vincent Nowlis received a Ph.D. from Roediger, H. L. (1978). Productivity and Columbia University, and was a pioneer Yale in 1939, where he was a classmate scholarly impact (citations) of British, in the study of racial and ethnic of Eleanor Gibson, David McClelland Canadian, and US departments of prejudice. Hartley spent 1939 until 1968 and Irvin Child, and spent the majority psychology. American Psychologist, 33, at the College of the City of New York of his career at the University of 1064-1083. (now part of CUNY), with later Rochester. Nowlis was best known for appointments at the University of work on mood and states of Richard Wenzlaff, August 2003 Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Murdoch consciousness, notably as a function of University, Perth, Western Australia. drug use. Rich Wenzlaff, Professor of Psychology Hartley served with the military during and Chair of the psychology department, WWII, including year as a bombing Nowlis was among the first died suddenly while playing tennis; he analyst with the U.S. Strategic Bombing psychologists to make the still- was 50 years old. Wenzlaff was a Survey, studying the psychological controversial argument that positive and graduate of UTSA, and received an M.A. effects of battle noise. He was also a negative moods represent separate and from Trinity University, and a Ph.D. consultant to Gunnar Myrdal on the independent dimensions of affective from UT-Austin in clinical psychology. Carnegie Endowment study, "The Negro experience. He developed the Mood in America." Adjective Check List, among the first While formally trained in clinical measures of mood, and still in use today. psychology, Wenzlaff also did social Hartley was the chair of the Committee Nowlis participated in the first Nebraska psychology research with Dan Wegner on Intergroup Relations when Dan Katz Symposium on Motivation (1953) on while at Trinity and with Bill Swann at and Kenneth Clark joined the committee motivational systems in personality with UT-Austin. His research spanned and (this committee later developed the Ted Newcomb, Harry Harlow, O.H. integrated clinical and social psychology. "Social Science Statement" that played a Mowrer, Judson Brown, and Leo At the time of his death, Wenzlaff was in role in Brown v. Board of Education of Postman, he co-edited The Graduate the midst of a major research project Topeka), and was President of SPSSI Student as Teacher with Kenneth E. Clark relating depression and thought from 1953-1954. and Miriam Rock. suppression, early reports of which can be found in Wenzlaff, R.M., Meieir, J. & Hartley's publications ran from 1946 Norman Endler, May 2003 Salas, D.M. (2002). Thought suppression until 1989, a span of 43 years. Along and memory biases during and after with Theodore Newcomb, Hartley Norman Endler received his Ph.D. in depressive moods. Cognition and Emotion, edited the highly influential Readings in 1958 from the University of Illinois, 16, 403-422, and Wenzlaff, R.M. & Social Psychology (Hartley & Newcomb, Urbana-Champaign, and other than brief Wegner, D.M. (2000). Thought 1947), which went through two stints at Pennsylvania State University suppression. Annual Review of Psychology, subsequent editions (Swanson, and the University of Illinois, Urbana- 51, 59-91. Newcomb, & Hartley, 1952) and Champaign, he spent nearly 40 years at (Maccoby, Newcomb & Hartley, 1958). York University. A fellow of the Royal Wenzlaff was the winner of the Social Hartley also studied the effects of Society of Canada, he received its Innis- Psychologists In Texas’ 2001 Spirit television and passive learning, and the Gernin medal in 1997, the same year he Award. He is survived by his wife, Ann "absence of aroused resistance" to what won the D.O. Hebb award, the highest Eisenberg, a developmental psychologist is learned, see Krugman, H.E. & Hartley, honor bestowed by the Canadian at UTSA, and his children Rachel (9) and E.L. (1970). Passive learning from Psychological Association. Adam (5). ■ television Public Opinion Quarterly, 34, 184-90. His work ranged widely, from personality to electroconvulsive therapy, Page 22 DIALOGUE

Comings and Goings Back by popular demand — below is an alphabetical list of recent job moves of social/personality psychologists. Though surely incomplete, this includes all information that was sent to us. All moves happened this fall except where otherwise noted; year and location of Ph.D. appear in parentheses:

Bill Altermatt (2001, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), from the University of Michigan-Flint to Hanover College Cameron P Anderson (2001, UC-Berkeley), from a post-doc at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University to the Stern School of Business, New York University Hillary Anger Elfenbein (2001, Harvard University) from a post-doc at Harvard Business School to Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley Leslie Ashburn-Nardo (2003, University of Kentucky) to Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis John Bargh (1981, University of Michigan) to Yale University from New York University Veronica Benet-Martinez (1995, UC-Davis), from the University of Michigan to UC-Riverside Elisabeth Brauner (1993, University of Goettingen, Germany), from Humboldt-University in Berlin, Germany to Brooklyn College, The City University of New York Amy M. Buddie (2001, Miami University, Oxford, OH), from a post-doc at the Research Institute on Addictions at the University of Buffalo to Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA. Brad J. Bushman, (1989, University of Missouri) from Iowa State University to the University of Michigan Kevin Carlsmith (2001, Princeton University) from a post-doc at the University of Virginia to Colgate University, Hamilton NY Tanya Chartrand (1999, NYU), from the Ohio State University to Duke University (Psychology and Business School) Natalie Ciarocco (2003, Case Western Reserve University) to Florida Atlantic University Harris Cooper (1976, University of Connecticut), from University of Missouri to Duke University (Psychology, and Director of the Program in Education). Henry A. Danso (2001, University of Western Ontario), from a post-doc at the University of Waterloo to Wesleyan University Erica Dawson (2003, Cornell University) to the Yale School of Management Emer Day (2003, University of Kansas) to Kansas State University Shelley Dean Kilpatrick (1998, UNC-Chapel Hill) from UCLA/RAND Center for Adolescent Health Promotion to Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar, MO Amanda Diekman (2000, Northwestern University), from Purdue University to Miami University, Oxford, OH Brent Donnellan (2001, UC-Davis), from a post-doc at UC-Davis to Michigan State University Roger Drake (1981, University of Tennessee), temporarily from Western State College of Colorado to Transdisciplinary Drug Abuse Prevention Research Center, Keck School of Medicine ,University of Southern California Jacob Eisenberg (2001, Colorado State University), from the Cyprus International Institute of Management to the Quinn School of Business, University College, Dublin, Ireland Steven M. Elias (2001, Colorado State University), from Colorado State University to Western Carolina University Jennifer S. Feenstra (2003, University of New Hampshire) to Northwestern College, Orange City, Iowa Eli Finkel (2001, UNC-Chapel Hill), from a post-doc at Carnegie Mellon University to Northwestern University Christine Harris (1998, University of California at San Diego), from a post-doc at UCSD to a faculty job at UCSD Kathi L. Heffner (2001, University of Nevada, Reno), from a post-doc at Ohio State University to Ohio University Tony Herman (2002, Ohio State University), from Kalamazoo College to Willamette University, Salem, Oregon Rick Hoyle (1988, UNC-Chapel Hill), from the University of Kentucky to Duke University (Psychology and the Center for Child and Family Policy) Crystal Hoyt (2003, UC-Santa Barbara) to the University of Richmond Jepson School of Leadership.

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Comings and Goings, Continued

(Continued from page 22) Kurt Hugenberg (2003, Northwestern University) to Miami University, Oxford, OH John T. Jost, (1995, Yale University), from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business to New York University's Department of Psychology. Cheryl Kaiser (2001, University of Vermont), from a post-doc at UC-SB to Michigan State University Kerry Kawakami (1995, University of Toronto), from University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands to York University Saera Khan (1999, Washington University in St. Louis), from Western Washington University to the University of San Francisco Heejung Kim, Ph. D. 2001 (Stanford University), from Harvey Mudd College to University of California, Santa Barbara. Josephine D. Korchmaros (2003, University of Connecticut) to Southern Illinois University Robin Kowalski, (1990, UNC-Greenboro) from Western Carolina University to Clemson University Jennifer La Guardia (2001, University of Rochester) from a post-doc at the University of Wisconsin to the University of Waterloo Jessica L. Lakin (2003, Ohio State University) to Drew University Janet Landman (1984, University of Michigan, 1984) from Babson College to The Writing Program, Boston University Jay A. Linn (2003, University of Arkansas) to Widener University, Chester, PA. Tim Loving (2001, Purdue University), from a post-doc at The Ohio State University to the University of Texas at Austin, Department of Human Ecology Rene Martin (1996,University of Iowa), from Assistant Research Scientist in Psychology at the University of Iowa to Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing, University of Iowa David Marx, (2001, Harvard University), from a post-doc at the University of Colorado to the University of Groningen, The Netherlands Tracy McLaughlin-Volpe (2003, State University of New York at Stony Brook), from a post-doc at the Graduate Center, CUNY to the University of Vermont Dawn McQuiston (2003, University of Texas at El Paso) to Arizona State University West Daniel C. Molden (2003, Columbia University) to Northwestern University Carolyn C. Morf (1994, University of Utah), from position as Chief, Personality and Social Cognition Program National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to Institut fur Psychologie, Universitat Bern, Switzerland. Beth Morling (1996, University of Massachusetts, Amherst), from Muhlenberg College to University of Delaware Nora A. Murphy (2003, Northeastern University) to the University of Florida Lou Penner (1969, Michigan State University), from the University of South Florida to the Karmanos Cancer Institute, Department of Family Medicine, Wayne State University and adjunct research scientist in the Research Center for Group Dynamics at ISR, Ann Arbor. Michael Platow (1991, UC-Santa Barbara), from La Trobe University to Australian National University Barton Poulson (1999, Graduate Center of the CUNY), from Brigham Young University to Utah Valley State College Emily Pronin (2001, Stanford University), from a post-doc at Harvard University to Princeton University Jane Richards (2000, Stanford University), from the University of Washington to the University of Texas, Austin Paul Rose (2003, University at Buffalo-SUNY) to Union College, Schenectady, NY Jonathan Rottenberg (2003, Stanford University) to the University of South Florida Michael T. Schmitt (2002, University of Kansas) from a post-doc at Dartmouth College, Tuck School of Business to the Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University (Continued on page 24) Page 24 DIALOGUE

Comings and Goings, Continued David Sherman, Ph. D. 2000 (Stanford University), from post-doc at UCLA to visiting assistant professor, Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara. Jefferson Singer (1987, Yale University), temporarily from Connecticut College to the University of Durham, England, on a Fulbright Scholarship Laura Smart Richman (1997, University of Virginia), from Harvard School of Public Health to Duke University.

Jessi Smith (2002, University of Utah) to the Ohio State University-Newark Sam Sommers (2002, University of Michigan) to Tufts University Tracie Stewart (1995, Purdue University), from Mississippi State University to Georgia State University Amber Story (1992, Cornell University), from George Washington University to the National Science Foundation (Program Director, Social Psychology) Eunkook M. Suh (1999, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), from UC-Irvine to Yonsei University Shinchon-dong, Seoul, Korea Nan M. Sussman (1973, University of Kansas), temporarily from City University of New York Graduate Center and College of Staten Island to City University of Hong Kong as a Fulbright Scholar (January 2004) Jennifer J. Tickle (2002, Dartmouth College), from Dartmouth College to St. Mary's College of Maryland Zakary Tormala (2003, Ohio State University) to Indiana University Kali H. Trzesniewski (2003, University of California, Davis) to a post-doc at the Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK Leaf Van Boven (2000, Cornell University), from Department of Marketing, University of British Columbia to Department of Psychology, University of Colorado at Boulder (2002) Kathleen Vohs (2000, Dartmouth College), from a post-doc at the University of Utah to the University of British Columbia Harry Wallace (2001, Case Western Reserve University), from a post-doc at the University of Florida to Trinity University (San Antonio, TX) Piotr Winkielman (1997, University of Michigan), from the University of Denver to the University of California, San Diego Wendy Wood (1980, University of Massachusetts), from Texas A&M University to Duke University ■

State of the Society, Continued Harman of the University of stages. Connecticut is the new GSC President. The Committee is remarkably active Publication Committee. PSPB is (Continued from page 20) (see p. 14). There is a Student Web looking for a new editor; the call Australasian Society, for a visit to a page associated with the SPSP Web appears on p 6. Right now, the North American institution (the next Page (http://www.spsp.org/student/), a publication lag of 10 months is time, the funds go to a North America student listserv (which can be joined perceived as very good (6 months is the SPSP member to visit the Australasian via the web page), and the Committee bare minimum to keep the journal region). The money goes to the Fellow, is responsible for organizing the office running and issues in the and travel is typically picked up by the Graduate Student Poster Awards. The pipeline). The centralized office system host institution. The Fellow is expected Committee is in the process of building is working very well. PSPB is moving to visit a North American institution, a larger infrastructure for Graduate to the CADMUS electronic tracking and put on a seminar that is made Student Poster Award, including system; it's too soon to tell how well it widely available to scholars and seeking support for prizes and is working--reviewers and authors are students in the region of the host empanelling a judging committee. A encouraged to give the Editor feedback. institution (which publicizes the event). mentoring dessert and coffee event is Applications are available from the planned for the Austin conference, Things at PSPR are also very good. Society (see Announcements, p. 31). along with more information about The manuscript submission rate is high, non-academic career opportunities; a about 70-75 year, publishing about 16 Graduate Student Committee. Jennifer pre-conference is in the planning (Continued on page 25) DIALOGUE Page 25

State of the Society, of the Society, such a series might As Monica Biernat rotates out as APA Continued prove successful. Your opinions are solicited by the Executive Committee, Council Representative, Ed Deiner and should be communicated to them rotates on. This gave way to discussion (Continued from page 24) about maintaining highly visible of them, with an effective rejection rate or to the Publication Committee. Some scientists in the role of APA President. between 75-80%. The citation rate is time was spent discussing whether or One of the important roles of the very high (see p. 7). A new Associate not Kluwer/Academic Press might Society is providing opportunity and Editor will soon replace outgoing want to bring Advances in encouragement for social and Associate Editor Robert McRae. There Experimental Social Psychology into personality psychologists to serve as is some thought being given to adding a the SPSP fold. No action was taken on APA President. SPSP encourages book review section in PSPR. The new this idea. anyone seeking the APA Presidency to Editor at Contemporary Psychology is contact SPSP leadership, and to considered a "pure practice" person, APA Council Report. The Society has become involved in Society affairs as which may create a need in the field for one potential stepping stone. book reviews. We have no idea how SPSP endorses two many SPSP members receive or read For the upcoming APA Presidential Contemporary Psychology, and a book candidates for APA election, SPSP officially endorses two review section may serve a real need. President: Ron Levant candidates, Ron Levant of Nova Please feel free to contact the Editor Southeastern, and Larry Beutler of (Elliot Smith) or the incoming of Nova Southeastern, (University of California, Santa- Publication Committee Chair (Joanne and Larry Beutler of Barbara). Because APA uses the Hare Wood) if you have an opinion on this system for elections, APA members are matter. (UC-Santa-Barbara). encouraged to vote for both candidates,

Because APA uses the in the order listed above. The Chair of the Publications

Committee, Jack Dovidio reviewed the Hare system for Other news from APA is that American policy of SPSP on Internet posting of elections, APA members Psychologist will go from 12 issues a articles published in Society journals. year down to 9 issues, although the Because copyright for the articles is are encouraged to vote total number of pages will remain the assigned to the publisher (Sage or for both candidates, in same. This is a cost-cutting measure. LEA), it is the publisher's rules which APA is also rolling out a new online determine what authors may do. For the order listed above. database known as PsycExtra. This PSPB articles, published by Sage, database will include conference articles may be posted and made its relations with APA primarily papers, newspaper articles, and so on. available up until the time it appears in through Division 8 (see the Executive The idea is that this (pay) service, will PSPB. At that point, one must Officer's description of the relationship be good for public libraries (as remove web access to articles. For on p. 11). The Society benefits from compared to college libraries). PSPR (LEA), articles may appear this relationship primarily by Newsletters such as Dialogue might before publication, but after influencing APA's lobbying efforts publication, articles must state that the (which are widely considered paper is published in PSPR and successful and valuable). June Tangney Coming in the next copyrighted by LEA. A PDF of a and Monica Biernat reported that APA reprint is acceptable, because it states is in good financial shape lately, with issue of Dialogue: location of publication and copyright the refinancing of its two office ownership. buildings. APA has a new auditor, Important yet under- Price Waterhouse, which has brought appreciated articles Some time was spent at the meeting about many accounting changes, but to discussing a possible edited book the average member, things will remain in social/personality series, proposed by LEA. This book much the same. The Executive psychology. series would be similar to the Review of Committee is very excited about APA's Social and Personality Psychology new CEO, Norman Anderson, who has Send your nomina- series once published jointly by SPSP substantial research and administrative tions to the editors and Sage. This series was a critical experience. Dr. Anderson visited the success, but its financial success was SPSP Executive Committee meeting, at spotty. However, with the substantial and a lively exchange about APA's role [email protected] reduction in the publication of edited and relation to Division 8/SPSP or volumes, and the valuable imprimatur ensued. [email protected] Page 26 DIALOGUE Organization of Empirical Articles, continued

(Continued from page 4) tongue-in-cheek, empirical article. search participants, psychologists have corded how long it took each partici- Insofar as possible, each of the four been slow to introduce this procedure pant to leave the laboratory, using ei- steps composing the heuristic is accom- into the laboratory. Consequently, little ther a stopwatch (no-bondage condi- plished as succinctly as possible; hard evidence exists concerning its tions) or a calendar (bondage condi- hence, most sections consist of four actual efficacy in reducing attrition. tions). As of this writing, no partici- paragraphs, and most paragraphs con- pants have been debriefed, but the re- sist of four sentences. And, of course, searcher has been dismissed The current research was designed to each of these elements is tailored to represent introduction, specification, explore the effectiveness of bondage as resolution and conclusion, in that order. a technique for retaining participants in Results lengthy experiments. In what was in- tended to be a longitudinal study, some Bondage: subjects were tied into their chairs, Bondage awareness whereas others were not. Attrition Participants’ lists of Houdini- A new method for retaining human rates were calculated for each group, subjects in lengthy experiments associations were coded by a blind re- with the expectation that bondage search assistant for terms associated would improve retention. Such results with bondage. It was predicted that could improve prospects for the con- Today’s youth often walk out on their such terms would be used more by duct of lengthy studies. responsibilities -- in fact, they even bondage participants than by no- walk out in the middle of our experi- bondage participants. However, the reverse occurred, with no-bondage par- ments. In the lab, such irresponsibility Method results in “attrition,” which wastes re- ticipants producing more bondage- sources and threatens the internal valid- Participants related items on average (m = 1.0) than ity of research. Techniques for reduc- Participants were 50 male and 50 fe- bondage participants (m = 0.0); ing attribution could therefore be quite male University students who were F(1,99) = 5.12, p<.01. Possibly no- valuable to our field The present re- recruited using SPAM e-mail promis- bondage participants failed to respond search examines one possible technique ing a “spell-binding” experience. They because their hands were tied, although for discouraging human subjects from were randomly assigned to either bond- this conclusion remains speculative at walking out in the middle of a research age or no bondage conditions, and were this point project. all run at once in a large laboratory room. Subject attrition Past research indicates that subject at- The experimenter intended to record trition is a serious problem in studies Procedures the exact time (or date) at which each that last more than a few minutes participant walked out of the experi- (Outahere, 1982). As many as 90% of Upon arrival, participants were told that the study involved Houdini’s es- ment. Participants in the no-bondage research participants have been known condition were expected to depart to sneak out of some experiments cape techniques. Participants in the bondage condition were then tied into sooner than those in the bondage condi- (Jailbreak, 1983). Attempts to retain tion. Unfortunately, all participants participants have had mixed, and often their chairs, after which all participants were given a 5000 page questionnaire broke out of the experiment at the same disappointing results (Beg and Cajole, time; consequently there were no reli- 1984). Clearly a reliable technique for about Houdini’s life. The first item asked participants to list things associ- able differences between conditions, improving retention needs to be devel- F(1,99) <1. It is theorized that disgrun- oped. ated with Houdini, and these lists were coded for terms like “rope” and tled no-bondage participants may have “handcuffs” that would betray implicit untied those in the bondage condition. One under-used strategy for retaining awareness of the bondage manipula- subjects in experiments involves bond- tion. Questionnaire completion age. Tying people up is a common practice in contexts ranging from rob- A subsidiary analysis was performed bery to porn films. Yet, despite the The experimenter left the room and on the number of questionnaire pages strong likelihood that bondage would positioned himself where he could see completed by participants. It was the laboratory exit. He faithfully re- curtail the premature departure of re- (Continued on page 29) DIALOGUE Page 27 Page 28 DIALOGUE

CLASSIC BOOK REVIEW Media influence on violence and aggression: The anti-comics crusade of the 1950’s Seduction of the Innocent aggressively? Wertham was convinced account, the reader is told that interviews By Fredric Wertham, M.D. that the answer to that question was revealed that the children were regular Published 1954, New York: Rinehart. “yes”, and his book was written to make readers of comic books. There is little the case that comic book characters can discussion, however, of how many comic By Daniel Cervone serve as models for violent behavior that books were being read by children who is then imitated by children. Much of the were doing their homework, playing book consists of descriptions of the nicely with others, and helping senior Sometimes people are right for the contents of comics of the period, citizens cross the street. More to the wrong reasons. That’s how it was with especially the “crime” books, which were point, anything resembling data is Fredric Wertham. There is much to the best sellers. Indeed, much of what noticeable primarily in its absence. In admire about Wertham, a German-born the kids were buying and reading was fact, elsewhere in his writings, Wertham psychiatrist who settled in the United pretty gruesome stuff. Murder, larceny, expressed annoyance at other social States in 1922. Much of his career was and sadism were prominent themes in scientists’ fixation on measuring devoted to providing mental health comic book stories. One of them variables “quantitatively” and getting services to low-income people and described (and partially reprinted) by caught up in “the net of statistics”. members of underserved minority Wertham involved two men being killed (Nevertheless, in Seduction of the Innocent groups. In addition, a paper he wrote on by having their feet tied to the back of a Wertham might have set a record for the the harmful effects of racial segregation car and then dragged down a road on number of times explicitly referring to in the schools was submitted to the their faces. Another featured a baseball one’s own work as “scientific research”). Supreme Court during the arguments game in which body parts of murder that led to the Brown vs. Board of victims were used to make up the playing Ironically, though, it seems hard to Education ruling. He is most field and equipment (intestines for escape the following conclusion: remembered, however, for his very baselines, heads for balls, limbs for bats, Wertham was probably right. Research prominent role in a major public torsos as chest protectors, etc.). One on the effects of violence on television controversy during the early 1950’s: the short-lived comic even went by the name and in the movies has now yielded debate over the role of comic books in of Teenage Dope Slaves. (Issues of that compelling evidence for a link between causing anti-social behavior among comic are now much sought after by portrayals of violence in the media and children and adolescents. Although collectors). Wertham also took pains to actual interpersonal violence. There is no mostly forgotten today, this issue was the point out that most of the cruel behavior reason to suppose that violence in comic subject of a great deal of commentary by presented in the pages of comic books books would have qualitatively different journalists and social scientists in the went unpunished. psychological effects. years following the Second World War. It even became the focus of a major Well-written and well-drawn comic Wertham became a notorious and hated investigation by a United States Senate books were also being published at the figure among fans of comic books; for Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency. time; many of those considered to be that reason, Seduction of the Innocent has Today, when comic books have moved classics of the genre appeared during this become a hard-to-find collector’s item. to the fringes of popular culture, it might period. Still, mindless violence was all (As this is being written the only used be hard to believe that they could ever too common, and the comic books copy available on amazon.com is selling have raised such a ruckus. But some featuring it were being marketed to for $192.50). Fortunately, many libraries surveys from the early 1950’s indicated young children and were available on still have copies (some that are even that more than 90% of elementary newsstand racks alongside Donald Duck unmutilated). Why, though, should school children were regular comic book and Little Lulu (and outselling such tamer members of SPSP care about this book? readers. titles). What, though, of the evidence that the bloodbath on the comics pages First of all, instructors of social Wertham’s major work on the topic was was having deleterious effects on social psychology classes might be interested in his book Seduction of the Innocent. In it, he behavior? Wertham’s argument was describing Wertham’s book and the addressed a question that will be quite based almost exclusively on anecdotal controversy of which it was a part when familiar to social psychologists: can the evidence. The 400 pages of the book discussing the more general topic of the depiction of people engaging in consist to a great extent of endless case effects of media violence on behavior. aggressive and violent behavior increase studies (many from Wertham’s own Those discussions often focus on the the probability that others exposed to practice) of children who engaged in difficulty of empirically validating the those depictions will also act shocking acts of violence. After each (Continued on page 29) DIALOGUE Page 29

On Bondage, continued Our initial findings provide little indi- prior to bondage participants. In fact, cation that this technique works. How- all participants left at the same time. (Continued from page 26) ever, some of our results imply that This results suggests that the two ex- hoped that this would provide an indi- shortcomings in the experiment may perimental groups may have conspired rect measure of departure time, to sub- underlie the failure of our procedure. to escape together. Future research stitute for missing direct observations. might usefully employ procedures that No-bondage participants completed separate bondage and no-bondage par- Evidence from both the bondage more pages on average (m = 1.0) than ticipants into separate rooms. awareness and questionnaire comple- did bondage participants (m = 0.0); tion measures indicates that partici- F(1,99) = 4.32, p<.01. Informal obser- pants in the no-bondage condition may Although tying participants into their vations suggest that no-bondage par- have had difficulty responding to our chairs failed to produce the desired ticipants worked on the questionnaires written measures. In fact, no partici- effects in this experiment, the proce- only briefly before working to free pant in the no-bondage condition re- dure might nonetheless prove useful in bondage participants, and that no- sponded to as much as a single ques- other contexts. People frequently de- bondage participants were more inter- tion. We theorize that this non- part prematurely from classes, bad ested in being freed than in our ques- responsiveness was an unfortunate by- movies, and dental appointments. In tionnaire. product of our bondage operationaliza- every instance, properly executed tion. Had their hands not been tied, bondage might reduce attrition. It is Discussion and had they not been so pre-occupied therefore hoped that the present re- with freeing themselves, no-bondage search will contribute to better under- The present research was designed to participants might have provided better standing of the ties that bind partici- examine the efficacy of a new proce- questionnaire data. pants to the experiments they partici- dure for reducing attrition in lengthy pate in. ■ laboratory experiments. This proce- dure involves tying participants into The departure time data were also in- their chairs to discourage them from consistent with our hypothesis that no- Society for Personality and Social leaving an experiment prematurely. bondage participants would depart Psychology Visit us at www.spsp.org

movies that are produced and presented the 1950’s: the latter was a resounding The anti-comics crusade, continued to the public. In part, Bushman and success. Public outcry essentially forced Anderson argue, this is because the publishers to regulate themselves and (Continued from page 28) television and movie industries are, quite adopt what came to be known as the media-aggression link. Wertham’s simply, very powerful. They have a “Comics Code”. The code contained a approach could be presented as an vested interest in denying that their wide variety of restrictions about the example of a flawed approach to products could be negatively affecting depiction of violence (and, of course, establishing that link. At the very least, people’s lives. In addition, newspapers sex), restrictions that directly led to the examples of violence in comic books and magazines are often part of media cancellation of a great many comic book from the 1950s could be used to vividly conglomerates that also include titles. The comic book industry was introduce the issue. Because of the television and movie production overwhelmed by the pressure brought to book’s notoriety, a simple Google search divisions; thus, it should not be bear on it, and many publishers went out should allow one to find a large number surprising that the print media cannot be of business. The publication of Seduction of web sites devoted to Seduction of the relied on to report objectively to the of the Innocent played an important role in Innocent, and a number of those will public the results of research on media these events. include prototypical violent comic book violence. panels that could easily be downloaded In short, excellent research being for a Powerpoint presentation. In contrast, the comic book industry was conducted today on the effects of media far from a powerhouse. In addition, this violence is more or less being ignored by But maybe more interesting is that the marginalized and stigmatized industry the public, the government, and the controversy over comic books in the (unlike the current movie and TV powerful industry that would be affected 1950’s illustrates an important aspect of business) could not count many by it. On the other hand, seriously the relationship between research and politicians and other important public flawed research conducted on the effects social policy. Brad Bushman and Craig opinion leaders among its customers. of media violence in the 1950s Anderson (see their June/July 2001 This, then, might account for an devastated the weak and vulnerable American Psychologist article) note that important difference between current industry that was the subject of that research on the effects of media violence attempts to educate media companies research. Therein lies a lesson.■ has had (at best) a limited impact on the and the crusade against comic books in nature of the television programs and Page 30 DIALOGUE

award winners may also be posted in Division 35 newsletter, web page and Announcements listserv. For further information and proposal submission, see the website, or Social Psychology Winter Conference Academy Professorships. The Academy contact Silvia Sara Canetto, Chair, Hyde

The Social Psychology Winter Professorships Program is designed to Research Award Committee, Conference will be held in Park City, fund outstanding senior researchers who Department of Psychology, Colorado Utah on January 3-6, 2004. Participants continue to address new research topics State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523. arrive on Friday the 2nd and leave on and who have demonstrated making way Phone: 970- 491-5415, Fax: 970-491- Wednesday the 7th. The conference for younger researchers as the leaders of 1032. E-mail:[email protected]. location is the Radisson Park City Hotel. research groups. The nominations were Proposals should be postmarked by The Social Psychology Program at the assessed by an international assessment either March 15th or September 15th. University of Utah, hosts of the committee of members of foreign conference, invite all who are interested academies or scientists and scholars of Conference in Kansas on the 50th comparable stature. The first 5 Academy Anniversary of the Brown v. Board of in attending to consult the conference Education of Topeka web page: professors come from the fields of www.psych.utah.edu/social/winterset.html or physiology, theoretical physics, The Social Psychology program at the contact Fred Rhodewalt: astronomy, organic chemistry, and social University of Kansas is pleased to [email protected] for more psychology. announce a conference to commemorate information. the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Call for Proposals: Hyde Graduate Board of Education decision. The Steve Breckler Receives Award from Student Research Grants in the conference is sponsored by the Science APA's Board of Scientific Affairs Psychology of Women/Gender Directorate of the APA and will be held on May 13-14, 2004 (to coincide with Steve Breckler of the National Science Proposals are being sought for Hyde official commemoration ceremonies in Foundation has received the 2003 Graduate Student Research Grants. nearby Topeka). The program features APA Board of Scientific Affairs' These grants (up to $500), are awarded presentations from Faye Crosby, Joe Meritorious Research Citation, which to doctoral psychology students to Feagin, Stephanie Fryberg, Patricia recognizes outstanding service to support feminist research. The grants are Gurin, Linda Krieger, David Sears, psychological science by psychologists in made possible through the generosity of Robert Sellers, Walter Stephan, Gerald the federal government. Janet Hyde, who donates royalties from Torres, and Larry Wrightsman. In her book, Half the Human Experience. Past addition, Tom Pettigrew will deliver a Dr. Amber Story New NSF Program recipients of are not eligible to apply. special address on the morning of Director for Social Psychology. The purpose of this award is to facilitate Saturday, May 15. Besides these Dr. Amber Story has joined NSF as the research that otherwise might not be presentations, the program also features Program Director for Social Psychology. possible; projects beyond the data 4 symposia (see the call for papers Dr. Story comes most recently from analysis stage are not eligible. below) and 2 poster exhibitions. The George Washington University. Before Requirements: A full list of goal of the conference is to energize that, she was a member of the faculty at requirements can be found at the Div. 35 researchers in psychology and related the University of South Carolina- Aiken; website: fields to respond to the pressing need for she received a Ph.D. from Cornell http://www.apa.org/divisions/div35/hyde.html socially relevant, activist research in the University. Amber will assume primary They include a cover sheet, a 100-word spirit represented by Brown v. Board of responsibility for the day-to-day abstract, a 5-page (maximum) proposal, a Education. CALL FOR PAPERS: In operation of the NSF Social Psychology one-page statement articulating the association with the conference, the Program. Steve Breckler will continue to study's relevance to feminist goals and Social Psychology program at the work with the Program, but will be importance to feminist research, an University of Kansas is inviting primarily working with the NSF Science expected timeline for completion of the proposals for paper presentations as part project, a faculty sponsor's of four different symposia: of Learning Centers Program and with the new NSF priority area in Human and recommendation, including why the 1. An Indigenous Nations Perspective on Social Dynamics. Dr. Story encourages research cannot be funded by other Racism and Discrimination contact for questions; she can be reached sources, the status of human research 2. Theory and Research on White Racial at [email protected] or (703) 292-8728. review process, an itemized budget and Identity the applicant's curriculum vitae. 3. Psychology and Law Applied to Gun Semin Receives Academy Proposals that fail to meet the guidelines will not Racism and Discrimination Professorship from RNAAS be reviewed. 4. Racism and Discrimination in the Hyde award winners will be announced Gun Semin was selected by the Royal Classroom at the APA convention during Division Netherlands Academy of Arts and 35 Social Hour. The names of the Hyde Sciences in its first endowing of Paper presentations will be 15-20 DIALOGUE Page 31 minutes in length. Besides relating to the Within chapters, the book’s aim is, first, science. A third section focuses on theme of the specific symposium, to capture the imagination of students by “How cultures persist and change over presentations should emphasize an relating social psychology to everyday time,” with chapters on serial activist orientation to research or show life. Having taught introductory social reproduction in experiments, the broad engagement with theory and psychology in large and small lectures, to persistence of gender stereotypes, false research in other social science honors and average students, in public consensus and the culture of honor, and disciplines. Please send an abstract of and private institutions, for more than the changing self-concept as a function 250 words or less to Glenn Adams at two decades, I have a sense of what of context. A final, cross-cutting chapter [email protected]. Deadline for submission engages students (and the rest of us as by Glenn Adams and Hazel Markus is December 1, 2003. students for life). They care about their integrates the book, and assesses what own lives, their relationships, and their and where the field is today. futures, but they also care about making New book by Susan T. Fiske the world a better place. Social Australasian Fellows Program Social beings: A core motives approach to social psychology provides a perfect forum for The Australasian Society of Social psychology all these concerns. To this end, the book Psychologists (SASP) and the Society for New York: Wiley, 2004 (available selectively covers the most intriguing Personality and Social Psychology August, 2003) 672 pages, Paper. theories within traditional chapter topics. (SPSP) are seeking applications for In the realm of textbook writing, what It’s easier to write enthusiastic prose International Teaching Fellowships. A lies between the dull clones and the when the author thinks the ideas are host institution invites a distinguished brilliant outliers? Into this vast space, I nifty, and I do. scholar from overseas to provide one am launching a book that retains the week of tuition and supervision for a familiar, safe outward structure of the New book on cultural psychology group of graduate students. The host standard texts, allowing professors to The psychological foundations of culture institution, together with other keep their hard-won lecture preps and Edited by Mark Schaller and Chris participating departments, must cover all retaining social psychology’s intrinsic Crandall, 2004 (available September the costs of accommodation, meals, and logic of intra-individual to inter- 2003). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum entertainment. SASP and SPSP provide a individual to group analyses. Associates, 384 pages. stipend amounting to US$2,000. This Simultaneously, I import a point of view, stipend may be used to cover travel or a narrative flow, both across chapters How is it that cultures come into other expenses including those of and within each chapter. Across existence at all? How do cultures companions. chapters, the linkages are core social develop particular customs and motives, repeatedly identified by characteristics rather than others? How The host institution organizer must be a personality and social psychologists over do cultures persist and change over time? member of SASP or SPSP, and the the decades. Most previous attempts to address these Fellow visiting North America must be a questions have been descriptive and member of SASP. The host prepares a The book starts from the premise that historical. The purpose of this book is to 2-page application that provides an people are adapted to live with other provide answers that are explanatory, explanation of how the expertise offered people and that social relations are the predictive, and relevant to the emergence by the Fellow will provide education at most relevant adaptation environment. and continutning evolution fo cultures the host departments. The application This focuses, then, on the social past, present and future. should describe how many students will psychology of people’s adaptive, participate, and from which departments functional motives and goals. From a Typically, investigations into cultural or institutions. The application must pragmatic point of view, people need psychology have focused on the impact include a copy of the proposed Fellow's other people to survive, and a few core that culture has on the psychology of the vita, and a letter from the proposed social motives follow logically from that individual. The focus of this book is the Fellow stating that, if the fellowship is basic premise. These five motives reverse. How do invididual psychological granted, s/he will accept the invitation. (belonging, understanding, controlling, process shape, create, and perpetuate enhancing self, and trusting) go by the culture? The first section is “How The application should be submitted to mnemonic BUCET, pronounced cultures emerge at all,” with chapters on either the SASP administrative secretary “bucket,” as in a bucket of motives. As terror management, dynamic social or to the SPSP office. Applications will indicated in every chapter, they provide impact, lagnuage and communication, be considered jointly by representatives unity and continuity throughout the and epistemic motives. The second of the Executive Committee of SASP book, intellectual themes taken seriously, section focuses on “How specific and SPSP. Applications must be received not merely as add-on boxes. Certainly cultural norms arise,” with chapters on by March 15th and September 15th. the particular motives are debatable, but the biological foundations of moral that makes them interesting to read, norms, the rules affecting transmission This announcement was taken from the consider, and teach as they appear and of cultural beliefs, self-organizing norms complete call, located at: reappear across chapters. in small groups, and the culture of http://www.spsp.org/sasp.htm■ PageVolume 32 18, No. 2 DIALOGUE Dialogue — Fall, 2003

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