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Volume 23, No. 1 DIALOGUE Dialogue—Spring, 2008

The Official Newsletter of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Chris Crandall & Monica Biernat, Co-Editors SPSP Annual Meeting 2009: Inside the Tampa-Bound in February Current Issue:

By Jeff Simpson Tampa is located on Tampa Bay and claims three of the top 10 beaches in the country. SPSP Executive 2, 27 The 2008-2009 SPSP Conference Committee The average February temperature is 72 Committee, Division 8 (Jeff Simpson, Monica Biernat, and Bill degrees F, so this should please conference- Graziano) is pleased to announce that SPSP goers hoping to escape dreary winter locales! Tribute to Bill McGuire 4 will hold its 10th annual meeting in Tampa, Florida on February 5-7, 2009. Other attractions include theme parks, zoos, News from APA Council 6, 25, an aquarium, the Salvador Dali Museum in 32 Sam Gosling and Wendi Gardner have nearby St. Petersburg, and the brick-lined Forsyth on Deception 7 graciously agreed to serve as Program co- streets of former “Cigar Capital of the Chairs for the event, Tara Miller is making World,” Ybor City, now a shopping, restaurant, and museum district that you can Committee News: 10, some special arrangements to celebrate our Publication, 13, th reach from downtown by streetcar. 10 anniversary, and various pre-conference Graduate Students, 19 organizers are beginning to plan their Diversity/Climate individual meetings. SPSP will be arriving shortly after Tampa’s Gasparilla Pirate Festival—the Mardi Gras of Jonas on Ethics and TV 8 The official Call for Submissions will be on- Tampa—which is typically held on the last line in May; see p. 22 of this issue of Dialogue Saturday of January. But we may experience Passings, Announcements 12, for more information. the Gasparilla Night Parade, held a few 28 weeks after the festival in the Channel Additional information about the 2009 District of Tampa and Ybor City. Glick on Britney Spears 14 conference will be posted on the SPSP website (http://www.spsp.org) early this summer. We look forward to seeing you in sunny ■ Florida in 2009. Awards and Award 7, 13, Announcements 20, 30, 33,

Jack Dovidio’s Presidential 16 Society Selects New Fellows Column

By Barbara honor, and all were those who are members of unanimously approved for Hewstone and Stroebe on 17 Fredrickson Division 8 of APA but not the Editorial Process Fellow Status in SPSP by the yet Fellows of APA were Executive Committee. The new The SPSP Fellows Committee eligible to be forwarded to Koleva on SISP Experience 18 meets yearly to recommend SPSP Fellows are: Klaus the Membership outstanding members for Fiedler, Steve Heine, Laura Committee of APA for its Grewal on Being a Young 21 Fellow status in SPSP. This King, Sonja annual consideration of Lyubomirsky, Batja Mesquita, Ex-Academic year's committee (Barbara Fellow nominations. Fredrickson, Chair, Chuck Diane Ruble, Robert Sellers, Carver, and Nalini Ambady) Robert Vallerand, and Duane Congratulations to these SPSP 2009 Call for 22 Proposals recommended nine stellar Wegener. With the individuals for their contributors to the field for this endorsement of the Executive designation as SPSP Committee, the materials for Fellows! ■ Most Cited Papers in PSPB 23 and PSPR Page 2 DIALOGUE Report from the Executive Committee: SPSP Discusses Successes and Goals On the day after the 2008 SPSP There was a lively discussion about the quite heavily. SPSP does not—the conference in Albuquerque, the membership of the Society. Despite our budget predicts no income from the Executive Committee held its biannual general interest in issues related to age, meeting, although historically it has meeting at which a number of potential gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, yielded modest earnings. This involves new initiatives were discussed. SPSP is and so on, the Society collects virtually a tradeoff between providing a more in good financial health, and the no demographic data from its stable financial basis for the Society Executive Committee is developing an membership, and has information on with pricing it out of the reach of increasingly specific vision of how the only degree status and geographical students and some junior faculty. society should move into the future. information. There was agreement that There was no particular support for this information would be useful, and a turning the annual meeting into a To prepare for the upcoming changes, plan to collect demographic data along Society income source. There was also SPSP has created six new committee with membership application or discussion about dues (generally or task forces designed to guide and renewal is in the works. perceived to be very low), but there project SPSP into the future. Because was no support for raising these, either. these committees are still forming, and Financial report. Overall, Society their agendas are not yet fully-formed, finances are very good. The biggest Dialogue can report only the existence difference comes from the increased The Society had 5,378 (or planned existence) of the royalty payment from SAGE members at the end of committees. These six task forces are Publications to SPSP for PSPB and on (1) society finances, (2) structure of PSPR, the amount of which exceeds the 2007, representing the executive office, (3) scientific total amount that the Society collects in continuing substantial leadership, (4) open access publishing, dues. This increase in royalties from growth (10% over last (5) web presence, and (6) knowledge Sage will continue, by contract, dissemination and publication through 2012. There was substantial year). ventures. These groups are now concern and discussion about the future building their respective agendas. Look of this income, and the relative value of to the next Dialogue for reporting on a Society built on membership dues as progress on these fronts. compared to contractual royalties from Good non-profit financial management a private publisher, especially given requires having ready access to cash in Membership. The Society had 5,378 concerns about the future of academic times of shortfall, a positive cash fund members at the end of 2007, publishing and its business model in an balance (surplus), and an operating representing continuing substantial increasingly open and electronic world. reserve to finance growth and cash growth (10% over last year). Much of Although these questions are on the shortfalls. The Society follows all of this growth is in graduate student table, there were no conclusions drawn these principles. SPSP has a policy of members and undergraduates (which at this meeting. maintaining one year’s expenses on has tripled in recent years). The hand for emergency purposes, which is proportion of members of the Society There was a question as to whether the about $700K. There was some not-so- who are also members of APA has SPSP Meeting should turn a profit. It is lively discussion about the relative held steady over the last several years; quite common for meetings of societies values and costs of short-term loans APA members represent a bit more and associations to experience a against low interest but liquid than 25% of SPSP membership. positive cash flow from their meetings, holdings. There has been a transfer of and some groups rely on their meetings some funds into somewhat longer term and higher interest rate accounts, How Executive Committee Meetings Proceed which should slightly increase the Executive Committee meetings of the Society now occur in two sessions. The first part involves all income of the Society in future years. of the voting members as well as various chairs of committees, other invited participants, and an There was discussion about seeking editor from Dialogue (see the back page of this issue for a listing of Presidents, Executive professional management for the Committee members and committee chairs). The second part of the meeting, occurring on the Society’s safety cushion. following day, involves only voting members of the Executive Committee (and a non-voting editor from Dialogue). Part of the business discussed at the meeting concerns APA Division 8 rather Another significant part of the budget than SPSP issues. This part of the meeting is reported on p. 27. (Continued on page 3) DIALOGUE Page 3

rooms to airfare. This may results in Executive Committee, Continued different cities becoming more attractive. (Continued from page 2) the local staff routinely warned about cycle every two years is the Summer crime on the streets, in the region of the The 2009 Convention will be in Institute for Social Psychology (SISP), convention as well as in Old Town, a Tampa. Florida, February 5-7, 2009. which is funded through NSF and popular destination. The Committee Here, the hotels are relatively student fees. The budget is run through discussed the need to take more care on inexpensive, and it is cheaper and the Society, but the income and the site visits, including having more easier to fly into than many previous expenses of SISP equal each other. The people, including members of the cities. The conference center has five budget for SISP is not part of the Convention Committee, visit potential major hotels nearby. The incoming calculation of the operating budget for sites to gain a more comprehensive Program co-chairs for the Tampa the emergency cushion. view of possible location before using meeting are Wendi Gardner and Sam them for our annual convention. Gosling, and the new Convention President’s Report. President Jack Committee member is Bill Graziano. Dovidio asked all people attending the The size of the meeting continues to meeting to partake of an exercise in grow, and soon we will have to change The 2010 Convention is planned, at this thinking broadly about the future of the way we’ve planned the meeting, point, for the Riviera Hotel in Las SPSP. Suppose one has awakened, like particularly in terms of host cities. As Vegas. Airfare costs to Las Vegas can Rip Van Winkle, about 6 years from we grow, the convention centers and be quite low, the hotel is close to the now, and SPSP is the organization hotel conference centers that we fit airport, the offer includes a variety of we’ve dreamed of. What does it offers? shift from smaller to larger cities. We amenities for attendees, and there is a Discussion led to many suggestions, may have to consider cold weather sites non-smoking wing of rooms in the and the box on p. 34 shows some of the (e.g., Seattle, Portland) or first-tier hotel available. An extended discussion ideas generated by the exercise. cities. In addition, the Executive of criteria for future planning came to Committee felt that we should consider the following list of important criteria: Convention Report. The Convention Washington, DC, in terms of amenities Chair, Julie Norem, reported that once and variety, but also in terms of • Hotel rooms cost should be a again the meeting offered a rich and political presence and funding agency lower priority large mixture of exciting personality visibility. • Hotels should be close together, and social psychology, and personality or one hotel that accommodates and social psychologists. There were all roughly 2,500 attendees this year. The size of the meeting • Careful attention to crime rates, continues to grow. As we particularly in the convention The Convention planning is growing in area complexity. Each new member of the grow, the convention • Alternatives to conference hotels Convention Committee learns the centers and hotel for price savings, particularly for intricacy of planning and it limits, and students the Committee is developing a program conference centers that • Ability to walk to convention, handbook to ease transitions and retain we fit shift from smaller restaurants, local attractions knowledge about the process. There to larger cities. We may • Rotation possibility — rotate were complaints about how the among a set of cities over a 3-4 Convention Center in Albuquerque was have to consider cold years cycle set-up, and some pre-Convention weather sites (e.g., details seemed to get lost. For example, Seattle, Portland). The Convention Committee is moving at the meeting in Albuquerque, low up the timetable to make choices availability of taxis was a significant sooner, from six months to a year problem. This came from an error by earlier than they are now. Some more the Albuquerque Convention Bureau, The Convention Committee was appealing sites are already booked by which told the cab companies that encouraged to think about overall costs the time that we come seeking minimal staffing of taxi stands was of cities, as compared to primarily hotel accommodation, and now that the required. costs (which are especially a concern meeting is on solid financial footing for students). Airfare and hotel costs and attendance seems assured, we may A more serious concern was the risk of both matter, and because hotel costs be able to commit to meetings further street crime. Although the Executive can be mitigated through populating a into the future. Committee heard of only one crime room, while airfare costs cannot, the among conventioneers (a stolen purse), shift in concern may be from hotel (Continued on page 24) Page 4 DIALOGUE

A Tribute to William J. McGuire (1925-2007)

was developing cognitive dissonance California, San Diego (1967-70) before By John Jost, Mahzarin theory. He then went from Yale (1955- returning to Yale in 1971, where he Banaji, Tony Greenwald, 58) to the University of Illinois (1958- remained for the rest of his career. Curtis Hardin, and others 61) to Columbia (1961-67). During this last period, the McGuire family hosted innumerable dinner McGuire’s reputation as a brilliant parties at their New Haven home for William James McGuire—dubbed the researcher and writer was firmly visiting speakers, departmental faculty, “father of social cognition” and a established by 1964, shortly before he and Yale students. Many of McGuire’s leading expert on attitude change and published several influential literature former students—including David the self-concept—died on December reviews that allowed him to more fully Sears, Reid Hastie, Deborah Prentice, 21, 2007. The material in this article develop the theoretical foundations of Curtis Hardin, and John Jost—pursued comes primarily from a celebration of experimental work on attitude change. scientific careers in social and political McGuire’s career and festschrift held at One of these, widely known as psychology due in large part to his Yale in 2001, and from comments by “McGuire’s 1969 Handbook chapter,” inspiration. others after his death. was a book-length manuscript of more than 80,000 words, requiring 179 Bill McGuire received the highest Bill McGuire was born into an Irish small-print pages of the Handbook of honors and awards that psychology has Catholic family in New York City in Social Psychology. That chapter— to offer, including the American 1925. His earliest memories were of along with a similarly important Psychological Association’s accompanying his father, a milkman, contribution to the 1985 edition of the Distinguished Scientific Contribution on delivery routes to Harlem stores by Handbook—capitalized on a taxonomy Award (1988), the Association for horse and wagon at dawn. It was World that distinguished among source, Psychological Science’s William James War II that provided him with his message, channel, recipient, and target Fellow Award (1989), the Society of education, both figuratively and variables in persuasion and largely set Experimental Social Psychology’s literally. He joined the war effort as a the agenda for two decades of attitudes Distinguished Scientist Award (1992), teenager and played a role in the research. and the International Society of liberation of the concentration camp at Political Psychology’s Harold Lasswell Dachau. His painful experiences as a Although McGuire had a reputation for Award for Distinguished Scientific military tank-driver led him to forego being iconoclastic, cocktail parties Contributions to Political Psychology automobile driving for the next 60 elicited considerable social grace and a (1998). He was named a Fellow of the years. gift for relaying humorous stories American Academy of Arts and deftly seasoned with literary and film Sciences (2002) and received honorary McGuire attended Fordham on the G.I. references. Throughout his career he degrees from the Eötvös Loránd Bill, where he studied philosophy and published little with anyone other than University of Budapest, Hungary and psychology before returning to Europe his wife, Claire V. McGuire, who the University of Bologna, Italy. in 1950-51 as a Fulbright in provided a solid foundation not only phenomenological philosophy at the for the McGuire family but also for the Selected Memories of Bill McGuire University of Louvain in Belgium. As a McGuire laboratory. In no way, doctoral student at Yale University, he however, did his solitary approach to John Jost: In the field of social expected to apply symbolic logic to work detract from his tireless psychology, as you well know, Hullian learning theory but was instead generosity in reviewing and Professor William J. McGuire has very taken by Carl Hovland’s thriving new commenting supportively on the work few peers in terms of professional center for research on communication of students and colleagues. As editor of prominence and intellectual influence. and persuasion. At Yale he was also the Journal of Personality and Social Over the past four decades, he has taught by Irving Child, Leonard Doob, Psychology and as ad hoc reviewer for published dozens of high-impact Irving Janis and Neal Miller, and many other granting and publication articles in an astonishing variety of fellow students Daniel Berlyne and outlets, McGuire wrote thousands of topic areas, including: attitudes and Roger Shepard. polite, telling action letters that attitude change, the self-concept, sometimes rivalled the length of the psychological distinctiveness, language After receiving his Ph.D. from Yale in original submissions. and social cognition, the functioning of 1954, McGuire did a post-doc at belief systems, ideology and political Minnesota with Leon Festinger, who McGuire taught at the University of (Continued on page 5) DIALOGUE Page 5

(Continued from page 4) when Bill McGuire gave a lecture on been my outrageously brilliant psychology, the history of social his work-in-progress on contextualism, colleague, kind and silent benefactor, psychology, and his perspectivist a lecture that made my hair stand on and trusted confidante on the darkest of philosophy of science. Bill’s systematic end so exciting were the ideas and so days. (from Banaji (2004), in Jost, approach to social psychological lyrical the delivery. McGuire, the Banaji, & Prentice, 2004). research is exemplified by his 1999 senior Irish Catholic American, book entitled Constructing Social speaking a strangely familiar eastern Tony Greenwald: Fifty years ago I Psychology: Creative and Critical language of paradoxes, of 49 ways to encountered a somewhat wild, Processes. generate hypotheses and turn them on unusually humorous, and remarkably their head, inspired this junior stimulating young instructor. The As a former student of his, I can tell Zoroastrian Indian whose colonial course in which I first met Bill you that Bill is that rare and incredible education had dulled all appreciation McGuire, Yale's Human Culture & teacher from whom you continue to of the delicacy of oppositional Behavior 30, permanently diverted me learn even years after you leave his thinking. We talked over Chinese food, from my pre-med path. A few years tutelage, as his words sink in and that is to say, he talked and I attended later, as a PhD student, I started to contexts arise to give new meaning to to every word and nuance, for it was encounter Bill's amazing works of the them. He taught me so many things that obvious to me that an encounter with a 1960s when they were all brand new. I I didn’t even realize he was teaching mind such as his was rare. had the privilege of reading his major me. Mostly, he taught me that serious handbook chapters prior to their measures of vigilance are continually publication. Much as younger required to force one’s mind to be open Bill believed that reading psychologists recognize the and creative in pursuit of human academic psychology significance of Bill's works of the understanding, and this is why in his 1960s, their first encounters with Bill's 1997 Annual Review chapter he lists no generally serves to limit work were only after his core systems fewer than 49 heuristics for “jolting the imaginations of theory ideas had been well assimilated one’s conceptualizing out of its usual into the collective wisdom of the ruts” and other methods for provoking psychology students and discipline. They did not have the new insights and drawing innovative that focusing too early chance to experience the excitement hypotheses. and too narrowly on the and brilliance of Bill's work when it was totally new. In re-reading pieces of I once asked Bill McGuire, as dutiful published scientific those early chapters I still redintegrate graduate students occasionally do, if I literature would lead one, the traces of their earlier impact. For at should read anything in advance of our least a few decades, I have been able to next research meeting. “Yes,” he as he put it in his Yin and enjoy the role of medium, channeling replied with a mischievous smile, Yang article, “into a the spirit of the early Bill McGuire to “Middlemarch by George Eliot.” Like never-never land in which subsequent generations of PhD Kurt Lewin, Bill believed that reading students. academic psychology generally serves we contemplate not life to limit the imaginations of psychology Curtis Hardin: Bill is, above all, a great students and that focusing too early and teacher. He has modeled teaching in all too narrowly on the published scientific its complexity, nuance and glory. To literature would lead one, as he put it in Some years later, during my job his impressionable students, he has his “Yin and Yang” article, “into a interview at Yale, he recognized me made scholarship a commitment, a joy, never-never land in which we with the greeting “You ate all the a lifestyle, a high calling. His influence contemplate not life but data.” Bill Kung-Pao chicken!” His memory for is felt not only immediately in the ‘aha’ sought to save his students from the all- our previous encounter put me of the moment, but also in the way his too-familiar fate of conducting studies immediately at ease. After describing mind insinuates itself into the minds of about studies rather than studies about the many ways in which I would be those around him. After leaving Yale, I people. “The goal,” he would say, “is surprised by the poverty of Yale soon began to see bits and pieces of to find out what it is that YOU think,” compared to the excellent research Bill in my own students, glimpses of a and that’s what I try to convey to my support at Ohio State and University of quirky sensibility I hadn’t recognized own students now. (Opening remarks Washington, he gently prepared me for in myself, much less tried to teach at 2001 festschirft at Yale University in meetings with his colleagues through explicitly. The discovery is something I Bill McGuire’s honor.) sketches of their personalities that were cherish. It means that besides being sufficiently accurate as to be “everyone’s favorite topic,” as Bill Mahzarin Banaji : In the early 1980s, I unrepeatable. From that day on, and famously observed, the self is a favorite was in graduate school at Ohio State for the past 16 years, Bill McGuire has (Continued on page 35) Page 6 DIALOGUE News from APA Council: February, 2008 Meeting By Janet Swim and proposed change. The information resolution was presented and approved. would not, however, come in the form "The amendment is a more direct Lynne Cooper of pro-con statements to accompany the statement of the intent of the 2007 change. Rather information would resolution and removes any concerns Council of Representatives met in come through other means, including that the 2007 resolution was unclear or Washington DC for 3 ½ days in division newsletters, like Dialogue. contained loop-holes," said Richard February. The semi-annual meeting Please see p. 25 for more information. Wagner, speaking on behalf of the was packed with agenda items, group. To read the resolution, visit including several highlighted here. A second bylaw change was to add the www.apa.org/governance/resolutions/ word, “Territories,” where ever the councilres0807.html. Task Force on Global Climate Change words, “States” and “Provinces,” now appear in the bylaws. This would allow New Divisions: Council approved The Board of Directors approved the representation for more individuals making the recently formed Trauma funding of a task force to report on the affected by APA policies decisions. division a permanent division in APA. interface between Psychology and This does not change representation but A request to form a new division on Global Climate Change. This task force only brings the bylaws into alignment “Qualitative Psychology” came close would review research in psychology with what has already been happening. to, but did not garner the 2/3 votes and note connections to other necessary for starting a new division. disciplines. Goals of the task force The third bylaw change would provide Arguments presented by Kenneth include forming a research agenda on voting rights for the student Gergen for the division included the this topic in psychology and developing representative from APAGS (American belief that qualitative methods have not action and policy recommendations for Psychological Association of Graduate been well respected or recognized in APA. Several divisions (including Students) on the APA Board of Psychology, even though it has gained Division 8) and APA committees and Directors. An APAGS representative respected in other fields, such as boards will be making has served for a number of years in an sociology. Additionally, a new division recommendations for individuals to be advisory capacity. This bylaw change would allow individuals the ability to on this ten-person committee. would grant the representative a full strengthen these methods within vote. There was quite a lot of support psychology. Arguments against the Bylaw changes: Look for a mail for this idea among current members of division included concern that the ballot in the near future the BOD who feel that students should rationale presented by those in support have full voice, given that they of the division was anti-science in tone, Council voted to approve three bylaw represent 1/3 of the membership as and that it would make more sense for changes, which now must be sent to well as the future of the organization. those interested in qualitative APA members for approval. All bylaw Student representatives, it was argued, psychology to organize as a section changes require approval by 2/3 of the have made important contributions within Division 5, the existing division members who vote. One bylaw change over the years and are typically as devoted to methodological issues. involves reserving four seats, with informed about issues that come to the Indeed Division 5 had expressly invited voting privileges, for ethnic minority Board as other members. Apparently the group to discuss ways to join forces organizations: the Asian American granting students voting rights on and align their interests, a move that Psychological Association, the boards has become quite standard in was seen by many as an important step Association of Black Psychologists, the many Universities and professional toward developing and promoting the National Latina/o Psychological associations. However, some concern use of mixed methods. However, this Association, and the Society of was raised about whether this would was not seen favorably by the Indian Psychologists. This had been further bias representation on BOD proponents of the new division. presented to APA members last year because the overwhelming majority of and it just missed the 2/3 vote required APAGS members are clinicians. Training. A three-day conference will for the change (63% voted in favor of However, it was noted that APAGS is be held to provide quantitative training the changes). Council strongly supports making efforts to recruit graduate and support for students from the addition of these seats and believes students who are scientists. underrepresented groups. that there may have been some misunderstandings about the Highlights of Other Resolutions Presidential Initiatives amendment. It was decided that there would be more effort to inform Torture resolution. A revision to the Alan Kazdin, the current president of members about the reason for the previously accepted anti-torture (Continued on page 39) DIALOGUE Page 7 Defining Deception as the “Waiver of an Element”

By Don Forsyth my field.” Rather, the circumstances waiver of the requirement of full are ones that use some of the magic disclosure of the purposes of all When dealing with the public, and with words of IRB-speak, including procedures. The research could not Institution Review Boards (IRBs), the practicable and minimal risk. And you practicably be carried out without the moral high ground is the place to be. might want to throw in DSMB (Data waiver or alteration, and the project Yet, personality researchers and social Safety and Monitoring Board) for good meets the conditions for a waiver as psychologists, because of their methods measure. defined by 45 CFR 46.116(d)(1-4)]: and interests, often find themselves down in a moral morass. Take 1. The research involves no more deception research as a case in point. Technically, IRBs do not than minimal risk to the Social psychologists, because they permit deception; rather, participants; study people’s spontaneous reactions, they permit investigators 2. The waiver or alteration will not prefer to not fully inform participants adversely affect the rights and about all aspects of the situation until to omit an element of the welfare of the participants; after the data have been gathered. This consent process. 3. The research could not practicably desire to withhold information, be carried out without the waiver or although scientifically essential, is alteration; nonetheless inconsistent with key Technically, IRBs do not permit 4. Participants will be provided with elements in the Nuremberg Code, the deception; rather, they permit additional pertinent information Belmont Code, and HHS 45 CFR investigators to omit an element of the after participation. 46.407 ("407"), the “common rule.” consent process. Consent forms, by 407 These codes maintain that voluntary guidelines, must include such things as You may also wish to note that you consent of the fully informed non- a statement of risks, benefits, purposes, will establish a Data Safety and coerced participant is essential in the procedures, and declaration of Monitoring Board that will research process. IRBs are duty-bound agreement to participate. However, continuously monitor the study and its to make certain that researchers respect when deception is used, then the procedures, and will halt the protocol if this requirement. investigator is asking for the any unexpected negative consequences requirement for full disclosure to be occur. This impasse between psychologists waived. The language for such a and IRBs is not irresolvable, however, request should explain how the project The IRB may take exception to any of because HHS 407 includes a provision meets all the necessary conditions for the 4 points listed above, requiring for omitting elements of consent in such a waiver. Specifically: further negotiations. But even if the certain circumstances. Those waiver requires negotiation, at least the circumstances are not to be defined by All required elements of informed investigator will have made some the investigator, and so do not include consent will be included on the progress in the climb up to the moral “well, people get lied to a lot anyway” consent form, but we are requesting a high ground. ■ or “deception is an accepted practice in

Foundation for Personality and Social

Psychology Announces Cialdini Award By David Dunning

The Foundation for Personality and Social Psychology is pleased to announce the establishment of the Robert B. Cialdini Award for Field Research in Social Psychology. The Cialdini Award is designed to honor the best paper in social psychology of the previous calendar year that employs primarily field research methods and contexts. Specifically, the award is designed: “For the publication that best explicates social psychological phenomena principally through the use of field research methods and settings and that thereby demonstrates the relevance of the discipline to communities outside of academic social psychology.” The award is made possible by a generous donation by Robert Cialdini to the Foundation. More information will be available later this year how to nominate papers from calendar year 2007 for the inaugural award. More information about the Foundation can be obtained at foundationpsp.org. ■ Page 8 DIALOGUE Riding the Waves of TV—With Ethics Gone Overboard? By Kai J. Jonas reenactment raises three important comes to TV, so much more is issues. First, the woman who possible.] There is a growing interest in intervened and reported severe psychological expertise in mass media. emotional reactions, like all the other Do we keep ethical guidelines locked In March 2008, a large German ordinary passengers that day, did not up behind lab doors? No—we adhere to national public television station give prior informed consent to them for field experiments and studies (Westdeutscher Rundfunk) staged a participate in any study at all, nor did on the internet, too. Perhaps we don’t bystander intervention situation on the she give prior permission to being apply ethical standards to TV because subway for a science program. A young filmed. Second, the potential scientific we aren’t the principal investigator— man was physically attacked, knowledge gained from this staged “the journalist is responsible, the mimicking some recent crimes in crime is nearly non-existent; bystander scientist is just serving as an expert.” Germany. A social psychologist served effects have been replicated many One must consider this answer merely as expert on the scene and in the times since the original Latané & cheeky, and is an excellent and ironic program. Darley (1968) study. Why do we need example of the diffusion of to run the study again if we cannot responsibility. In the USA, ABC ran and aired a learn anything new? Such conduct can bystander intervention study on its only be judged as sensation seeking or Does the goal of reaching a large program, around the same time (ABC an attempt to shock a TV audience. The audience warrant any means? If so, News, 2008). As much as I am happy educational value of contemporary re- ethical guidelines would have clear-cut and acknowledge the benefits of stagings must be judged carefully, boundaries of application. Ethical psychological research getting media given the scarce amount of time guidelines for psychologists exist for attention and a large audience, I believe allocated in standard TV formats to researchers—journalists adhere to we should not consider this “mission single pieces of information. Third, it is another code. This argument accomplished.” We must pay close impossible to provide adequate completely undermines our own ethical attention to how we go about our media debriefing to the passengers who system. work. One woman who intervened on witnessed the scene. behalf of the young man on TV was not Consider medical ethics and mass a confederate but a citizen. Her Do we keep ethical media—TV does not abrogate medical authentic responses were “despair,” ethics; journalists may not ethically use “being flabbergasted,” “stunned,” and guidelines locked up unlicensed medication, used syringes, “being in raged and scared” behind lab doors? No— unduly risky procedures to show mistreatment or infection cycles. Why (Westdeutscher Rundfunk, 2008). we adhere to them for should we accept that our ethics can be Isn’t this how participants in the field experiments and overridden by the media’s needs? One Milgram studies and in the Stanford studies on the internet, could still argue we should simply prison experiment felt? Isn’t this why refuse to participate as experts in we vowed never to do something like too. Perhaps we don’t programs violating ethical guidelines. that again1 and brought ethical codes of apply ethical standards to This may be a partial solution, it does not impede journalists from running a scientific conduct into place? APA and TV because we aren’t the other national psychological and “re-enactment” of a study, and filming funding associations, (e.g., such as the principal investigator. a program as they see fit. German Research Foundation and the Dutch Research Foundation) have Safeguarding ethical conduct. We need established ethical codes on how to to be sensitive to our ethical principles, Sidenote deal with subjects. These ethical codes [ : How will the passengers and actively guard them from threat. serve as a sine qua non for every social react the next time they witness a crime Unlike medical ethics, our guidelines scientist, and are carefully put to scene taking place? Will they check for are not common knowledge, and practice by us and the IRBs of our a hidden camera before taking action? journalists and even some of us are respective universities. Setting up such a study at a university quick to throw them overboard. This Threats to ethical conduct. The subway would have most likely not received a may be exacerbated by the everyday positive IRB approval, but when it (Continued on page 9) DIALOGUE Page 9

(Continued from page 8) we should use apply this to media Such a document could also include an struggles we have with IRB decisions coverage. Instead of being coaxed explication of our ethical standards. that are at best time-consuming, often obediently to meet media’s desires, we This would be especially useful when downright inconsiderate, and should actively shape the image of the media do not consult psychologists occasionally directly and unnecessarily personality and social psychology in at all and “studies” are run obstructive of our useful and necessary the media. With the kind of programs independently, or when psychologists research. The very discussion of described at the beginning of this refuse to (or sometimes simply cannot) whether IRBs are successful in article, we run the risk of reinforcing serve as experts. applying an ethical code could harm viewers’ opinions of psychologists ethical conduct of a discipline in being people who simply “mess with general. Because non-psychologists are other peoples’ minds”—an inaccurate We stand to gain when we unaware of our ethical code, they may image we do not want to persist. directly misunderstand how our work more creative in shaping proceeds, and its effect on the We must actively protect our ethical media coverage, instead participants. standards—in research and in media of letting journalists coverage. But we must also spend time We can shape the presentation of our thinking about how to get the message simply push the replay research in the media; we are too across. An alternative to a restaged button of an old study. passive. We sometimes respond to subway attack could be a fully-staged queries of the media, occasionally we scene with actors, especially since send out press releases, but we rarely many, many studies have made us quite Teaching classes in journalism try to get involved with the sure of the outcome. The media might programs on how to be persuasive, conceptualization and planning of complain about the lack of authenticity, informative, entertaining and media in their early stages. The few but one can increase credibility and simultaneously ethical could help start who have done so responsibly and plausibility of the scientific results by us on a program that shows that thoroughly have received real praise doing interviews with people who psychologists have something to tell to from their colleagues. actually have been in such situations, the world beyond the results of the either as victims or bystanders. This latest study. Enforcing and supplies the vital source of information communicating about our ethical for the TV audience, and may even standards would do our profession We need to communicate produce material for teaching. good; striving for media coverage at not only the results of our any costs will backfire on our research, but also the We stand to gain when we more discipline. creative in shaping media coverage, standards of conduct instead of letting journalists simply References under which we obtained push the replay button of an old study. We can shape the image of psychology, ABC News (2008). Are you a good them—we can present our and convey a persuasive message. We Samaritan? Online resource retrieved ethical code as an asset might even learn from it, too—this 03/20/2008. http://abcnews.go.com/ we can be proud of. creative thinking may offer insights on Primetime/WhatWouldYouDo/Story? new and elegant manipulations for id=4420829&page=1 future studies. Take for example the Latané. B., Darley, J.M..(1968). Group ever-so-scary broad generalization of inhibition of bystander intervention Why not follow this example? If time is journalists. We may cringe when our in emergencies. Journal of Personality an issue, let us hand this task over to carefully obtained experimental results and Social Psychology, 10, 215-221 media relations people from our are generalized to mankind, yet we can Westdeutscher Rundfunk (2008). Tatort universities or professional also critically derive boundary U11 [crime scene subway line 11]. organizations. But let us not just watch conditions of our effects, warranting Press release, Cologne, 03/12/2008. our standards vanish! We need to the next study. communicate not only the results of our research, but also the standards of Support from our professional Footnotes 1 conduct under which we obtained organizations—including SPSP—could Deception is a vital element of our them—we can present our ethical code help in this endeavor. The Society or research paradigms; I am the last as an asset we can be proud of. As other organizations could develop and person to argue we should abandon it. ■ psychologists we know how to disseminate guideline for journalists on communicate information persuasively; how to present psychological research. Page 10 DIALOGUE SPSP Diversity and Climate Committee News By Keith Maddox conference related expenses, a copy of normative pressure to avoid interaction, the Compleat Academic (with thanks to we invited the Influential Scholars to The SPSP Diversity and Climate APA Books for providing these at a attend the Reception with the expressed Committee (DCC) had a busy year. In considerable discount), and an purpose of finding and chatting with case you haven’t heard, our charge is to opportunity to meet with 2-3 Influential the graduate student(s) who nominated develop activities and programs to Scholars—social or personality them. While these individuals are too service the goals of increasing the psychologists whose work has played a numerous to list here, SPSP would like diversity of the SPSP membership— positive role in the award winner’s to thank those who came for their particularly those belonging to intellectual development—at the annual willingness to spend part of their historically disadvantaged and DCC Reception. If you would like to Friday evening speaking with their underrepresented groups—and learn more about our graduate award admirers. Such conversations can be ensuring that the climate of the Society winners, please visit http://www.spsp.org/ critical to the intellectual development is inclusive and supportive of a diverse divwin08.htm for their biographies. of any student researcher, and working membership. I’m happy to report that through one’s anxieties to meet the our activities at the 2008 conference DCC Reception challenge can be liberating. Many were quite successful, and that the faculty and students reported how SPSP Executive Committee has For the second consecutive year, the much they enjoyed the event. In fact, a empowered us to broaden our activities DCC Reception was extremely well- few past awardees have developed in the service of the Society’s diversity attended. Held on Friday evening, the ongoing professional relationships with and climate goals. Below, I describe reception served as a celebration of the their Influential Scholars. While this some of our conference activities, and current graduate and undergraduate outcome is unlikely to reflect the norm, discuss recent developments that affect award recipients. It was also a venue we believe the reception format the context of our future efforts. for various members of the conference provides a context for a range of community to support SPSP’s mission mutual benefits for faculty and Diversity Fund Undergraduate to create and maintain a diverse and students, all toward the benefit of the Registration and Graduate Travel inclusive climate. The reception is an Society. Awards opportunity for informal mixing and mingling among faculty and students. GASP Coffee Break Congratulations to the 12 recipients of But, if you’ve ever been a student at the Undergraduate Registration Awards SPSP conference, you know that it can The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and and the 29 recipients of Graduate be intimidating to approach faculty Transgender Alliance in Social and Travel Awards (listed on p. 37). SPSP members you know only through their Personality Psychology (GASP) Coffee grants financial assistance to scholarly work. Barriers to such Break on Saturday afternoon was also undergraduate and graduate students interactions can be even greater for extremely well-attended. GASP from various groups underrepresented those students whose faces, features, or provides social support and in personality and social psychology. orientations are not well-represented professional information to lesbian, For undergrads, these awards pay for among conference attendees. If you’ve gay, bisexual, and transgender conference registration, allowing the been a faculty member at the individuals and their supportive students to attend the conference and conference you may not quite heterosexual colleagues. Like the DCC get a glimpse into the professional lives understand why anyone would be reception, this event is also open to the of personality and social psychologists. intimidated to speak to you. And this entire conference community. As such, In the past, applicants had to attend a state of affairs might not bother faculty it provides an opportunity for GLBT school in the same city or state as the terribly as they struggle to reconnect members and allies to mingle socially SPSP conference—places within with colleagues who are normally and professionally. If you think reasonable driving distance. This spread all over the country. The yourself a member or an ally of GASP, restriction has now been lifted because confluence of these real and imagined please pick up a GASP sticker for your SPSP’s preference to hold the pressures is a nightmare for an name badge at the registration desk conference in warmer-weather organization seeking to increase next year. This simple and visible locations limits the opportunities for interactions across intergroup display of your support can contribute students who live in colder climes. boundaries in service of intellectual and to the supportive and inclusive climate professional development. that we strive to create. Graduate student awardees receive a (Continued on page 20) $500 cash award to assist with Thus, to help compensate for any DIALOGUE Page 11

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University of Minnesota and the him to Syracuse University, the University of Texas-Austin, where he University of Missouri, London School became vice president for academic of Economics, and the University of Passings affairs. He returned to Harvard as Head Texas, before settling in 1971into a William J. McGuire of Psychology, returned to Texas as long career at the University of December, 2007 Dean of the Graduate School, and Maryland. subsequently moved to Stanford and William McGuire received a Ph.D. in was for 15 years Director of the Center Jud Mills was a long-time contributor social psychology from Yale for Advanced Study in the Behavioral to the cognitive dissonance literature, University in 1954. His career took him Sciences. beginning with his dissertation on to a post-doctoral fellowship at moral temptation, and continuing with Minnesota with Leon Festinger, and Lindzey was Editor of the 1954 edition, selective exposure to information, then positions at Yale, Illinois, two-volume Handbook of Social number of options, ambivalent Columbia, and the University of Psychology. With Elliot Aronson, he information, revocation, and the California, San Diego, finally returning co-edited the five-volume 1968 edition history of dissonance theory. In this to Yale in 1970, where he remained for of the Handbook, and with Dan Gilbert area, Mills is perhaps best known for the rest of his career. and Susan Fiske, he co-edited the 1998 this classic “The effect of severity of edition. The various Handbook are the initiation on liking for a group” with One of the most prolific scholars in the standard of reference in social fellow student Elliot Aronson (Journal early days of attitude research, psychology, representing the history of of Abnormal and Social Psychology, McGuire made a wide range of the field, the state of knowledge up to 1959). This study, which flew directly empirical contributions on the structure the time of publication, and thoughtful, in the face of then-dominant and function of attitudes, how controversial, and generative reviews reinforcement theory, showed the persuasion works and how it can be of the basic processes and areas of people who go through a costly resisted, and the nature of the situated study in social psychology. initiation to join a group will like it self. His chapters on attitudes in the better than people who joined the Handbook of Social Psychology in Lindzey published with Calvin Hall group at very little expense—people 1969 (“The nature of attitudes and what became the standard review of the will come to like the things they suffer attitude change”) and 1985 (“Attitude field of personality, Theories of for. Mills’ interest in attitudes persisted and attitude change”) are among the Personality, which has been updated over five decades, resulting in his most widely-read and influential and republished routinely since (most edited volume with Eddie Harmon- treatments of the attitude literature. A recently with John Campbell in 1997). Jones (1999) Cognitive dissonance: standby in graduate school reading lists Progress on a pivotal theory in social is the clever and synthetic paper on the Lindzey’s more important contributions psychology. nature of theory and hypotheses in to psychology were to organize and social psychology, “The yin and yang provide an intellectual infrastructure With Margaret Clark, Mills conducted of progress in social psychology: Seven for social and personality psychology. a long line of research on interaction in koan” (JPSP, 1973). This was done through editing the close relationships. Clark and Mills Handbook, reviewing the field of compared exchange relationships, in McGuire received APA’s personality theory, and extensive which partners keep track of costs and Distinguished Scientific Contribution administrative service, election to the benefits with communal relationships, Award in 1988, SESP’s Distinguished APA Presidency for 1966, culminating where partners provide benefits to one Scientist Award in 1992, and ISPP’s in a long career at the Center. Lindzey another without expectation of rewards Lasswell Award for Distinguished was appointed in 1982 by the National or accounting, introduced in their Scientific Contributions to Political Academy of Sciences to a blue-ribbon (JPSP, 1979) article “Interpersonal Psychology in 1999. He was named a panel charged with studying the effects attraction in exchange and communal Fellow of the American Academy of of federal drug laws, which led to a relationships.” ■ Arts and Sciences in 2002. (A more proposal to legalize marijuana. The complete tribute to the life and career findings met with opposition from the of Bill McGuire begins on p. 4.) Reagan administration.

Gardner Lindzey Judson Mills February, 2008 May, 2008 Society for Personality and Social Gardner Lindzey received a Ph.D. from Judson Mills received a Ph. D. from Psycholoy Harvard University in 1949. He taught Stanford University in 1958, working Visitus at www.spsp.org at Harvard, Syracuse University, the with Leon Festinger. His career took DIALOGUE Page 13 News from the Publication Committee: Shinobu Kitayama Appointed Editor of PSPB

By Fred Rhodewalt The editorial lag for 2007 was 8.4 weeks and the publication lag is currently 6.4 months. Most notable is that PSPB’s The SPSP Executive Committee approved the appointment of impact rating continues to improve, 2.419 for 2006 compared Professor Shinobu Kitayama as the next editor of Personality to 2.094 in 2005 and 1.898 in 2004. Thomson Scientific and Social Psychology Bulletin replacing Judith Harackiewicz Journal Citation Reports places PSPB 6th out of 46 journals in whose term expires September 30th, 2008. Dr. Kitayama, who the social psychology category. The Publication and Executive is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Culture and Committees commends Judy and her editorial team and staff Cognition Program at the University of Michigan, has for the excellent work they have done for the journal and the accepted a four and a quarter year term and will begin Society. processing papers on October 1, 2008. Dr. Kitayama is widely known for his research on cultural variations in cognition, Personality and Social Psychology Review carries on its high emotion, and motivation and the demonstration that standard of excellence under the editorship of Galen psychological processes are fostered and reinforced through Bodenhausen. The editors continue to make timely editorial actively participating in divergent cultural worlds and, as a decisions with a mean editorial lag of 9.7 weeks. And, despite consequence, these psychological processes become culturally the pressures related to low submission rates, the journal contingent. continues to publish high quality, widely cited work. Its 2006 impact rating of 3.35 places it second only to JPSP in social Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin continues to serve psychology. as a leading journal in the field. The journal received 629 new submissions for the 2007 calendar year. Under Judy A call for papers has been issued for a special issue of PSPR Harackiewicz’s excellent editorial leadership the journal edited by Constantine Sedikides entitled “Religiosity: continues to provide excellent and timely service to the field. Perspectives from Social and Personality Psychology.” ■ Inaugural SAGE Young Scholar Awards Announced: Eli Finkel, Virginia Kwan, Jon Maner, Keith Payne, Kathleen Vohs candidates who have demonstrated publisher of journals (including both By David Dunning exceptional achievements in social and/ Personality and Social Psychology

The Foundation for Social and or personality psychology (broadly Bulletin and Review of Personality and Personality Psychology, in defined), conducting research that Social Psychology), books, and collaboration with SAGE Publications, places them at the forefront of their electronic media for academic, is pleased to announce the inaugural peers. Criteria include innovation, educational, and professional markets. recipients of the SAGE Young creativity, and potential to make a Since 1965, SAGE has helped inform Scholars Award. The 5 recipients are: significant impact on the field. The and educate a global community of Eli Finkel (Northwestern University), awardees received a one-time award of scholars, practitioners, researchers, and Virginia Kwan (Princeton University), $5000 to be used at their discretion for students spanning a wide range of Jon Maner (Florida State University), research, study, or conference travel- subject areas including social and B. Keith Payne (University of North related purposes. Five awards will be behavioral sciences, humanities, and Carolina), and Kathleen Vohs presented each year for five years, science, technology and medicine. (University of Minnesota). beginning in 2008, at the SPSP Annual The selection committee for the SAGE Meeting, to individuals representative Awards was Sharon Brehm, Jim These awards are aimed at supporting of the broad spectrum of personality Blascovich, Martin Chemers, David junior faculty (untenured), between 3 and social psychology research. Dunning, Jennifer Richeson, and Mark and 7 years into their first independent Snyder. More information about the The nomination deadline for the 2009 Foundation can be obtained at academic position by October of the ■ year in which they are nominated. The award will be announced in mid-2008. foundationpsp.org. goal of these Awards is to support SAGE is a leading international Page 14 DIALOGUE

Letting Psychology Out of its Cage: What Dovidio’s Call to Action Means for Social/Personality Psychology

By Peter Glick Table 1. Number of Articles I have cleverly inserted terms from on Britney (1998-2008) social psychology in sentences about In his 2008 SPSP Presidential Britney. You can too! See Appendix A Symposium, Jack Dovidio opined that for easy-to-follow instructions. “In a world where I can’t turn on the Outlet # of Articles SIF TV or pick up a magazine without JPSP 0 0 Is this all we can do? Of course not. seeing something about Britney PSPB 0 0 Consider these further suggestions, Spears, it is clear that social Psych Bull 0 0 which are easy and fun enough to psychology is needed more than ever.” PSPR 0 0 actually consider doing: Although never one to tell others what ______Dialogue 1* 4.57 ● Put down JPSP and pick up People— to do, Dovidio’s implicit conclusion Notes. SIF = Supermarket Impact Factor you’ll definitely get better research was evident: Social psychology must (# of supermarkets out of 10 that ideas study what really matters in this world. carry the journal) ● Daydream about Britney (Dovidio And what really matters right now is * In this issue must—why else would he keep Britney Spears. bringing her up?) business as usual) may no longer ● Watch a lot of TV (especially A PsycInfo search revealed a problem suffice in today’s fast-paced world. Let Entertainment Tonight and daytime more dire than even Dovidio could us heed Dovidio’s plea to NOT leave talk shows—all those Judge shows are imagine! In the past decade, there has Britney alone! pretty fun too, even they don’t seem to been NOT ONE empirical article on be about Britney) Britney in JPSP or PSPB, and NO But do we have to tools to address ● Bring up Britney in your classes—the theoretical treatments in Psychological contemporary Britney issues? We do! students will dig what you be rappin’ Bulletin or PSPR—see Table 1. There Social psychologists are adept at ‘bout (which makes you seem really is a good reason why supermarkets making up jargon words that “explain” cool … for a teacher) refuse to carry most of our journals— everyday behaviors. Consider this ● Edit a special issue of JPSP on social psychology lacks relevance. example. Why did Britney shave her Britney (few know about Dovidio’s head? Depending on your subfield it editorial policy that, for a modest fee, The father of modern social could be: Conformity to a new head- you can take over an entire issue and psychology, Kurt Cobain said “There’s shaving fad; obedience to an authority get all of your friends JPSP pubs!) nothing so practical as a good theory,” who said “Hey, why don’t you shave ● Go to Hollywood and stalk Britney— but few realize that he went on to say your head”; a self-regulatory your department will fund this as field “… about Britney” (italics added). The mechanism because her hair was too research. response to such clarion calls that has long; or stereotype threat due to the ● Hedge your bets—Lindsay and Paris served us so well in the past (hand- common belief that female pop stars are likely to be back in the news some wringing followed by a few drinks and are “supposed” to have hair. Note how time soon! ■

APPENDIX A: Social Psychology Mad-Libs! Applying social psychology is easy, just follow these steps and create your own hypothesis about Britney! (Unlike regular Mad-Libs you don’t even have to know what an “adverb” is.)

Britney [insert any escapade from col. A] because of [insert social any process from col. B].

Choose An Escapade Choose a Social Psychological Process

… went commando … prejudice against beautiful people … kissed Madonna … prejudice in favor of beautiful people … had to be hospitalized … cognitive consistency … partied with Paris Hilton … cognitive dissonance … lost custody to K-Fed … benevolent sexism … fell off the wagon … hostile sexism … couldn’t make a comeback … learned helplessness … made a comeback … psychological reactance DIALOGUE Page 15

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PRESIDENT’S COLUMN

Looking for Our Mission (Statement) By Jack Dovidio With this success comes new stages and meeting the unique needs of responsibility for scientific leadership. scholars in different phases of their As I prepared to write an article for It is in all our best interests that this careers. Dialogue on a different topic, I leadership be reflective and searched the SPSP website for our deliberative. As we move forward as an 2. How can SPSP best meet the needs Mission Statement. A mission organization, I have identified three of both personality and social statement articulates the reason for the basic questions for us, as members and psychologists? organization’s existence, describes the elected representatives, to ponder. I list organization’s primary objectives, these questions in no particular order. Probably one of the most immediate outlines aspirations, and identifies the challenges SPSP—the Society for priorities of the organization. To my Personality and Social Psychology— surprise, I could not find a copy on our Revenues for the Society faces involves balancing the needs and website. Then, reflecting on why I was are healthy, while dues perspectives of personality and social seeking the Mission Statement in the have remained unusually psychologists. Certainly, personality first place, I decided to write a and social psychology offer different article—this one, about low over the years. In complementary perspectives. Most of looking for a mission. many ways, SPSP is an us endorse Lewin’s basic premise that behavior is a function of both the organization with the In this article, I am not advocating that person and the environment, and we we write a new SPSP Mission ‘Midas touch.’ support, at least nominally, a person x Statement or even devote much energy situation framework for understanding to finding and posting the old one. behavior. Instead, I simply want to suggest different ways of conceiving our 1. How can SPSP meet the needs of A number of scholars work mission. This is a moment for members across the professional life- productively at the interface of reflection, not a specific call to action. span? personality and social psychology. Nevertheless, psychologists who SPSP is in an excellent position to SPSP self-consciously devotes much of identify primarily as social reflect upon its mission. As a its attention and resources to supporting psychologists considerably outnumber separately incorporated Society, SPSP graduate students and early-career in the organization those who identify started with few resources. However, it scholars. For example, dues are kept at primarily as personality psychologists. had many very bright and dedicated a minimum, summer school is offered Despite the clear attempts, structures, leaders with creative and productive to graduate students, and the and policies of SPSP (e.g., requiring ideas. Over the years, SPSP’s conference is designed to promote editorial balance and seeking resources have grown. PSPB exposure for junior scholars. Whereas representation of both personality and established itself as a leading journal in APA and many divisions of APA have social psychology in its governance), the field, and PSPR has also been a a highly skewed age structure (the personality psychologists may great success. Attendance at the SPSP median age of APA members is 50 sometimes feel they suffer the “tyranny conference has increased annually, and years old), the membership of SPSP is of the majority”—in a democracy, the it is widely recognized as one of the a relatively young. However, a steady majority’s interests often take priority most important venues for influx of early-career SPSP members over the minority’s. A variety of communicating new findings. The will hopefully lead to several solutions are possible, but it is of SPSP summer school is well- generations of members. SPSP utmost important that SPSP reassert its established, attracting and supporting therefore needs to recognize the commitment to represent all vital and new generations of scholarly leaders. developmental processes of the central areas of personality and social Revenues for the Society are healthy, professional and find ways to meet the psychology in ways that the different while dues have remained unusually very different needs of early-, mid-, constituencies find satisfying low over the years. In many ways, late-career members, as well as emeriti. individually as well as collectively. SPSP is an organization with the The organization will be stronger and “Midas touch.” more stable by benefiting from the This is an issue that involves the very different perspectives and contributions fabric of our society, and it needs to be of members at different professional (Continued on page 34) DIALOGUE Page 17 Moving at Snail's Pace: Some Observations on the Publication Process in Social and Personality Psychology By Miles Hewstone and in the following three ways. punishment; they will be condemned for eternity to a perpetual revision of Wolfgang Stroebe (1) Reviewers as Editors and Editors their own manuscripts. Are we as a as (Co-)Authors (sub)discipline unique in this practice? According to Dr Johnson, nothing that Editors are editors. Their name is on An informal poll of colleagues in other is read with pleasure was written the journal and it is their responsibility areas and other disciplines suggests without pain. He must have had in to decide whether a manuscript is that we may be. mind authors who submit to peer accepted or rejected (see Zanna, 1992). review in our leading journals, but if Editors are not (co-) authors. Their they ever read their own work, once it name is not on the manuscript. The Editors are chosen as is finally published, it is surely less names on the manuscript are those of sages of the discipline, with pleasure than with . . . relief. We the authors and they are supposed to be have thought about problems with the responsible for the content of the typically with wide journal publication process for a long manuscript. These are truisms, but we reading and time -- not only as editors, but also as thought we should define the two roles methodological ‘customers’—and within the confines at the outset to avoid confusion later. of a brief Dialogue piece, we share expertise. They really here a few of our own thoughts, Editors are chosen as sages of the should not feel the need criticisms, and ideas for change and discipline, typically with wide reading improvement. and methodological expertise. They to have social support really should not feel the need to have for every step of the Since the first rule of giving feedback social support for every step of the review process. is to start with the positives, let us review process. In short, after having a begin by emphasizing our faith in the manuscript reviewed once, they should peer review process. As scholars with decide on the revisions themselves. The graph of manuscript improvement decades of experience as journal After all, it is their name on the journal against number of revisions is one of editors and as authors of numerous and not that of the anonymous diminishing returns; the initial articles we are confident that we have reviewers. Furthermore, reviewing improvements, we submit, are often helped to improve many a manuscript, takes time. By unloading their huge, but the subsequent and happily acknowledge the responsibility on the shoulders of their improvements are often quite minor, if contributions many reviewers and reviewers, editors are wasting a indeed they are improvements. As one editors have made to our own work. valuable resource, namely the time and of our friends put it, it is not as if we We express our gratitude to editors and good will of the unhappy few, who are are talking about having our names reviewers for their help in turning still willing to review manuscripts. carved into Mt Rushmore! some of our sow’s ears into the Furthermore, the content of the article occasional silk purse, and our We are particularly frustrated at the should remain the responsibility of the forgiveness to those (well, OK, almost editorial practice of selecting, say, three authors. As the economist Bruno Frey all of those …) we feel have slighted reviewers for the first version of a stated succinctly, “Authors only get our work, impugned our motives, or paper (based on which the authors then their papers accepted if they worse! So, some of our best friends are make revisions), and then the addition intellectually prostitute themselves by editors, we ourselves have taken the of some new reviewers (with often slavishly following the demands made oath and signed in blood, but still quite different opinions) to read the by anonymous referees…” (Frey, believe that we can all do better. revision. We are not sure when this 2003; p. 205). Thus we enjoin editors process originated, or who is brave (ourselves included) to remember that Our leading journals remain some of enough to admit to being its instigator. the article before them is written by the the most demanding, selective organs Suffice to say that we believe that an author, and not the editor, and that the for the dissemination of psychological inner circle of Dante’s Hell is reserved correlation between different reviewers research. We maintain, however, that for supporters of this cruel and unusual (Continued on page 24) improvement should be contemplated Page 18 DIALOGUE

Working Harder Than We Play, Playing Harder Than We Work By Sena Koleva enthusiastic, challenging, hilarious Everyone mentioned the excitement nerds whom I couldn't wait to see and value of their interactions with the This is a story about a girl who went to again! students: "I now feel as if I have summer camp and had the time of her students all over the world, and I am life. She learned new things, made new For two weeks we lived and breathed very proud of that." In addition, many friends, and when it was over she social psychology. I spent my days in enjoyed the intellectual exchange with didn't want to go home. I was that girl, class—immersed in an engaging and their fellow faculty members. Living but this is not a reminiscence of my friendly discourse, discovering new together allowed for many stimulating childhood, but the story of my time at theories, debating controversial issues. discussions: "This made for a very the 2007 Summer Institute in Social We formed research teams and intense round-the-clock experience." Psychology. developed study proposals which we They even made a humorous video of presented and discussed at the end of their time together à la MTV's "The The Institute is a two-week intensive the course. The opportunity to learn Real World" which we saw at our summer school in social psychology, from each other and forge Farewell Banquet. We've been trying held biennially, that brings together collaborations was incredibly valuable. to obtain a copy of it ever since. I about 100 pre-doctoral students I generated more research ideas in imagine that teaching at SISP is a labor primarily from the U.S., but also some those two weeks than I had in the first and time-consuming commitment, but from Canada and Europe. Its third two years of graduate school. Many of I bet that you couldn't get a single one incarnation was held in July of last us have followed up on projects of our faculty to say that it wasn't year at the University of Texas in conceived in class. One of my worth it. It's not everyday that you get Austin. We lovingly called it "Nerd newfound friends summed up her, and to befriend "the future of social Camp". my, impression nicely: "It was the most psychology". fulfilling academic experience since the The institute offered five classes, each beginning of my doctorate. I felt In an effort to be balanced, and led by two (sometimes four) leading autonomous, competent, and connected therefore believable, I actively sought researchers in the field: Political to kindred spirits". out the attendees' criticisms and Ideology (taught by John Jost & Arie recommendations. I couldn't count the Kruglanski), Social Neuroscience I had a great time during the day, but "I wish it was longer" and "I wish I (Jennifer Beer & Kevin Ochsner), the evenings were no less fun. I quickly could go again" as true complaints, Novel Approaches to Assessing Social discovered that my Nerd Camp pals which left me with a few mentions of Behavior and Individual Differences played as hard as they worked. Our the cafeteria food and the weather. (William Fleeson, Sam Gosling, wonderful hosts put together several Both were a drag at times. One Mathias Mehl, & Simine Vazire), Self- social outings early on, so we could constructive recommendation was for Regulation and Goals (Constantine become acquainted and comfortable instructors to send out course syllabi Sedikides & James Shah), and Gender with each other. Every night groups of ahead of time, so that students could and Social Roles (Alice Eagly & Peter SISP-ers would take to exploring go over the readings in advance and Glick). We also chose from two one- Austin's thriving nightlife. But one feel less overwhelmed and stressed day methodological workshops. The didn't have to be a party animal to have during the program. students took over the third floor of a good time; people also got together to what were easily the nicest dorms I play sports, read by the pool, or go out Personally, I'd love to see SISP have seen. Our faculty shared a to dinner. Many expressed that the best grow—offering more classes, spacious house. thing about the program was how fun admitting more students, being held and open everyone was. Our gatherings more often. The program is funded by When I heard that I was accepted to had an almost surreal fluidity—one the NSF and I believe this is an SISP and enrolled in the Political minute we'd be fully engaged in invaluable investment in the field. On Ideology class I thought: "I will no someone's account of his/her research, the last night I overheard someone say: longer be an amateur!" This was great the next we'd be shooting tiny toy "I used to be unsure about the whole news—I had recently begun a research piglets at each other with a plastic graduate school thing. I didn't know if project on morality and ideology and catapult. Don't ask. research was for me. Now I know it desperately needed to learn more about is." I hope that SISP continues to political psychology. My second But students weren't the only ones provide such peak experiences to an thought was "I hope it's not just a having a good time. I sought feedback ever-growing and diverse group of from the professors and was students. The future of social bunch of nerds". Turns out, there were ■ a bunch of nerds—friendly, intelligent, overwhelmed with positive comments. psychology is well worth it. DIALOGUE Page 19 2008 Graduate Student Committee Report: Conference Re-Cap and More By Elizabeth Lee hostility; 4) Jessica Salvatore, Princeton chance of winning a subscription to University, Cognitive costs of exposure JPSP, free SPSP student membership, After the last poster had been to racial prejudice. We were especially or the ultimate in desirable prizes, awarded a prize and the last grateful to the Convention Committee classic articles with the author’s symposium had been applauded, we, for providing Student Travel Awards signature. One of the most sought-after the members of SPSP’s Graduate for our speakers. We were also prizes was the classic Baron and Student Committee (GSC) let out a appreciative for the comments and Kenny (1986) article with both sigh of relief and patted ourselves on questions from a diverse, supportive authors’ autographs. We were the back. As the Albuquerque audience. Some of the most uncertain how students would react to afterglow wanes, perhaps in your encouraging feedback was from a our tongue-in-cheek gesture, but we conference-related chats, you talked professor who thought the talks were so were delighted they appeared to react about one of the GSC’s events. polished that you would not have with embarrassed glee. However, if you did not attend or hear guessed the speakers were not about the stimulating events the GSC professors. We hope that this Lastly, one of our other recent projects hosted at SPSP, here are the experience further advances our was to produce the winter edition of highlights. winner’s future ambitions. the GSC’s newsletter, the FORUM featuring an overview of conference The GSC hosted a symposium Once again, the Mentor Lunch was a events, networking tips, suggestions entitled “Outstanding Research hit with students and professors eating for a pleasant mentor lunch, pre- Award Addresses”. This was the lunch while conversing about mutual conference information, and practical culmination of a new initiative, the interests. This event keeps growing that advice on enjoying Albuquerque. The SPSP GSC Outstanding Research we needed 2 rooms for all of the 2007-2008 GSC members will Award. One unique opportunity that attendees this year. We first asked circulate a spring newsletter before can boost a graduate student’s career students to suggest professors or topics handing the reins to the 2008-2009 is to present a talk at SPSP. So they would like as a table focus. After GSC. Please watch for future issues of instead of inviting professors to share inviting professors to the lunch, we the FORUM filled with student- professional development advice, we opened registration to students. Some relevant information and exciting news sent a call to students to propose a of the more than 20 topics included on what the incoming GSC is planning. talk based on their research. Not only implicit attitudes, job searches, self The incoming GSC members are: did students get a chance to draw regulation, and publications. A huge (President) Helen Lin, University of exposure to their work, but students thank you goes to all the mentors who Houston; (Members-at-Large) Sonia not applying for the award served as volunteered their time and wisdom! Kang, University of Toronto; Megan reviewers for 2 rounds of peer review O’Grady, Colorado State University; and choose 4 winners. Another event absolutely worth Jennifer Pattershall, University of Our 2008 Outstanding Research recapping is the GSC’s Social Hour. Maine; and Greg Preuss, Ohio Award winners and the titles of their This time we secured a larger room, University Please join us in talks are: 1) Jeremy Jamieson, cash bar, prizes, and a bit more food. congratulating the new GSC! Northeastern University, The effect of Throughout the hour, we estimated stereotype threat on the solving of almost 100 students spent some time Looking back on the past year, quantitative GRE problems: A mere relaxing with their friends and mingling working with the GSC has been a effort interpretation; 2) Elizabeth with new ones courtesy of the GSC rewarding experience. Three words Paluck, Yale University, Reducing bingo game! This icebreaker involved a that describe our team are creative, intergroup prejudice and conflict with bingo board with squares describing enthusiastic, and hard-working. It was the mass media: A field experiment in possible aspects of a student such as a pleasure working with John Edlund, Rwanda; 3) Zachary Rothschild, ABD, completed comps, or presented a Sonia Kang, Jennifer Knack, Megan University of Colorado at Colorado poster at the conference. Students had O’ Grady and David Portnoy. Though Springs, Does peace have a prayer?: to find peers who matched these we are pleased with what we have Effects of mortality salience, descriptions to sign their name in the accomplished, we look forward to the compassionate values, and religious corresponding square. Once students inventive ideas and services the fundamentalism on out-group had enough signatures for a bingo, they incoming GSC will provide student were entered into a raffle with the members. ■ Page 20 DIALOGUE Dan Gilbert and Brent Roberts Win Inaugural Carol and Ed Diener Mid-Career Awards By David Dunning, David Social Psychology from 1965-2000.’ In in basic traits across the life course are fact, amazingly, according to the Web among the most important recent Funder and Mark Zanna of Science, Dan has four articles that contributions to personality have been cited over 250 times! psychology. His work has shed The Foundation for Personality and important light on the trait of Social Psychology has announced the Thus, Dan’s early work on the conscientiousness and examined the inaugural recipients for the Carol and correspondence bias and on the capacity of personality to predict Ed Diener Mid-Career Awards. These activation and application of important life outcomes compared to awards are designed to honor a scholar stereotypic beliefs are already classics the conventionally used, strong in his or her mid-career, i.e., in social psychology. His more recent predictors of IQ and social class. He approximately 15 to 25 years post work on affective forecasting confirms has made important theoretical PhD., who has made significant that Dan continues to be a leader in the contributions to socioanalytic theory. contributions to psychology. One field. Put simply, because his work award is given for contributions to addresses major theoretical and applied In short, his work addresses all the social psychology; one for issues and because he is, perhaps, the central issues in the field of personality contributions to personality greatest story-teller in the field today, as laid out by Gordon Allport 60 years psychology. Dan Gilbert continues to have ago: the very nature of the trait enormous impact, setting the research concept, the longitudinal consistency of The inaugural recipients of the Diener agenda with each new topic that personality, personality change across Awards were: captures his attention. Dan has also the life course, and the structure of made major contributions to the field personality and its dynamics. Daniel T. Gilbert, Harvard University, by mentoring several PhD students and, Moreover, the words of a committee for contributions to social psychology. importantly, by increasingly member, he has also been “an Dan Gilbert received his PhD from mobilizing/transferring knowledge to incredible force for good in Princeton University in 1985 and after the general public and policy makers personality,” contributing in many a decade at the University of Texas alike, most recently exemplified by his ways to its move into the modern era moved to Harvard University, where he book entitled, Stumbling on Happiness, and its improved integration with has been a Full Professor of which incidentally won The Royal social, biological and developmental Psychology since 1996. In addition to Society General Book Prize for 2007. psychology. He currently serves as several teaching awards, both at Texas executive officer of the Association for and Harvard, Dan has received several Brent Roberts, University of Illinois, Research in Personality, a new awards for his scholarly contributions, Urbana-Champaign, for contributions organization that is playing an including the prestigious American to personality psychology. Brent increasingly central role in the field. Psychological Association Roberts received his Ph.D. from UC Distinguished Scientific Award for an Berkeley in 1994 and is a Professor at The selection committee for the social Early Career Contribution to the University of Illinois. In the words award was Nicole Shelton, Claude Psychology (in 1992). According to of one committee member, he has Steele, and Mark Zanna (Chair). The th published accounts, Dan is the 13 “done it all in personality committee for the personality selection most cited author in recent Handbooks psychology—and done it better than was David Funder (Chair), Virginia of Social Psychology and two of his just about anybody else.” His review Kwan, and Dan McAdams. Further articles are among the ‘top 20 articles papers on longitudinal consistency in information about the Foundation can cited in the Journal of Personality and personality and developmental trends be found at foundationpsp.org. ■

Miller, and the rest of the staff at Tara Diversity/Climate News, Cont. Miller Events. In particular, I’d like to convey a special thank you to Tiffany (Continued from page 10) Conference such a success: Past and Ito of the University of Colorado, The Sun Sets on Albuquerque present contributors to the SPSP whose term of service on the DCC Diversity Fund, our 2008 Influential ends this year. Thanks Tiffany for your Thank you to all of the individuals Scholars, Gary VandenBos at APA vision, guidance, and hard work over whose efforts made the Diversity and Books, the Albuquerque Convention (Continued on page 39) Climate Committee events at the 2008 Center Staff, and Jeff Wilson, Tara DIALOGUE Page 21

researchers to shy away from topics Note from a Young Ex-Academic that will prove too methodologically unwieldy. Unfortunately, this rules out By Daisy Grewal honestly claim that things have changed? In 2001, Paul Rozin wrote many interesting and useful topics.

Six years ago, I decided to become a the following regarding the field: “Almost the entire field is devoted to Apart from choosing based on social psychologist. I didn’t care that methodology, younger scholars also my friends didn’t understand what that studying a modest subset of the domains of social life with a limited avoid topics that may elicit scorn from meant or that my mother was worried their peers. In particular, graduate about my lack of concrete job range of salient methodologies. Graduate student readers of JPSP are students are advised to stay away from prospects following graduation—I felt studying topics that are too “political,” like I had found my future career. Like being socialized to an overly narrow set of criteria for research.” More recently, which signify a possible subjectivity many newly minted college graduates, in a field very concerned about I began graduate school with idealistic a facetious review published in the journal Perspectives on Psychological appearing objective. Our own biases hopes of becoming a successful would not be such a problem if we did professor by conducting research that Science mocked the seemingly ubiquitous use of the Implicit not insist on projecting such a staunch was both meaningful to society as well image of pseudo-science in the first as rigorous in the eyes of the academic Association Test. For many, these criticisms are nothing new; social place. Editors, like most people, prefer community. Six years later, after to see their own views in print. finally earning the title of “Dr.” I’ve psychologists know what’s wrong with the field. The problem is that we’ve put Therefore, they are more likely to found myself—somewhat sadly— accept papers that agree with their choosing to leave the field. Like many little effort into understanding why these problems exist and how we can own theories rather than papers that who have come before me, my challenge the status quo. A broader decision to leave was partly the result change them. selection of top-tier journals that of the general hardships of pursuing an solicit a wider range of editorial academic career. An academic path Most likely, the underlying problem is one of survival: In order to secure an opinions would help combat this often requires frequent changes in problem. Admittedly, this criticism geographic location and lean salaries. academic position, young social psychologists must conform dutifully may constitute a general problem with However, had I felt that it was the right peer-based academic review, rather path for me, I probably would have put to the current field’s standards of what constitutes “good” research. Like most than a problem peculiar to social up with both of these drawbacks. psychology. Regardless, the end result Instead, I discovered that my gripes people in this world, social psychologists care a great deal about is that most social psychologists with the field are primarily ideological. overlap with each other in just a few, earning a decent living so they can support themselves and their families. narrows areas of study; meanwhile, From what I observed as a graduate topics of increasing importance to the student, the field of social psychology In academia, gaining tenure is the sole path towards job security. In the field world and society (e.g. obesity, global suffers from “pseudo-science” warming, health care) are falling by syndrome. Our top journals demand of social psychology, gaining tenure means publishing in one of a few top the wayside. that researchers adhere to the strictest observance of the scientific method journals; this gives editors of these journals full control over dictating Why hasn’t anything changed? I think without considering that the scientific it’s because the people who are most method may need to be adapted for the standards for research in the field. bothered by these problems are the study of human behavior. Biologist ones who are most likely to leave and Paul Weiss once stated, “Nobody who The consequences of this narrowness are disheartening. I witnessed never look back. Admittedly, these are followed the scientific method ever tough problems, but social psychology discovered anything interesting.” colleagues grasp at new methodologies not because they found them relevant itself is a tough field. It requires a While this statement might be too great deal of creativity, curiosity, and extreme, at least a few other social to their hypotheses, but because they felt they had a better chance of getting logical thinking. It makes one an psychologists agree that the field has expert on human systems and how to become so mired in supposed gold- published by using them. This creates a field that is primarily driven by change behavior. If anyone can standard methodology that we have bravely reshape the culture and sacrificed our creativity. Over 30 years methodology rather than ideas or public need. It’s not that social psychologists standards of their own field, I believe ago, William McGuire criticized his that social psychologists can. By doing fellow psychologists for spending their don’t care about a wide range of topics; I am convinced that they do. However, so, we might avoid finding out thirty time pouring over computer printouts years from now that the major rather than stepping outside their the fear of unsuccessful experiments, especially given the number of critiques of the field are the same ones offices to talk to actual people. Can we ■ replications needed to publish, cause that we’re facing today. Page 22 DIALOGUE Call for Proposals SPSP Conference 2009

The SPSP Program Committee invites proposals for Submissions will be reviewed with regard to: scholarly/ symposia and posters to be presented at the Ninth Annual theoretical merit, soundness of methodology, relevance to Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology social and personality psychology, clarity of presentation, (SPSP), which will be held on February 5-7, 2009, in Tampa, significance, and originality. Final selection among FL. The submission deadline is July 21, 2008. Proposals may submissions deemed meritorious will be made with an eye be in the form of symposia or poster presentations and must toward achieving a balanced and broadly representative be submitted electronically via the conference organizer's program. web site: www.taramillerevents.com/spsp2009submission_info.htm. THE WEBSITE WILL BE OPEN TO SUBMISSIONS General Submission Information BEGINNING JUNE 2, 2008 AND WILL ACCEPT An individual may be first author on only ONE submission SUBMISSIONS UNTIL JULY 21, 2008. (symposium or poster) and thus may serve only ONCE as a

symposium speaker. This is a strict rule-ONE FIRST- Presentation Formats AUTHORED SUBMISSION AND ONE SPEAKING ROLE Symposia: Symposia will be 75-minute sessions that include ONLY. three or more talks on a common topic, printed as symposia abstracts in the Proceedings. Symposium proposals must include a title, abstracts of up to 250 words for each talk, and a 250-word (maximum) summary describing and justifying This is a strict rule: One first-authored the symposium theme. One change has been implemented submission and one speaking role only. this year; it was voted on by the Executive Committee after a review of the conference in 2007: All speakers in symposia must be giving independent talks; NO DISCUSSANTS ARE Individuals may, however, be co-authors on more than one ALLOWABLE. Please include audio/visual requirements paper (symposia and poster). It is incumbent on symposia with your submission. organizers to verify that speakers in their symposia have not submitted their names as speakers in other symposia. Failing to do so may result in a symposia being rejected. Individuals New this year: All speakers in symposia are not allowed to switch who fills the speaker role after submission. The first author must be a SPSP member or must be giving independent talks; NO student member paid up through 2008. Before registering to DISCUSSANTS WILL BE ALLOWED. attend the conference at member rates, the first author must also have paid his/her dues for calendar year 2009. This can be done after learning whether or not a submission has been accepted. All submissions must be in final form, ready for Poster Sessions: Poster sessions will involve standard publication in the convention program. Please check your poster presentations, which will also be printed as poster work carefully. No typos or other errors will be corrected. abstracts in the Proceedings. Poster submissions must include the title, the authors' affiliations, and an abstract of up to 250 Confirmation words. When you submit electronically, you will receive a "Receipt of Submission" confirmation page. Submitting authors will Submission Content also receive an email notification in late July, confirming Abstracts must contain the specific goals of the study, the receipt of their abstract. The program committee will review methods used, a summary of the results, and conclusions. all submissions in August. Notification of acceptance or Data must be collected prior to abstract submission. We will rejection will be emailed in late August or early September to not consider abstracts for studies that have not been the submitting author only. conducted. The title of the abstract should clearly define the work discussed. After listing authors' names, give the name This year’s Program Committee is being co-chaired by of each author's institutional affiliation. Use only standard Wendi Gardner and Sam Gosling. ■ abbreviations. DIALOGUE Page 23 The Top 10 Most Cited Articles from Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin and Personality and Social Psychology Review

By Leah Fargotstein Dialogue asked Leah Fargotstein at Sage Publications to calculate the most highly cited articles in the history of SPSP’s main publications, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin and Personality and Social Psychology Review. The calculations are from Thomson Scientific’s Web of Science.

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin Rank and Citations Article 1. 516 M.B. Brewer (1991). The social self: On being the same and different at the same time. 2. 431 R. Luhtanen & J. Crocker (1992). A collective self-esteem scale: Self-evaluation of one's social identity 3. 392 T.M. Singelis (1994). The measurement of independent and interdependent self-construals. 4. 270 J.C. Turner, P.J. Oakes, S.A. Haslam, & C. McGarty (1994). Self and collective: Cognition and social context. 5. 246 M.R. Leary (1983). A brief version of the Fear of Negative Evaluation scale. 6. 210 R.R. McCrae, & P.T. Costa (1991). Adding liebe und arbeit: The full five-factor model. and well- being. 7. 196 S.J. Kraus (1995). Attitudes and the prediction of behavior: A meta-analysis of the empirical literature. 8. 185. T.J. Madden, P.S. Ellen, & I. Ajzen (1992). A comparison of the theory of planned behavior and the theory of reasoned action. 9. 178 A.H. Eagly & A. Mladinic (1989). Gender stereotypes and attitudes toward women and men. 10. 176 K.A. Brennan & P.R. Shaver (1995). Dimensions of adult attachment, affect regulation, and romantic relationship functioning.

Personality and Social Psychology Review Rank and Citations Article 1. 158 J.T. Cacioppo, W.L. Gardner, & B.G. Berntson (1997). Beyond bipolar conceptualizations and measures: The case of attitudes and evaluative space. 2. 119 F. Strack & R. Deutsch (2004). Reflective and impulsive determinants of social behavior. 3. 118 I.V. Blair (2002). The malleability of automatic stereotypes and prejudice. 4. 89 I. Ajzen (2002). Residual effects of past on later behavior: Habituation and reasoned action perspectives. 5. 82 A. Bandura (1999). Moral disengagement in the perpetration of inhumanities. 6. 79 M.A. Hogg (2001). A social identity theory of leadership. 7. 73 M.J. Hornsey & M.A. Hogg (2000). Assimilation and diversity: An integrative model of subgroup relations. 8. 61 R.F. Baumeister, K.R. Catanese, & K.D. Vohs (2001). Is there a gender difference in strength of sex drive? Theoretical views, conceptual distinctions, and a review of relevant evidence. 9. 61 J.-P. Leyens, P.M. Paladino, R. Rodriguez-Torres, J. Vaes, S. Demoulin, A. Rodriguez-Perez, & R. Gaunt (2000). The emotional side of prejudice: The attribution of secondary emotions to ingroups and outgroups. 10. 59 M. Helweg-Larsen & J.A. Shepperd (2001). Do moderators of the optimistic bias affect personal or target risk estimates? A review of the literature. ■ Page 24 DIALOGUE At a Snail’s Pace, Continued Executive (Continued from page 17) literature and methods published on the Committee, is usually rather small (Daniel, 1993). Internet, rather than taking up Finally, they should value innovation, expensive, scarce journal space. Cont. ideas and heuristic value, as well as perfect methodology. Reis and Stiller’s (1992) analysis of (Continued from page 3) publication trends in our leading (2) The Speed of the Review Process journals reported that, since 1968, Student travel awards. The Graduate One of us is feeling particularly guilty published articles in the Journal of Student Travel Awards Committee had at present about his recent review Personality and Social Psychology had, 337 applications, and gave 76 awards times, and this next point might appear inter alia, become longer and reported of $500 each. An additional 4 awards hypocritical. But we can probably all research based on more studies. But is were reserved fro the student winners agree that our review process is too this always or necessarily a good thing? of the Graduate Student Committee slow. If our work is, as it should be at We are all familiar with the multi-study research competition, who presented least some of the time, on important paper in which Studies 1-4 are all their work at a symposium during the social problems, then we should be found to have ‘warts’ of one type or conference. The full list of winners doing all we can to speed its another, but Study 5 finally gets it appears on p. 36. publication. Would we allow papers on right. This new model of publishing new cancer drugs to languish so long in would allow the exemplary study to be Publication Committee. PSPB editor the editorial doldrums? published (quickly and with little Judy Harackiewicz’s term ends in journal space sacrificed), but for (some 2008, and the Publication Committee The multiple revisions, just discussed, of) the prior studies, attesting was please to announce that Shinobu of course also increase the publication replication, to be reported only briefly Kitayama will be the new Editor, with lag. The information given by many in the article but made public on the a five-year term (see p. 13). journals about publication lag is, in our website, together with a range of experience, totally misleading, because supplementary materials that, over The automated manuscript control of the practice of giving “revise and time, might include raw data, videos, system that is now in place for PSPB, resubmit” as a first decision. The date, and commentary. The APS journal RapidReview, will soon be replaced which is then reported in the journal as Psychological Science is an excellent with SageTrack, a product of Scholar the date when a manuscript has been general model in terms of speed and One. RapidReview will be in place until received, is typically the date for the succinct exposition, but we call for an all of the current editor’s manuscripts last revision. Thus, an article may have even more ambitious publishing project have been processed. The editorial been in “resubmission” for 2 years, but devoted to fast-track publishing of top assistant at Wisconsin will stay in place the time lag reported in the article is 3 work specifically in social psychology for one more year, serving both months. Increasing the speed of the (an idea also floated by Harry Reis, in Harackiewicz and Kitayama. review process is, we acknowledge, not his President’s Column, Dialogue, 22 easy. But we think that use of fewer (2), Fall, 2007) . . . Anyone for Social There were many important issues reviewers, sending out fewer revisions Psychological Science? discussed about the size of the field, the to reviewers, and never sending out number and quality of new papers, a revisions to new reviewers would all References plethora of new scientists, and high help. Daniel, H.-D. (1993). Guardians of science: rates of productivity at all levels. All of Fairness and reliability of peer review. these issues suggest it might be time to (3) A New Model Chichester: Wiley. increase the number of pages in PSPB, The development of e-first publishing Frey, B.S. (2003). Publishing as as well as creating a new journal (or and the Internet provide a unique new prostitution?—Choosing between two). opportunity for social psychology. We one’s own ideas and academic call upon publishers, professional success. Public Choice, 116, 205-223. The Executive Committee reiterated organizations and editors to work Reis, H. T. & Stiller, J. (1992). that the total number of pages available towards leaner (but not meaner), faster Publication trends in JPSP: A three- in any of journals should not determine dissemination and to exploit the decade review. Personality and Social the rejection rate—quality, merit, potential of the Internet. Some of the Psychology Bulletin, 18, 465-472. impact, originality, creativity, neuroscience journals provide a pattern Zanna, M. P. (1992). My life as a dog (I timeliness and interest should be the to follow, with quick reviewing, mean editor). Personality and Social determinants of publication. This ■ revision and publication of quite brief Psychology Bulletin, 18, 485-488. (Continued on page 26) reports, and much of the background DIALOGUE Page 25 Proposed Amendment to Provide a Voting Seat on Council for Each of the Four National Ethnic Minority Psychological Associations APA council proposes to add four new council seats, one for design of representation on the Council of Representatives each of the four National Ethnic Minority Psychological is that the APA is strongest when a diverse and wide range Associations, to the current 162 seats. This proposal is being of perspectives is included. Ethnic minority diversity has re-sent to APA members because of concern that the previous long been lacking on Council, and this strategy is one step voting ballot was sent to membership without sufficient toward inclusion. information to address possible concerns members might have about the amendment. Council believes that adding these seats Q: Would the Council Representatives from these groups would aid APA’s mission to “advance psychology as a be required to be APA members? science, as a profession, and as a means of promoting health, education, and human welfare” and would help address one of A: Yes, just as Division, State, Provincial and Territorial the council’s priority’s which is to increase diversity in its representatives are required to be APA members. Many membership and governance. Ethnic minority psychological view this strategy as an important bridge to the ethnic associations’ missions include the Advancement of minority associations from APA. Psychology in Science, Practice, and Education. The addition of these seats will not result in seats being taken away from Q: Aren't these just political actions that do not do much to existing units on council; rather four seats will be added to promote the mission of the association? bring the total number of seats to 166. All new council members would be APA members in good standing, and Members of the four ethnic minority associations are would be selected by their respective associations. scientists, educators, and practitioners, many of whom have much to offer APA in regard to all areas of psychology, Below are some questions and answers that individuals might including the growing field of ethnic minority psychology. have about the addition of these associations to council. The missions of the four associations include the advancement of science, practice, and education in Q: Why do we give the four ethnic minority associations psychology. Increase of ethnic minority diversity in APA Council seats when I have to "fight" for one for my Division/ membership and governance has been identified by Council State through the apportionment ballot? and other governance groups as an APA priority.

A: Each of the 54 Divisions, 50 US states, 6 Canadian Q: Will other ethnic group societies be encouraged to join provinces, and 4 US territories gets a seat on Council every Council in the future? Where would this inclusivity stop? year (total of 114). The 10 apportionment votes that all APA full members are allowed to distribute are for the additional 48 A: Ethnic minority psychologists remain a very small seats left of the 162 seats on Council. The four ethnic minority percentage of US psychologists. The Society for Indian groups would add 4 seats (a total of 166) and would not be Psychologists, National Latino/a Psychological Association, part of the apportionment system. The current allocation of Asian American Psychological Association, and seats would not be affected. Association of Black Psychologists are the only extant national associations of ethnic minority psychologists in the Q: Who are these ethnic minority groups, and why did we United States. These four groups, in existence for 20-40 decide to provide seats to them? years, have been meeting twice a ear for over 15 years via the Council of National Psychological Associations for the A: The groups include the Society for Indian Psychologists, Advancement of Ethnic Minority Interests, which includes the National Latino/a Psychological Association, the Asian APA Division 45. It is a unique coalition of Ethnic Minority American Psychological Association, and the Association of Psychological Associations. Black Psychologists. These four groups, with APA Division 45, Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority The questions and answers were developed by Melba J. Issues, form the Council of National Psychological Vasquez, Ph.D., based on comments she received from a Associations for the Advancement of Ethnic Minority variety of sources. Interests. The representatives of those associations have met twice a year for over 15 years with APA, so they have been affiliated for quite a while. A basic assumption in the historical ■ Page 26 DIALOGUE

the task. Maddox proposed that the Executive Committee, Cont. Chair of the DCC serve a two-year term, but that several members of (Continued from page 24) neuroscience to non-experts. Next the DCC should serve one-year policy and values clarification led to a year’s comparable preconference, co- terms. This would allow for some discussion of the purview of the sponsored by the National Cancer junior people to come through the Publication Committee and the Institute, will be on “Social Health.” Committee without the substantial Executive Committee. In short, if a The Training Committee will also exposure and responsibility that matter is financial or a statement of sponsor a training symposium at SPSP might not be appropriate for policy, then the Executive Committee in Tampa on program evaluation and someone working assiduously makes the decision. In matters of social action. toward tenure. For a full report of execution and communication, then the DCC activities, see p. 10. Publication Committee makes the The Committee has had a long-term decision. In actual practice, what is interest in providing a place for non- Graduate Student Committee. GSC most common in the running of academically-oriented graduate President Elizabeth Lee reported on journals is that the Publication students information and contacts about the many activities of the GSC that Committee makes a recommendation careers outside of the professoriate. revolve around the Convention, to the Executive Committee, which They are in the long-term process of including symposium sponsorship, then approves (and occasionally developing an applied social research paper awards, and disapproves) the proposal. psychology database of contacts and mentorship luncheons (for a full opportunities in non-academic work. report, see p. 19). PSPR is doing well. The recent analysis of impact factor makes PSPR The Training Committee outlined an This year the GSC sponsored a #3 in social psychology. PSPR does ambitious proposal for the future of the symposium based on the four not have the high submission rate of committee, including an annual winners of the Outstanding Research PSPB, and the publication lag is short preconference on cutting methodology/ Award given to graduate student (which can makes it tough on editors to statistics, a revolving-topics training papers. The winners of the 2008 maintain the a normal flow of symposium within the conference, and awards were Jeremy Jamieson of manuscripts to the printer). A special the Applied Social Psychology Northeastern University, Elizabeth issue of PSPR is planned on religion, Network as clearinghouse of Paluck of Yale University, Zachary with special editor Constantine internships and job possibilities, unpaid Rothschild of University of Sedikides. volunteer positions. Colorado at Colorado Springs, and Jessica Salvatore of Princeton The current editors of Dialogue, Chris Diversity and Climate Committee. University. Crandall and Monica Biernat are in Keith Maddox reported that the their final year. The Publication Diversity and Climate Committee The Mentor Luncheon continues to Committee is working on finding a (DCC) awarded 29 Diversity Travel be a success—both students and replacement individual or team. There Awards for the Albuquerque meeting faculty mentors rate it highly. The was a discussion of ending of the paper (see p. 37). The travel awards included GSC will continue to sponsor the version of Dialogue, and making it a copy of The Compleat Academic Mentor Luncheon, and students and appear only online. Some preliminary (which APA subsidized). A dozen invited faculty are encouraged to inquiries suggest that feelings run in undergraduates got travel awards to participate. The GSC also sponsors a both directions, with older members help pay for their attendance at the social hour, and over 100 people preferring a paper copy, and younger conference (but, alas, no books). The attended this year. Although the food member preferring an online version. DCC reception is held every meeting, went quickly this year, students and Because there is a task force both on and very popular. There is food, and faculty continued to socialize for the publication and on internet/online the students and mentors get drink entire hour. A set of icebreaker presence of the Society, decisions coupons. It is so popular that they activities and games led to drawing about the future of Dialogue were sought a budget increase for the for journal subscription, signed deferred until these task forces make reception, primarily for hors d’oeuvres copies of books, and other recommendations. for attendees. worthwhile tchotchkes.

Training Committee. Terri Vescio Keith Maddox has stayed on an extra The GSC’s Listserv will be moving reported on the many activities of the year as Chair, because of the difficult soon from Fort Hays State Training Committee. These included a learning curve associated with the University to SPSP’s home server at preconference designed to introduce many demands and the complexity of (Continued on page 27) DIALOGUE Page 27

(Continued from page 26) Cornell in the near future. There The 2008 Meeting of APA Division 8 should be little interruption to users. The GSC now has an official liaison to in Albuquerque the Executive Committee, Member-at- large Nicole Shelton. Because graduate The formal meeting of APA’s Division than three, perhaps through cross- student member careers are short 8—Society for Personality and Social listing with other division. compared to regular members, and Psychology—Executive Committee because their experience is usually took place on Sunday, February 10, in Next year’s Program chair (APA 2009) limited to a single institution, their the Fiesta Room of the Albuquerque will be Lee Fabrigar, of Queens Uni- effectiveness in matters related to Regency Hyatt. versity. budget, long-term planning for the committee, and developing new The first order of business was discuss- Lynne Cooper presented the report initiatives is limited. The Executive ing how to encourage APA members from the Council Representatives. Janet Committee recognized this difficulty who are not also Division 8 mem- Swim has spearheaded an idea to create by specifying a reliable contact who bers—but are members of the Society an APA task force on global warming, can help the GSC President learn the of Personality and Social Psychol- funded by the APA Directors’ discre- ropes and become a more effective ogy—to join Division 8. This increase tionary fund. This task force will re- advocate for graduate students within in numbers would increase the visibil- view research in psychology related the Society. ity of scientific social and personality fields, to help build a research agenda, psychology within APA, protect and and develop policy and action recom- Summer Institute for Social potentially increase the number of rep- mendations for APA. This task force is Psychology. Last year’s SISP was a resentatives on APA Council, and in- now forming, and the charge is being great success in Austin (see related crease our voice within a number of written (see p. 6). article on p. 18). On evaluations, constituencies with APA. students at SISP gave the question “I In a particular victory for science benefited from coming to SISP” an A financial report and budget for the within APA, Division 8 representatives 8.81 on a 9-point scale. Sam Gosling Division were presented and approved. Swim and Cooper shepherded a new, was widely commended for his superb eleventh value onto APA’s list of main job blending the scholarly with the fun. Ken Savitsky presented the status of priorities—the priority of generating Although SISP is nominally on the the Division 8 program for the August scientific knowledge. The story of this SPSP budget, the funds pass through 14-17 APA Convention in Boston; the success, against significant resistance the Society from NSF—which has program is shaping up well (see p. 30). from the Committee of the Structure kindly agreed to fund two more SISP’s Because APA has a very complex sys- and Function of Council, is quite re- over the next four years. The next tem for putting material into the Con- markable, and is recounted on p. 32. session is planned for Northwestern vention, and because there are intrica- University in 2009, some time in late cies to getting desirable space and There is a proposal before APA Coun- July or early August. Eli Finkel and times, there is a need to establish a cil on the issue of a creating a new Amy Cuddy will spearhead the sense of continuity of handling the APA division titled Qualitative Inquiry. organization. No site for 2011 has yet Program Committee. The APA Pro- There has been significant discussion been chosen. gram Chair of Division 8 is taking about finding a place in APA for quali- steps toward creating a written manual tative methods, and APA Division 5, Foundation for Personality and Social for subsequent Convention program Evaluation, Measurement, and Statis- Psychology. The Foundation for Social managers. Because there is a meeting tics has offered an opportunity for a Psychology (FPSP), is an independent of program chairs for all divisions at group within their structure; this has non-profit foundation that was started the APA convention, Division 8 is not yet been met with real interest. with SPSP help. FPSP is now off the planning to have the outgoing program There is some concern that the proposal ground, and performing the first few of chair meet with the next year’s pro- for a new APA division seems anti- its intended functions. There has been gram chair at the end of the conven- quantitative and anti-science, and peo- an influx of funds, and FPSP is tion. Because APA attracts a very large ple within the scientific community in beginning to administer an awards number of practitioners, Division 8 can APA are reluctant to support the pro- program. These awards include the benefit by offering Continuing Educa- posal as written. In the discussion, the Carol and Ed Diener Mid-Career tion (CE) credits for symposia ses- Executive Committee stated that Divi- Awards (see p. 20), the SAGE Young sions, which are needed for maintain- sion 8 supports qualitative research, but Scholar Awards (see p. 13), and the ing licensure. CE credits help bring in does not support the proposal as pre- Robert B. Cialdini Award for Field an audience, and the Division is work- sented because of its anti-science tone. (Continued on page 33) ing on expanding the limit to more ■ Page 28 DIALOGUE

observational procedures, through data mining, experience sampling, and Announcements reaction-time measures, to the cutting- edge methods of neuroimaging and Social Psychology Winter submitting a manuscript, please visit: genetic analyses. The various chapters Conference, Jan. 8-10, 2009, http://www.marquettejournals.org/ provide detailed guidance and practical Park City, Utah submissionguidlines.html examples, on how to formulate a Researchers are encouraged to contact research design, select and use high- The Social Psychology Winter Dr. Michael Elasmar, Editor, American quality measures, and manage the Conference will be held in Park City, Journal of Media Psychology at complexities of data analysis and Utah on January 8-10, 2009. [email protected] and discuss their interpretation. The editors gave special Participants arrive on Wednesday the anticipated approach to this topic. attention to real-world theoretical and 7th and leave on Sunday the 11th. 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The deadline for submissions is Handbook of Research Methods in September 1, 2008. The American Personality Psychology. New York: New edition of this intermediate-level Journal of Media Psychology is a peer- Guilford Press. text that walks undergraduate and reviewed scientific journal that master's-level students step by step publishes theoretical and empirical This is a comprehensive review of the through the process of conceptualizing papers and essays and book reviews most up to date methods currently and conducting an empirical study and that advance an understanding of available to people who want to then analyzing and reporting the media effects and processes on conduct research in personality or just results. Pedagogical features include individuals in society. All theoretical learn about it. The book provides an preview questions that then appear as and methodological perspectives are extensive list of references, while section headings, box discussions that welcomed. For instructions on covering a broad range of methods, highlight and enliven concepts, chapter from the traditional self-reports and summaries of the main themes DIALOGUE Page 29 followed by key terms pegged to and intergroup relations. ANCOVA, MANOVA, discriminant particular pages, review questions, a analysis, principal components and factor glossary, and a Website for instructors analysis, and binary logistic regression. and students (www.prenhall.com/rosnow). Warner, R. M. (2008). Applied For students who plan further study, the statistics: From bivariate through book has sections on basic matrix Russell, G.W. (2008). Aggression in multivariate techniques. Thousand algebra, path models, reproduction of the Sports World: A social Oaks, CA: Sage. correlations by application of the tracing psychological perspective. New York: rule to path models, and explicit Oxford University Press. As a textbook for advanced connections to more advanced techniques undergraduate or beginning graduate (such as SEM). However, these sections They are familiar scenes: sports fans courses, or as a handbook for can be skipped if students do not need turning on each other in acts of researchers, this provides readable and this much detail. violence, and mobs of sports fans clear explanations of the most widely flooding onto the field or out into the used statistical methods and solid streets. Is there something inherent in preparation for further study. Early Rosenthal Named University Professor the competitive sport setting that chapters review important but difficult by University of California Regents produces this frequently dangerous basic issues (samples versus behavior? Written in an engaging style, populations, the logic of null Robert Rosenthal, distinguished this volume addresses the question by hypothesis significance tests, inflated professor of psychology at UC Riverside, exploring the wide range of influences risk of Type I error, and Confidence was recently named a University at work, from a social psychological Intervals). Each subsequent chapter Professor by the University of California perspective. Topics range from a focus reviews one statistical technique (such Regents. The title of University Professor on the personality traits that predispose as the independent samples t test, is reserved for scholars of international individuals to act aggressively, to a partial correlation, or factor analysis) distinction who are also recognized as wider concern with who riots, why using an empirical example as a focus scholars and teachers of exceptional they riot, and situations that favor the for discussion. Complete SPSS ability. Rosenthal, who spent 37 years as occurrence of sports riots. Research on examples (including data sets, screen a professor at Harvard University before the equally disturbing phenomenon of shots, syntax, and output) are included. joining the UCR faculty in 1999, is crowd panics explores the underlying Useful SPSS features such as case internationally known for his causes and peculiar behavior of people selection, variable recoding, and syntax foundational work in statistical analysis caught in the panics. editing are introduced. The middle of social science literature, the influence section of the book examines the three- of expectations, and nonverbal behavior. James Y. Shah & Wendi L. Gardner variable research situation (predictor, He is a fellow of the American (Eds.) (2007). Handbook of Motivation outcome, and control variable) in detail Association for the Advancement of Science. New York: Guilford Press. to show many different roles that a Science. third variable can play and to clarify Integrating significant advances in what we mean by "statistical control". Correction motivation science that have occurred A chapter on reliability and validity of over the last two decades, this volume measurement discusses development of The Fall 2007 issue of Dialogue included thoroughly examines the ways in multiple item scales, and widely a list of highly cited works in which motivation interacts with social, reported reliability coefficients such as social/personality psychology (Vol. 22, developmental, and emotional Cronbach alpha and Cohen's kappa. No. 2, p. 25). One citation mistakenly processes, as well as personality more Each chapter concludes with an APA excluded a co-author; below is the generally. The Handbook comprises 39 style results section with effect size correct reference: clearly written chapters from leaders in information. Ancillary materials Rosenthal, R., & Rosnow, R. L. (1991). the field. Cutting-edge theory and available on a CD-ROM from the Essentials of Behavioral Research: research is presented on core publisher include complete answers to Methods and Data Analysis. New York: psychological motives, such as the all comprehension questions at the end McGraw-Hill. need for esteem, security, consistency, of each chapter (so that instructors can and achievement; motivational systems use these for graded assignments); SAS Dialogue regrets the error. ■ that arise to address these fundamental input and output for the major needs; the process and consequences of empirical example in each chapter; and goal pursuit, including the role of datasets in both SPSS and Excel Send announcements to the individual differences and contextual format. Topics include: t test, one way Editors at [email protected] or moderators; and implications for ANOVA, factorial ANOVA, repeated personal well-being and interpersonal measures ANOVA, partial and [email protected] semipartial r, multiple regression, Page 30 DIALOGUE Winners of the Sixth Annual SPSP Student Poster Awards By John E. Edlund Empirisoft. Runner-ups received an The runners up for the poster award award certificate accompanied with a were: Tara Haynes (University of I am happy to announce the winners of $50 monetary award. Manitoba), Tara Reich (University of the 2008 Student Poster Awards. The Manitoba), James Fryer (University of Student Poster Award is given to The winners of the 2008 student poster Rochester), Johanna Peetz (Wilfrid recognize excellence in research and award were: Russell Webster (Kansas Laurier University), Maya Aloni (State presentation by SPSP’s graduate State University: Terror Management University Of New York-Buffalo), Paul student members. This award is made and Sexual Prejudice: The Effect of Eastwick (Northwestern University), possible the continuinh support of Mortality Salience on Heterosexuals’ Luke Fiedorowicz (Loyola University executive committee, Blair Jarvis & Attitudes Towards Gay Men and of Chicago), David Tannenbaum Empirsoft, and the tireless work of the Lesbians), Shannon Lupien (State (University of California Irvine), Lisa many secret judges who evaluated each University of New York-Buffalo: Williams (Northeastern University), poster, and decided on the winners. Traditional Versus Non-Traditional Elizabeth Parks-Stamm (NYU), Paul Social Norms: Effects of Women’s Conway (University of Western Each poster was rated by the judges on Physiological Responses and Behavior Ontario), Marjorie Rhodes (University several dimensions. Some the ratings During Competition), Jennifer Fehr of Michigan), Heidi Kane (UC-Santa were focused on the poster itself (i.e., (University of Tübingen: When Failing Barbara), and Thai Chu (UC-Santa clarity of research statement, analyses to Be Unprejudiced: The Impact of Barbara). and results) while other ratings were Internal Motivation on Affect, Effort, focused on the student’s conversation and Behavior After Failure), Kimberly Finally, special thanks go out to our about the poster (i.e., the ability to Kahn (UCLA: Not all Black Men are secret judges. This year’s judges explain the research to experts and Treated Equal: Stereotypicality and included: Ryan Brown, Charlene non-experts alike). In each of the seven Shooter Bias), Nicholas Rule (Tufts Christie, Will Cunningham, Karen poster sessions, a winner and two University: The Face of Success: Douglas, Jennifer Harman, Marlone runners up were selected. The winners Inferences From Chief Executive Henderson, Jennifer Kuboda, Lavonia received an awards certificate, a $100 Officers’ Appearance Predicts Smith LeBaeu, Victor Luevano, David monetary award; free personal copies Company Profits), Laura Widman Marx, Kathy Oleson, Kate Ranganath, of MediaLab or DirectRT for the (University of Tennessee: Uncovering Laura Smart Richman, Jessica remainder of their graduate student the Unacceptable: Automatic Rape Salvatore, Carrie Smith, Sam Sommers, career plus one year post-graduation, Attitudes Exposed through Evaluative Jeff Stone, Greg Turek, and Michele courtesy of Empirisoft; and their Priming), and Elizabeth Page-Gould Tugade. Finally, particular thanks need choice of either a DirectIn Millisecond (University of California-Berkley: Why to be given to Jeremy Heider, who Does Cross-Group Friendship Improve graciously served as a judge in two Precision Keyboard or a DirectIN ■ Precision Response Box with Custom Interactions With Novel Outgroup separate sessions. Button Layout, also courtesy of Members?).

Division 8 Programming at APA 2008, Boston

By Ken Savitsky mind, moral judgments, interracial interactions, health-related behavior, self-uncertainty, and the study of personality in The American Psychological Association will hold its 116th naturalistic settings. Among those delivering invited addresses annual convention this year in Boston, Massachusetts, August are: John Bargh, Lisa Feldman Barrett, David DeSteno, Jack 14 through 17. The program kicks off with a keynote address Dovidio, Sonja Lyubomirsky, Keith Maddox, Jack Mayer, by best-selling author (and honorary social/personality Brian Nosek, Dan Ogilvie, and Andrew Ward, with topics psychologist) Malcolm Gladwell, known for his books Blink including happiness, moral emotions, ideology and and The Tipping Point, and for his articles in The New Yorker. automaticity, intergroup interaction, and how personality psychology can inform clinical practice. Conference The rest of the program features an impressive array of social registration and accommodations in Boston can be arranged at and personality psychology through APA Division 8, the APA web site, http://www.apa.org/convention08/homepage.html. including symposia on the psychology of time, the criminal ■ DIALOGUE Page 31

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(Whole Page) Page 32 DIALOGUE APA and Science: Getting Our Priorities Straight might facilitate and support scientific By Lynne Cooper APA Priorities psychology could not be easily proposed because they fell outside the (as identified by Council, August 2005)

In February of 2006, Division 8 existing priorities. representatives, Janet Swim and Lynne 1, Increase membership in APA (and its division, associations and/or affiliates), Cooper, introduced a motion to amend Priority #11: “Promote with a special focus on recruitment and / APA’s priorities to include a priority and support the or retention of students, early career addressing the advancement of science psychologist, diver groups (race/ as an explicit mission of APA. In the advancement of ethinicity, gender, sexual orientation, age background to the motion, Cooper and psychology as a and aging, religious affiliations, and/or Swim noted that the opening sentence those with disabilities), basic and applied of the APA mission statement reads, scientific discipline.” scientists, practitioners, retirees, “The object of the American university faculty, and/or psychologists Psychological Association shall be to in non-traditional roles. advance psychology as a science …” Prior to the February, 2008 meeting, 2. Encourage the integration of scientific Yet, an examination of the then this motion was vetted by the various and practice psychology at all levels of existing priorities (see below) revealed boards and committees of APA, and all psychology and for all psychologists. that none explicitly addressed the except one of these groups advancement of scientific psychology. recommended that Council approve the 3. Enhance public awareness of Three of the existing priorities motion. The Committee on Structure psychological science and application of portrayed science primarily as a tool and Function of Council (CSFC)—a psychological science for the prevention of human problems, including the mental for achieving other goals (i.e., priorities group whose responsibility is to 2, 3, and 10), and two promoted the health needs of children and youth. improve the internal workings of involvement of scientists as members council -- recommended against 4. Increase advocacy efforts for all of APA (priority 1) and as ambassadors approval on the grounds that the components of APA and integrate that for the field (priority 8). Priority 4 priorities had been established through advocacy across all came closest to addressing the a democratic process and thus directorates (Education, Practice, Public promotion of psychology as a science represented the views of Council and Interest, and Science), Divisions, States, by calling for increased advocacy for should not be tinkered with. The and/or affiliates. all components of APA, of which sentiment seemed to be that approving science is one. However, the focus here 5. Promote psychology as a health care this motion might open the floodgates discipline by expanding activities in was diffuse (science is only one of to all sorts of special interest groups health psychology and rehabilitation. seven components mentioned) and who would want to priorities favoring advocacy is only one way in which their group. In addition, CSFC argued 6. Promote the discipline’s capacity to scientific psychology needs to be that now was not the time to implement address societal behavioral problems supported and promoted. changes to the priorities since they (e.g., violence, warfare, gangs). would most likely be replaced or Cooper and Swim argued that the amended as a result of the strategic 7. Make APA membership essential by being responsive to the needs of all absence of an explicit priority planning initiative that Norman addressing the advancement of science members (e.g., use of surveys, join Anderson (APA’s Chief Executive memberships, etc.). had several unfortunate consequences. Officer) was just undertaking. First, by referencing science obliquely, 8. Encourage professional service among the existing priorities inadvertently Despite the lack of unanimous support scientists, academics, and/or practitioners conveyed the impression of at this early stage and a spirited debate to facilitate dissemination of psychological science as a static on the floor of Council, we are happy psychological knowledge to the public. resource for pursuing other important to report that Council passed the APA goals, rather than as an evolving motion with a nearly unanimous vote. 9. Promote diversity in all aspects of the and dynamic aspect of psychology profession of psychology. APA now has 11 priorities, with the worthy of support in its own right. And th 11 priority reading: Promote and 10. Promote human welfare through second, because APA priorities guide support the advancement of psychology social justice research, practice, policy, the development and enactment of new as a scientific discipline. Now our next and/or education. initiatives on Council, the absence of step is to generate some new initiatives an explicit science priority also meant under the auspices of our newest that some types of new business that priority! ■ DIALOGUE Page 33

Theodore Millon Wins American Psychological Foundation 2008 Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Application of Psychology In 1969 Theodore Millon published his for medical (Millon Behavioral Health Personality Disorders and founding first major text, Modern Inventory, 1982; Millon Behavioral editor of the Journal of Personality Psychopathology, in which he Medicine Diagnostic, 2000), adolescent Disorders, Millon, now a retired introduced a biosocial-learning (Millon Adolescent Personality Professor at the University of Miami framework for describing personality Inventory, 1982; Millon Adolescent and Harvard Medical School, development. Used in scores of Clinical 1nventory, 1993), continues his endeavors in personality graduate clinical programs, he preadolescent (Millon Pre-adolescent theory, psychological assessment, and hypothesized further that the diagnosis Clinical Inventory, 2005) college psychotherapy in Port Jervis, NY, and and treatment of clinical syndromes counseling (Millon College Counseling Coral Gables, FL, where he directs the such as depression, phobias, substance Inventory, 2006), and normal (Millon Institute for Advanced Studies in abuse, and psychosis could best be Index of Personality Styles, 1994) Personology and Psychopathology. understood within the context of populations. By the year 2000 these personality functioning. In the 35+ instruments had become among the For his many contributions to years that followed, his model, most widely used assessment devices psychology Professor Millon has reconceptualized in 1990 (Toward a ever published, with the MCMI by received numerous honors and awards. New Personology: An Evolutionary itself spawning more research In 1994 he was given an honorary Model) to incorporate an evolutionary publications than any other measure Doctorate of Science degree from the perspective, has become one of the besides the MMPI-2 and Rorschach. Free University of Brussels. From most frequently applied personality 1997 to 2000 he has received Lifetime/ frameworks of this generation. Arguably the most comprehensive Career Achievement Awards from the theory of personality and its disorders American Board of Assessment The year 1977 saw the first publication ever developed, Millon’s personality Psychology, California Psychological of his landmark assessment instrument, conceptualization was further described Association, International Society for the Millon Clinical Multiaxial in a landmark therapy text, Personality- the Study of Personality Disorders, Inventory (MCMI), followed three Guided Therapy (1999), recently Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry years later by the third edition of the expanded substantially, now in the (Germany), Michigan Psychological American Psychiatric Association’s latter years of his 8th decade, into a 3- Association, Ontario (Canada) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of volume set entitled Personalized Psychological Association, Society for Mental Disorders (3rd ed., DSM-III), Psychotherapy, published by John Personality Assessment, and Texas which drew upon Millon’s model Wiley & Sons in 2007. Psychological Association. In 2003 he extensively to form its Axis II for was given the American Psychological personality disorders. Shortly thereafter Long a student of physics and Association’s Distinguished his major monograph, Disorders of evolutionary biology, Millon recently Professional Contributions to Applied Personality (1981, rev. 1996), became completed a highly praised history Research award. In 2005 Millon was a staple in graduate programs for book, Masters of the Mind (2004), honored with a festschrift, titled psychologists and psychiatrists documenting the great thinkers of the Handbook of Personology and throughout the United States and mental health and social sciences, Psychopathology (J. Wiley), abroad. Two major revisions of the psychiatry, neuroscience, and containing chapters by over 30 MCMI followed, along with highly philosophy. Past president of the distinguished colleagues. ■ regarded sister inventories developed International Society for the Study of

substantially. One of the early goals of scholars—these funds will go to Exec Comm, Cont. the Foundation is to raise a $125,000 support dissertation awards. SPSP endowment for the support of graduate budgets and gives $10,000 annually to (Continued from page 27) student research. FPSP. Research in Social Psychology (see p. 7). Another goal of FPSP is to create There is also a developing fund based “Heritage Funds” based on the on donations from the current and past The endowment of the FPSP started collection of donations from “bundlers” SPSP Presidents.The web site for out small, but is beginning to grow in honor of particular scientists or FPSP is www.Foundationpsp.org. ■ Page 34 DIALOGUE

Thinking About the Future of SPSP The ideas in this box were some of the suggestions and visions for the future of SPSP that were shared at the Executive Committee meeting. Other than the first, the goals and suggestions are in alphabetical order. If you have ideas or opinions about the future direction for the Society, please direct them to the Executive Office, David Dunning, who will share them with the relevant committee or task force.

SPSP becoming the public face of social/personality psychology Branding for social/personality psychology being done in political science, health, economics, philosophy Building connections with like-minded colleagues from non-social/personality fields Clearinghouse for graduate student development practices Continuing education initiatives Development of undergraduates as personality/social psychologists Teaching material for high school teachers Full portfolio of journals Greater influence in granting agencies and other research funding Making our case to the world at large: Reporters, congressional staffers, government agencies Member-serving but not necessarily member-seeking More diversity in numbers, experience, influence Positioning ourselves as problem solvers for neighboring professions and fields Providing leadership in the structure and conduct of graduate education. Providing web page, content, and internet communities Providing a model of conduct for other organizations—climate, diversity, inclusiveness Reaching under-served and under-represented populations Science leadership Serving the primary role in bringing in outsiders to let social/personality psychologists know what others (sociologists, anthropologists, geographers, etc.) are doing Serving the primary role of binding together social and personality psychologists Small-scale funding of research Solid membership base, not necessarily growing, but at least stable Translational work; taking credit for our contributions ■

These questions do not constitute a Continued mission statement. However, they are President’s Column, questions that might be answered by a reconsideration of what SPSP (Continued from page 16) small portion of SPSP members. Also, represents. We are at a wonderful time approached with sensitivity, creativity, to assert its leadership in the field, it in our history—growing, vibrant, well- and resolve. may be valuable for SPSP to contribute managed, and ambitious. We are poised its resources to collaborative to move forward in significant ways. 3. Should the mission of SPSP give enterprises with other organizations However, before we start moving, we priority to promoting personality and (such as the Association for Research need to decide where it is we should be social psychology generally or in Personality, the European going. If you have any thoughts about supporting the needs of SPSP Association for Social Psychology, these questions or ideas about other members? and/or the Society for Experimental “big-picture” questions we should be Social Psychology) that will benefit our asking, please feel free to e-mail me The easy answer to this question is, profession. ([email protected]). ■ obviously, “both.” One can readily see how each of these foci benefits the Alternatively, if the focus is primarily other. However, pursuing these on benefiting its members, SPSP could objectives can pull the organization in dedicate a substantial portion of its different directions. Promoting resources to a small-grant research personality and social psychology program for SPSP members, new generally can, for instance, involve the training programs for members, and commitment of substantial resources in more assistance with other central Society for Personality and Social advocacy activities. Although activities of members (e.g., teaching). Psycholoy maintaining or increasing federal In addition, if the answer is sincerely, Visitus at www.spsp.org funding is critical for the science of not just glibly, “both,” then priority social and personality psychology should be given to initiatives that generally, it may directly benefit only a address both objectives. DIALOGUE Page 35

hearts, oblivious to race, gender or McGuire Tribute, Continued credentials, but insisting on honesty, intelligence, and generosity. He gave many of us the courage to follow our (Continued from page 5) someone I will always remember. I will own intuitions, the skill to do it well, topic of mine because Bill is a favorite miss him a great deal. and the aspiration for mastery without topic of mine. It means that Bill’s vanity. memes flourish in me and proliferate Norman Anderson: Bill McGuire’s in people who know people who know masterful command of vast masses of Bob Wyer: Bill McGuire’s stature as Bill. It means that the lesson to be true material in his canonical chapters on the most influential social to oneself, a lesson Bill taught attitudes did much to unify social psychologist in the history of the field unrelentingly, for me includes being to psychology. Bill was an inspiration to is exceeded only by his stature as one be true to him. (Remarks at 2001 me ever since I met him during my of the most sensitive, humble and festschirft at Yale University.) postdoctoral fellowship at Yale in supportive human beings I have ever 1957. My admiration deepened during known. His impact on my life, both David Sears: Bill McGuire was my the too-brief years we were colleagues professionally and personally, cannot mentor during my first semester in at UCSD. His example encouraged me be conveyed in words. I, and the field, graduate school in 1957, and a dear “strike up for a new world.'” will be forever in his debt. friend and colleague ever since. He inspired me in ways too numerous to Phoebe Ellsworth: Intellectually, Bill Reid Hastie: Bill McGuire’s animate list, ranging from his broad intellectual urged us to stray from the popular body is gone. But, like Obi-wan interests to his nose for the ironies of questions and the popular methods, and Kenobi, his spirit and ideas will live life and social science, and perhaps in remember that for every yin there is a on “in the Force;” in the minds and that vein, to his editorial letters for yang. Emotionally, he and Claire spirits of every “young jedi” JPSP which were often as thoughtful welcomed a never-ending stream of (Continued on page 38) and long as the paper itself. He is people into their living room and their SPSP Members: Only You Can Improve Wikipedia!!

One of the most heavily visited sites on the Internet is Wikipedia, a reader-written encyclopedia with a vast range of entries on more than 2.3 million topics in English, ranging from the arcane to the sublime. Social and personality psychology is represented there, and often not well. There are 277 articles listed under the topic of social psychology. Personality psychology does not have the same organization within the resource, but there are many relevant article throughout. There is an extraordinary range of articles within Wikipedia, from attribution theory to zeitgeist. A quick perusal of some entries suggest that many of them can be improved

The genius—and danger—of Wikipedia is that any interested person may edit the text of an entry, improving and expanding as they like. Some improvements are better than others, and it is the community of readers and scholars who must insure the accuracy, quality, and impartiality of the entries.

The main portal for Wikipedia in English is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page.

You may begin editing entries on your first visit without registration or enrollment. You should read the rules at http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:About.

Here at Dialogue, we encourage members of SPSP, faculty and graduate students alike, to improve the representation of our field, our research, and our ideas by encouraging participation in Wikipedia. Even though it is perhaps not the forum for our ideas and research to be highlighted, there are hundreds of thousands of visitors to Wikipedia every day, and it is increasingly relied upon by citizens, students, and sometimes by scholars and scientists. Only you can shape this highly visible public representation of our field and our work. In general, the process of generating articles has been collaborative and surprisingly self-correcting. This can only improve is our members, student and senior alike, participate in writing, editing, and generating articles. ■ Page 36 DIALOGUE

SPSP 2008 Graduate Student Travel Award Winners The SPSP Graduate Student Travel Awards Committee (Monica Biernat, Chair, Kim Bartholomew, Kurt Boniecki, Amanda Diekman, Leslie Eaton, Lowell Gaertner, Judith Hall, Scott Hemenover, Jon Maner, Kali Trzesniewski, and Daniel Wigboldus) reviewed 337 applications for the travel award (up from 256 last year!) and were able to award $500 to each of the 80 deserving students listed below. All winners were first-author presenters of papers or posters at the Albuquerque meeting, and were evaluated both on presentation content and overall academic record. The committee congratulates the winners and encourages the many deserving students whom we could not fund for the 2008 meeting to re-apply for 2009. Name Institution Name Institution

Lara Beth Aknin University of British Columbia Melody Manchi Chao University of Illinois Thomas Allen University of California, Davis Teresa J. Marin University of British Columbia Evan P. Apfelbaum Tufts University Sarah E. Martiny Int’l Grad College, Univ of Jena Ishani Banerji Wake Forest University A. McLeish Martin Texas A&M University Yoav Bar-Anan University of Virginia Nicole Mead Florida State University Christopher P. Barlett Iowa State University Felicity Miao University of Virginia Genevieve Beaulieu-Pelletier Universite de Montreal Angela-MinhTu Nguyen Univ of California, Riverside Diana Betz University of Michigan Angela Nierman University of Kansas Eliane Boucher Queen's University Megan A. O'Grady Colorado State University Kerra Bui Yale University Edward Orehek University of Maryland Hilary Burbank Bergsieker Princeton University Elizabeth Paluck Yale University Amber L. Bush University of Houston Benjamin Peterson University of Utah Michael Busseri Brock University Carly Peterson Texas A&M University Thai Chu Univ of California, Santa Barbara Marijn Poortvliet University of Groningen Jasmin Cloutier Dartmouth College Kate A. Ranganath University of Virginia Taya R. Cohen University of North Carolina Catherine Rawn University of British Columbia Jerry Cullum University of Wyoming Zachary Rothschild Univ of Colorado, CO Springs Ilan Dar-Nimrod University of British Columbia Nicholas Rule Tufts University Jaye Derrick University at Buffalo, SUNY Jessica Salvatore Princeton University Dina Eliezer Univ of California, Santa Barbara Kosuke Sato Hokkaido University Hal Ersner-Hershfield Stanford University Christiane Schoel University of Mannheim Lisa Fast Univ of California, Riverside Jonathon Schuldt University of Michigan Jennifer Fehr University of Tübingen Nicholas Schweitzer Arizona State University James W. Fryer University of Rochester Azim F. Shariff Univerisity of British Columbia Jochen E. Gebauer Cardiff University Gary Sherman University of Virginia Mary Teresa Granillo University of Michigan Erica Slotter Northwestern University Julie Hall University of Michigan Madelijn Strick Radboud University Nijmegen Sarah L. Horton Univ of California, Riverside Benjamin A. Tabak University of Miami Stephan Horvath University of Bern, Switzerland Elizabeth Tenney University of Virginia Jeremy Jamieson Northeastern University Kari Terzino Iowa State University Ingrid R. Johnsen The Ohio State University Bulent Turan Stanford University Kengo Kamaya Hokkaido University Niels van de Ven Tilburg University Kathleen Kennedy Princeton University Noelia Vasquez York University Tali Kleiman The Hebrew Univ of Jerusalem Martijn Veltkamp Utrecht University Suman Lam University of California, Irvine Mervyn Whitfield Wilfrid Laurier University Grace Lau University of Waterloo Laura Widman University of Tennessee Justin Lavner Univ of California, Los Angeles Lisa A. Williams Northeastern University Laura Luchies Northwestern University Tsui-Feng Wu Iowa State University Shannon Lupien University at Buffalo, SUNY Yung-Jui Yang University of Illinois Natalya C. Maisel Univ of California, Los Angeles Jamil Zaki Columbia University

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SPSP Diversity and Climate Committee 2008 Undergrad Registration Award Winners Matthew Alcala University of California, Los Angeles Joseph Catlin Mississippi State University Rodolfo Cortes University of California, Berkeley Jamal Fleming Mississippi State University Alberto Herrera California State University, Long Beach Alian Kasabian California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Christopher McClure Florida State University Lalit Ramchandani Georgia Southern University Tania Riosvelasco University of Texas, El Paso Traci Sandoval University of Texas, Dallas Andrew Stewart Colorado State University Olivia Winter Oberlin College

SPSP Diversity and Climate Committee 2008 Graduate Student Travel Award Winners Omoniyi Adekanmbi Tufts University Thomas Allen University of California, Davis Susan Andrzejewski Northeastern University Brian Armenta University of Nebraska-Lincoln Jillian Banfield University of Waterloo Jamil Bhanji University of California, Davis Courtney Bonam Stanford University Kerra Bui Yale University Matthew Callahan Pennsylvania State University Melody Chao University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign John Christensen University of Southern California Mesmin Destin University of Michigan Kristin Dukes Tufts University Dina Eliezer University of California, Santa Barbara Kathleen Fortune University of Toronto Julie Hall University of Michigan Suman Lam University of California, Irvine Jolie Martin Harvard Business School Kenneth Matos George Washington University Matthew Maxwell-Smith University of Western Ontario David Myles Yale University Robert Outten Simon Fraser University Destiny Peery Northwestern University Nicholas Rule Tufts University Phia Salter University of Kansas Ahmet Uysal University of Houston Nicole Walden University at Albany, SUNY Russell Webster Kansas State University Clara Wilkins University of Washington Page 38 DIALOGUE

persuasion, McGuire adapted McGuire Tribute, Continued Churchill: “ . . . a few aberrant young who see visions and old who dream dreams may discern that persuasion is (Continued from page 35) another Bill McGuire. His impact on the worst possible mode of social psychologist who knew him or knew the field and on me personally cannot mobilization and conflict resolution— of him. He will always be with me and be measured, but it will be treasured. except for all the others.” And at a time he speaks to me when I try to push His many writings will continue to of great scientific and political crisis back “the dark side,” with my own tiny inspire new generations of social for the field of experimental social glimmering insights—all heavily psychologists for years to come. In psychology, he commented that, “In influenced by my training and addition to his brilliant and wryly our father’s house there are many friendship with the greatest of the humorous prose, I will always rooms… there is a place for the original “jedi masters” of psychology. appreciate the many kindnesses he and philosopher of mind and the social Claire have provided over the years. philosopher, as well as for the Alice Eagly: Bill McGuire was a And, I know that I am not alone in scientific psychologist.” He defended brilliant thinker, an integrative theorist, savoring his annual Christmas card his own professional choice in a gifted experimentalist, an elegant artwork and poetry. language that somehow managed not writer, and a witty speaker. He to aggravate ideological differences: provided a model of excellence for a Deborah Prentice: If, as Bill McGuire “But the scientific psychologist can whole generation of social taught us, people are what makes them offer something beside and beyond psychologists. He is greatly missed. distinctive, then Bill was brilliant, these armchair thinkers in that we not generous, and very funny, in any only generate delusional systems, but Willem Doise: In the field of social company. These qualities are on we go further and test our delusional psychology, Bill ploughed many a display, in abundance, in Bill's written systems against objective data as well fertile furrow, imperturbable, like the work. I would encourage everyone to as for their subjective plausibility.” labourer on Breughel’s Icarus on the read his articles and chapters; they are McGuire’s writing is poignant, cover of his Constructing Social as smart today as they were 20, 30, 40 humorous, and unswervingly truthful. Psychology. years ago when he wrote them. His (from Hunyady & Jost (2004), in Jost, 1986 EJSP article on “The Vicissitudes Banaji, & Prentice, 2004). Tory Higgins: Bill represents to me of Attitudes” remains one of my what is best about our field and our favorites. John Pryor: In testimony of McGuire’s humanity. Just knowing him has made place in the pantheon of renowned difficult times more bearable because, György Hunyady and John Jost: It is social psychologists are 22 chapters through him, I know that goodness and safe to say that social psychology has written by some of the more truth are not just words. I thank him for never seen anyone else like William J. distinguished social psychologists of making a REAL difference in my life! McGuire and probably never will our time. An overarching theme of again. He is notorious for being these chapters centers on McGuire’s Shulamith Kreitler: To Bill McGuire— brilliant, fastidious, generous, humble, metatheoretical concept of the one and only one: Some grandiose, short-tempered, iconoclastic, perspectivism. Perspectivism implies a individuals are great scientists, some and hilarious, and he has set almost critical stance concerning accepted are great human beings, few are both. unattainable standards for the field in at social scientific knowledge. So, that is Bill McGuire has been one of the few least three ways. First, he started as one your theory? Oh yeah. Well what about who have been both and to the highest of the field’s most painstaking and the opposite? Thus, perspectivism degree. He knew not only how to be precise experimental pioneers in social evokes a sort of an intellectual both but also how to integrate them cognition. Later, he became one of its cantankerousness. Sometimes this . . . and become a better human being most ambitious and integrative seems like shadow boxing (a theorist through his work as a scientist and how historians of cumulative knowledge. fighting with himself or herself). Other to become an even greater scientist by And by now, his reputation is secure as times, theoretical opponents join in the drawing upon his experiences as a one of the most creative, witty, and brawl. human being. Bill has been and will erudite writers ever to ponder the social continue to be a source of insights and mind. He once mused, for instance, One of the interesting aspects of guidance for many of us who have that, “The thinker I have depicted here William McGuire’s inspiring been blessed to know him personally has every right to look as puzzled as intellectual career is something that and for all those who have not but will Rodin represented him. He is juggling may be surprising to some: his go on with the work. many balls in many dimensions.” relationship to his wife Claire. This (Continued on page 40) Richard Petty: There will never be On the subject of the ethics of DIALOGUE Page 39

that we will spend a greater proportion APA Council, Continued of our time connecting with the various subcommittees of SPSP to ensure that (Continued from page 6) Global Climate Change priority. If you diversity and climate concerns of the APA, discussed the three initiatives he have ideas or would like to help, please Society are better incorporated into all has undertaken during his term: 1) contact her ([email protected]). of our activities. In one important Interpersonal Violence in development toward this end, the Relationships; 2) Psychological APA Budget and Strategic Planning Society will soon begin to collect Science’s Contributions to the Grand certain demographic information about Challenges of Society; and 3) Budget. APA remains in good standing its new and returning members. This Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and regarding its assets and revenue, which information is critical to assessing Trauma in Children and Adolescents. comes primarily from revenues from progress toward the goal of increasing Much progress has been made on the library subscriptions to APA electronic membership among historically first initiative. The goal of this journals. What is of more concern is disadvantaged and underrepresented initiative is to, “Create a forum for APA’s operating budget. The 2008 groups. We are also exploring options researchers, practitioners, advocates, APA budget forecasts a surplus of to better engage motivated and policy makers to engage in $332,600 which is again close to the undergraduate students in our dialogue about critical issues and margin. Each year proposed conference activities, and discuss unifying approaches to expenditures tend to be very close to brainstorming new programs designed violence and abuse in relationships.” the proposed revenues so slight to provide professional support to Some sample topics include: Intimate changes occur in income or expenses advanced graduate students and new partner violence Child maltreatment, results in frequently being under or faculty members. Children exposed to violence, Elder over budget. Practically, what this abuse, Gender-based issues, Ethnic- means is that there is more competition As always, we welcome any comments minority issues, Cross-cultural among requests for funds from APA, and input from SPSP members on our influences, and Violence in relation to such as funds to support different tasks activities. If you are interested in substance abuse. A summit on this forces. serving on the committee at some topic has already occurred and there point, or if you have ideas about are goals to produce a two-volume set Strategic planning. APA has hired a expanding or improving our programs of edited books, support a think tank to professional management group to or activities, you can direct your sustain efforts, and highlight develop a strategic plan for council. comments to any of the committee interpersonal violence as a theme at the The group follows ideas developed by members. The DCC members for 2008- 2008 APA Convention in Boston. Jim Collins. The plan should be 09 are Nilanjana Dasgupta (chair), completed in a year. Many constituent Denise Sekaquaptewa, and Keith James Bray is the incoming president. groups will take part in the plan. As Maddox; each of whom can be He is in the process of deciding on his part of this meeting, council contacted via the Social Psychology current priorities but they are likely to contributed to developing the vision for Network (www.socialpsychology.org). I be: Homelessness, the Future of APA which included developing ideas Practice, and Global Climate Change. for a BHAG for APA (Big Hairy f you or anyone you know might be a He is also interested in developing a Audacious Goal). ■ qualified graduate or undergraduate “Future of Science” initiative. Janet applicant to our Award programs, Swim agreed to help lead Bray’s please refer to our web page at http:// www.spsp.org/divprog.htm for information about the 2009 competition. We Diversity/Climate, Continued typically begin accepting applications in September. (Continued from page 20) Bay (not that one; Tampa—the other the years as a committee member and bay). We welcome a new chairperson, Enjoy the Summer! ■ chair. Nilanjana Dasgupta of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a new Looking Forward committee member, Denise Sekaquaptewa of the University of Consider a donation to The coming year promises to be an Michigan. Each of these individuals the Foundation for exciting year for the DCC, as we brings energy, enthusiasm, and a broad Personality and Social continue past activities and expand into knowledge base of diversity and new areas. First, we eagerly anticipate climate issues to their respective Psychology. Go to the 2009 conference in the City by the positions. We’re also happy to report www.Foundationpsp.org. PageVolume 40 23, No. 1 DIALOGUE Dialogue—Spring, 2008

Published at: SPSP Officers and Committee Members, 2008 Department of Psychology John C. Dovidio* President University of Kansas Richard Petty* President-Elect Lawrence, KS 66045 Harry Reis* Past President David Dunning Executive Officer Phone: 785-864-9807 Jennifer Crocker* Secretary-Treasurer Fax: 785-864-5696 Email: [email protected] or Lisa Feldman Barrett* Member at Large [email protected] Don Forsyth* Member at Large James Jackson* Member at Large John Lydon* Member at Large News of the Society Since 1986 Nicole Shelton* Member at Large Lynne Cooper* APA Council Rep/Member at Large McGuire, Continued Janet Swim* APA Council Rep/Member at Large Judy Harackiewicz Editor, PSPB (Continued from page 38) Galen Bodenhausen Editor, PSPR volume is dedicated to Claire. This was Chris Crandall Co-Editor, Dialogue no simple honorary dedication. I once Monica Biernat Co-Editor, Dialogue had the fortune to meet the McGuires Elizabeth Lee Graduate Student Committee, President at a conference held at the Castle Keith Maddox Diversity & Climate Committee, Chair Rauscholzhausen near Giessen, Tiffany Ito Diversity & Climate Committee Germany, in the late 1980s. I found Nilanjana Dasgupta Diversity & Climate Committee Claire just as intellectually engaging as Theresa Vescio Training Committee, Co-Chair Bill. I was also impressed with how the Cathy Cozzarelli Training Committee, Co-Chair McGuires thought and spoke Jamie Arndt Training Committee symbiotically—like two gifted dancers moving as one. Marti Hope Gonzales Training Committee Jeffry Simpson Convention Committee, Chair 2009 I am reminded of an old quip about Julie Norem Convention Committee, Chair 2008 Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers: “One Monica Biernat Convention Committee should always remember that although Bill Graziano Convention Committee Fred was a great dancer, Ginger did Wendi Gardner SPSP Program Committee, Co-Chair everything Fred did while dancing Sam Gosling SPSP Program Committee, Co-Chair backward.” My understanding of the Ken Savitsky APA Div 8 Program Committee, Chair concept of yin and yang is that they Frederick Rhodewalt Publication Committee, Chair represent opposing forces that complement each other. Together they Randy Larsen Publication Committee are a whole. (2004 PsycCRITIQUES Rich Petty Publication Committee review of Jost, Banaji, & Prentice, Wendy Wood Publication Committee 2004.) Barbara Fredrickson Fellows Committee, Chair Yoel Inbar SPSP Webmaster Selected References Scott Plous SPSP Webmaster Emeritus Christie Marvin Office Manager Jost, J.T., Banaji, M.R., & Prentice, D. (Eds.) (2004). Perspectivism in social psychology: The yin and yang of scientific progress. [Festschrift in honor * Voting member of SPSP Executive Committee of William J. McGuire.] Washington, DC: Mission Statement APA Press. Dialogue McGuire, W. J. (1973). The yin and yang of Dialogue is the official newsletter of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. It appears progress in social psychology: Seven koan. twice every year, in the spring and fall. Its intended readership is members of the Society. The pur- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 26, pose of Dialogue is to report news of the Society, stimulate debate on issues, and generally inform 446-456. and occasionally entertain. Dialogue publishes summaries about meetings of the Society’s executive McGuire, W.J. (1999). Constructing social psychology: committee and subcommittees, as well as announcements, opinion pieces, letters to the editor, Creative and critical processes. New York: humor, and other articles of general interest to personality and social psychologists. The Editors seek Cambridge University Press. to publish all relevant and appropriate contributions, although the Editors reserve the right to ■ determine publishability. Content may be solicited by the Editors or offered, unsolicited, by mem- bers. News of the Society and Committee Reports are reviewed for accuracy and content by SPSP officers or committee chairs. All other content is reviewed at the discretion of the Editors.