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DIALOGUE VolumePage 17, 1 No. 2 ________________________ DIALOGUE DIALOGUE Fall, 2002 The Official Newsletter of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Chris Crandall & Monica Biernat, Co-Editors SPSP Announces Summer Institute in Social Psychology for Graduate Students Inside the Current Issue: By Eliot Smith Boulder, July 13-26, 2003. also sign up for one of two Plans are to offer SISP at a methodological workshops, different site every two to be held on the middle SPSP Executive 2 With funding from the Committee report National Science years thereafter in odd- weekend of the two-week Foundation, the Society of numbered summers, to course period. The Graduate student news: 4 Personality and Social alternate with the European instructors and topics for New poster award Psychology (SPSP) will Association summer SISP 2003 have not been offer a two-week intensive schools, which are held in finalized yet, but will be Comings and goings 6 summer school for even-numbered years. listed in the official predoctoral students in announcement due out in The institute can late October 2002. Publications Committee 8 social psychology (and a report limited number of accommodate a total of 100 students. Each student will The fee for each student will postdoctoral individuals). President’s Column: 9 enroll in one of five full- be $200, which covers The Summer Institute in Steele on APA Social Psychology (SISP) is length courses, each taught tuition, housing in shared modeled on the highly by two nationally prominent dorm-style rooms, and Scientists’ responses to 10 successful summer school co-instructors. The courses meals. Students will also be innovative research of the European Association will be intensive, involving responsible for their own of Experimental Social readings, seminar-style travel to and from the SISP How to choose scientific 12 Psychology, and the discussion, one-on-one site in Boulder, Colorado. problems to pursue European Association is a consultations with the instructors, and A limited number of Dealing with graduate 16 co-sponsor of SISP. The student concerns first SISP will be held on development and scholarships (covering the the campus of the presentation of concrete $200 fee and an additional research plans by the amount toward travel Aronson on 30 years of 18 University of Colorado, “The Social Animal” students. Each student will (Continued on page 2) Passings 21 Two PSPB Authors Share specifically mention PSPB in their award citation for Research ethics in 22 Nobel Prize in Economics either author. Dialogue will Canada not make this oversight: The 2002 Nobel Prize in economics, especially Life at RAND 25 Economics was awarded to concerning human judgment Jacowitz, K.E. & Kahneman, Daniel Kahneman of and decision-making under D. (1995) Measures of Princeton University and uncertainty.” The Nobel anchoring in estimation Morf on social 26 Vernon Smith of George Committee cited Smith “for tasks. PSPB, 21, 1161-1166. neuroscience at NIH Mason University. Both having established winners have published their laboratory experiments as a Kurzban, R., McCabe, K. Liberman on the NIJ 27 work in Personality and tool in empirical economic Smith, V.L. & Wilson, B.J. Social Psychology Bulletin. analysis, especially in the (2001). Incremental The Nobel Committee cited study of alternative market commitment and reciprocity SPSP Awards 29, Kahneman “for having mechanisms”. in a real-time public goods 31 integrated insights from Surprisingly, the Nobel game. PSPB, 27, 1662-1673.■ Convention update 29 psychological research into Committee did not Page 2 DIALOGUE Dispatches from the SPSP Executive Committee Dateline: Chicago social/personality psychologists are considered full voting members, and Executive Committee, August 26, 2002, desirable to have. In addition, there is should pay full member dues. Student University of Illinois at Chicago extremely high level of pressure on the membership is not available to post- SPSP winter meeting–presenting at the docs. The Society is making comfortable conference has become highly progress toward its goal of supporting desirable, and we cannot accommodate Budget and Publications. The two and training personality and social all those who want to participate (see major sources of income for the psychologists, and disseminating the President's Column on p. 9). The Society and its activities are PSPB and scientific and professional information. discussion went on at length, and SPSP members' dues, in that order. For the The Executive Committee covered a considered, without adopting, a number first time, PSPR is starting to bring in wide range of issues this summer. of steps. Look for more news on this institutional revenues at a reasonable front in future issues of Dialogue. rate, though it is still not profitable for Psychology Conventions. One question the Society. Due to the contract with the was raised by President Claude Election Results. Harry Reis, the LEA, SPSP is a partner with the Steele was "why don't our people go to Executive Officer, reported the results publisher in any profits that the journal the APA convention?" There has been of the spring elections. The President- generates above expenses. We are still a substantial drop-off of attendees from Elect is Hazel Markus, who will serve eager to garner more institutional SPSP at APA. This is a problem for as President in 2004. The new subscriptions--if your institution does several reasons. There is some real Member-At-Large is David Dunning. not receive PSPR, please encourage advantage to a significant personality Both positions are voting members of them adopt it. The Editor will continue and social psychology presence at the the Executive Council. to be Eliot Smith for several years, and convention, especially in terms of how the early calculation of impact ratings APA spends its considerable budget for Membership Issues. The Society now for the journal are very promising. lobbying, public relations, and has 3,738 members. Despite a dues scientific governance and funding. In raise, the growth of the organization Awards. The 2002 Henry A. Murray addition, some cross-pollination of has not slowed. One clarification was Award was awarded to David Winter ideas and research can contribute to the made; post-doctoral fellows, that is, of the University of Michigan. The health of the field. Social and people who have completed the Ph.D. Murray Committee was chaired by personality psychologists do like to get but are continuing their education in a Barbara Woike. The 2002 Donald together, and conventions that are open temporary position, either on grant or Campbell Award was awarded to Hazel to all, and have a critical mass of some other funding arrangement, are (Continued on page 3) SPSP Announces Summer Institute in Social Psychology for Graduate Students (Continued from page 1) a limited number of predoctoral the SPSP Executive Committee. expenses) will be awarded to students students from outside the U.S. and General policies are being developed on the basis of financial need and Canada, will also be accepted. Finally, and the first SISP is being planned by academic merit. the European Association will select an Advisory Committee consisting of and sponsor five graduate students Chick Judd, Harry Reis, Geraldine Predoctoral students who are members from Europe to attend SISP. The Downey, John Jost, Brenda Major, Gün of SPSP and who are enrolled in application deadline is January 1, 2003. Semin (as a representative of the graduate programs in the U.S. or European Association), and Eliot Smith Canada, who have completed one to The plan for a U.S. summer school (Chair). four years (inclusive) of graduate study loosely based on the European at the time of application, are eligible Association model was developed, and Complete information on SISP 2003, to apply. (In other words, students the NSF proposal to secure the funding including details of eligibility enrolled in their second through fifth was written, by Chick Judd, Harry requirements and application years of graduate study at the time of Reis, and Eliot Smith. They received procedures, will be widely publicized application are eligible.) A limited generous advice and support from soon, including announcements on the number of recent PhDs who have not Steven Breckler at the National Science SPSP e-mail list and on the SPSP web yet accepted tenure-track positions, and Foundation, as well as the backing of site at http://www.spsp.org/sisp/. ■ DIALOGUEDIALOGUE PagePage 3 3 Dispatches from the SPSP Executive Committee, Continued (Continued from page 2) There were over 800 poster travel award in plenary session. Markus of Stanford. The Campbell submissions, and the committee was Committee was chaired by Leslie able to schedule over 700. As in Convention, 2004. The 2004 Zebrowitz. The 2002 Jack Block previous years, there are more Convention will be held at a brand new Award was awarded to Paul Ekman of submissions from what is traditionally hotel in Austin, Texas, January 28-31. UC-San Francisco. The Block considered social psychology than what The planned room rate $135 single/ Committee was chaired by David is traditionally considered personality. double. Funder. The Society is again considering the Summer Institute for Social The Society added two new awards, to idea of limiting how many times people Psychology. One of the major recognize service to SPSP and may present to the conference. One initiatives of SPSP has been the personality/social psychology. One proposal was to limit individuals to one creation of a training institute for social award is for service to SPSP, and the oral presentation every two years (not psychologists, patterned on the highly other award is for service on behalf of including award addresses). There is a successful European summer session. the society, to the field of personality/ strong need to generate as much This was created with the close social psychology in general.