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DIALOGUE Page 1 DIALOGUE Page 1 Volume 21, No. 1 DIALOGUE Dialogue—Spring, 2006 The Official Newsletter of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Chris Crandall & Monica Biernat, Co-Editors Society News from Palm Springs: Inside the Bigger, Better, With Less Support Current Issue: The SPSP Executive Committee met on PSPR, and the move of the executive office th, Sunday, January 29 after the Palm Springs from Rochester to Ithaca, the Executive Publication Committee Report 2 convention. The blue skies and desert of Palm Committee planned for a one-time budget Springs were reflected in the meeting—the deficit of about $55K. Instead, last year finances and membership growth of SPSP ended with a budget surplus. Baumeister & Vohs on 3 corresponded to blue skies, but the funding Behaving Ourselves future for the discipline seems a closer match Sage has increased the amount of royalties to the parched desert that surround the city. from PSPB from 25% to 40%. Starting Penner on SISP 2006 in Ann 4 gently in 2007, but to a larger extent in the Arbor Membership. At the end of 2005, the size of 2008 calendar year, the income from Sage the Society was 4,683 members. Of this 2,034 will increase substantially. are students (43%), and 2,649 are full (voting) SPSP Convention News; Call 2, 5 members. The Society’s growth cannot go on The SPSP meeting is bigger every year, and for Proposals at this pace forever, as the total size of the field this means a growing income. It also means Graduate Student Committee 6, 28, is not growing at the same rate as the Society. increasing expenses that tend to offset much 31 Still, for a variety of reasons (but particularly of the increased income. News; Student Awards the annual meeting), the Society seems to be attracting people from affiliated fields, In one area of concern, the Diversity Fund Citations in Introductory 8 including developmental and I/O psychology, comes from a large extent from donors Social Psychology Texts marketing, and so on. We hope to keep these (notably David Myers and McGraw-Hill). people as functioning and contributing This long association between the funds and Division 8 APA Convention 9, 20 members. its donors is coming up for reconsideration. Programming; APA Council (Individuals may make tax-deductible Finances. The finances of the Society are donations to this unusually deserving fund at Passings; Announcements 10, good. This year we received a bit more in any time by contacting Kristin Tolchin at the 18, 24 royalties from Sage than expected. Because of executive office, [email protected]). transition expenses to new editors at PSPB and (Continued on page 26) Diversity and Training 12, Committee Reports 13 Ten New Society Fellows Named Kihlstrom on Neuroscience 16 The SPSP Fellows Committee Executive Committee. those who are members of Copyright Information for 19 meets yearly to recommend Division 8 of APA but not PSPB — FAQs outstanding members for The new SPSP Fellows are: yet Fellows of APA have Fellow Status in SPSP. This Dom Abrams, Lisa been forwarded to the President’s Column 22 year’s committee—Blair Aspinwall, Brad Bushman, Membership Committee of Johnson (Chair), Mark Leary, M. Lynne Cooper, Michael APA for its annual and Chuck Carver— Hogg, Randy Larsen, Tony consideration of Fellow recommended 10 stellar Manstead, Susan Nolen- nominations. Cozzarelli on Job Alternatives 25 contributors to the field for Hoeksema, Jim Sidanius, and Congratulations to these this honor, and all were Russell Spears. With the individuals for their unanimously approved for Executive Committee’s designation as SPSP SPN Celebrates Ten 29 Fellow Status in SPSP by the endorsement, the materials for Fellows! ■ Page 2 DIALOGUE Going to Graceland: SPSP in Memphis in 2007 www.memphistravel.com.) By Steve Harkins listserv for more information). Harry Reis, President-Elect, is planning a Memphis spills up out of the rich black In fact, it’s so irresistible that SPSP’s th Presidential Symposium for the soil. Memphis lingers on the warm 8 Annual Meeting will be held there convention opening night on what breeze with the sweet smoke of from Jan. 25 to Jan. 27, 2007. Thirteen social-personality psychology has to barbeque pits and the melancholy mojo preconferences, spanning a range of say about the “well-functioning” of the best guitar you ever heard. topics in Personality/Social person. There's just something real about Psychology, have already been th Memphis. From the holy grails of scheduled for Jan. 25 , with the main They say that there is nowhere on music landmarks to the restaurants, conference to begin that evening. earth quite like Memphis. Hope to see from the basketball court to the Monica Biernat of the University of you there next January so we can acclaimed zoo, from the elegant hotels Kansas has graciously agreed to serve learn why they say that while at the to the mystical nightclubs on legendary as Program Chair, and the Call for same time enjoying the best that Beale Street, there's an irresistible soul Submissions will go out in mid-May, Personality/Social Psychology has to that's drawn people to Memphis for with submission deadlines around mid- offer. ■ more than a century. (See July (watch the spsps website and Report from the Publication Committee: Society’s Publications Continue to Thrive By Richard Robins (behind only JPSP). been expanded and reconfigured so We were extremely fortunate to recruit that there is now a head editor The SPSP Publication Committee Galen Bodenhausen as the new editor (Judy), two Senior Associate Editors (Patricia Devine, Richard Robins, and of PSPR. Galen and his outstanding (Deborah Kashy, Gregory Maio), Gifford Weary) had great news to editorial team (John Lydon and Sarah and nine Associate Editors (Carsten report to the Executive Committee at Hampson, who will be replaced by Del De Dreu, Andrew Elliot, Chris the annual meeting in Palm Springs: Paulhus beginning May 2006) began Fraley, Sara Hodges, Shinobu The Society’s publications, by any processing new manuscripts in Kitayama, James Shah, Carolin measure, are all thriving. December 2005. We are confident that Showers, Diederik Stapel, Steven PSPR will continue to prosper under Stroessner). This new editorial team After guiding PSPR for 6 years, Eliot Galen’s leadership. has been highly effective at handling Smith, the outgoing editor, has left the the increase in submissions. Despite journal in a healthy and vibrant state. At PSPB, Judy Harackiewicz and her the heavy load, the average editorial Submissions to PSPR remain high, editorial team have done a heroic job lag (10.8 weeks) and the average with 67 new submissions in 2005. The dealing with a record number of new publication lag (8.3 months) remain editorial lag averaged 10.6 weeks, and submissions (642). The submission rate essentially unchanged from earlier the publication lag averaged 9 months at PSPB increased by almost 20% since years. The rejection rate for the (a 6-month lag is unavoidable, 2004 (545) and by over 40% since journal was 84% in 2005, somewhat representing the production time taken 2002 (451). As reported in an earlier higher than the rejection rates in by the publisher). The rejection rate for Dialogue article, two changes were 2003 (75%) and 2004 (76%). the journal was 82% in 2005, similar to implemented to cope with the surge in the rejection rates in 2003 (84%) and submissions. First, in an effort to The high quality of papers published 2004 (87%). Eliot and his Associate expedite the review process, editors at PSPB continues to translate into Editors (Garth Fletcher and Sarah have strived to solicit shorter reviews, increasing impact ratings over the write shorter decision letters, and set past five years. Recent ISI figures Hampson) have maintained the overall th quality and visibility of the journal. stricter standards for which papers get a indicate that PSPB is now 5 out of full review. As a result of this last 46 journals in the Social Psychology According to the most recent ISI th Journal Citation Report, PSPR change, the triage (manuscripts category (compared to 8 last year), continues to have the second highest returned without review) rate increased with an impact factor rating of 1.90. citation impact (2.75 in 2004) of all from 16% in 2004 to 27% in 2005. The Publication Committee regular social-personality journals Second, the PSPB editorial team has (Continued on page 13) DIALOGUE Page 3 Are Personality and Social Psychologists Behaving Themselves? By Roy F. Baumeister and we had imagined it to be. If this issue is postexperimental interview. Apart a representative sample, then human from that borderline case, not a single Kathleen D. Vohs behavior is always performed in a one of those 38 studies contained seated position — usually seated in direct observation of behavior. The The 1990s was the “Decade of the front of a computer. Finger movements, dependent measures consisted entirely Brain.” It focused attention on the as in keystrokes and pencilmarks, of ratings, either on paper importance of and advances in research constitute the vast majority of human questionnaires or computer- on brain processes. It was wildly behavior. administered stimuli. successful, to the extent that many Some of the procedures had hints of funding agencies jettisoned most of Also, even more important, most behavior along the way. One study had their other research priorities and behavior is really just reporting on participants read a fictional police poured their money into brain research, inner states. Nisbett and Wilson report about a violent act and express a and conference sessions on brain thought they had discredited (non-binding) opinion as to the studies proliferated. Even economists, introspection back in the 1970s, but in appropriate prison sentence for the who have long felt smugly secure the interim introspection has crowded perpetrator.
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