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Volume 20, No. 1 DIALOGUE Dialogue—Spring, 2005

The Official Newsletter of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Chris Crandall & Monica Biernat, News from the Executive Co-Editors Committee: The State of SPSP Inside the Current Issue: The theme of the Fall, 2005 issue of Dialogue Society offered her a weekend retreat for two was the changes at the National Institutes of in honor of her long and productive Letter to the Editor 3 Mental Health introduced by the new Director, commitment to SPSP. Thomas Insel, who has demonstrated a deep disinterest in funding basic research in social– Convention. Outgoing Executive Officer personality psychology. Harry Reis reported that the attendance at the Report from the Graduate 4 th Student Committee 5 Annual Convention of SPSP was the This cloud over future funding prospects in our largest ever, with some 1,900 registrants. field shadowed the SPSP Executive This represents reliable growth from the Convention Program Report 6 Committee meeting this January, punctuated previous year; the Convention continues to by small rays of hope. Despite the concerns be a remarkable success, with ever-greater over funding, there was still plenty of SPSP numbers of attendees, presentations and Preview of APA Division 8 7 business of the pleasant or mundane sort, and posters, and awards. The Convention always Programming in general, that’s the sort we’ll report here. poses a financial risk to the Society because our contracts with hotels and convention Passings 8 New Officers. This meeting was the first centers require a significant guarantee of presided over by the new President of SPSP, room rentals and so on. It appears that the Margaret (Peggy) Clark. In addition, it was the New Orleans convention will make a small, first meeting under the care of the new unbudgeted profit for the Society. Friedman on Giving Away 9 Executive Officer David Dunning. The Social Psychology meeting opened with an expression of thanks Membership. Harry also reported that there to outgoing Executive Assistant Gina were 4,334 members as of the end of 2004, Niedenthal on Becoming an 10 Reisinger-Verdin, attending her last meeting with growth among both student and full Academic in France after 10 years of service to the Society. The (Continued on page 2) The Academic Job Market in 12 Social Psychology New Society Fellows Named for 2004 Social Psychology: Graphic 14 The new SPSP Fellows are: With the Executive Version — An Excerpt by By Janet Swim Committee’s endorsement, Paula Niedenthal Lisa Feldman Barrett of the materials for those Boston College, Barbara L. Report from the APA Council 16 The SPSP Fellows Frederickson of the individuals who are Committee meets each year University of Michigan, members of Division 8 of to recommend members for Gregory M. Herek of UC- APA have been forwarded Fellow Status in SPSP. This Davis, Eric S. Knowles of the to the Membership Mills on Person-Social 17 Psychology year’s committee—Janet University of Arkansas, Committee of APA for its Swim (Chair), Blair Johnson, Felicia Pratto of the annual consideration of and Ed Hirt—recommended University of Connecticut, Fellow nominations. Who Publishes in Social- 18 seven important contributors David Watson of the Personality Psychology? to the field for this honor, University of Iowa, and Congratulations to these and all were unanimously Timothy D. Wilson of the individuals for their approved as SPSP Fellows designation as SPSP Announcements 22 University of Virginia. ■ by the Executive Committee. Fellows. Page 2 DIALOGUE

The State of SPSP, continued Some of the professional issues sessions had only moderate (Continued from page 1) of the PSPB, which is receiving well attendance, including a meeting with over 500 submissions a year, will funding officials and sessions for memberships. The total number of require an additional associate editor, advocacy training. There was a great SPSP Members who are also members its eighth. Finally, as reported in the deal of discussion about why more of APA and explicitly affiliated with last issue, there are various expenses people do not show up to these very Division 8 has grown in recent years. due to transitions of the PSPB editor important sessions. Is it that faculty This is a small reversal of a long-term (from Rhodewalt/Utah to Harakiewicz/ not understand the importance of trend of SPSP members being less and Wisconsin) and of the Executive advocacy and funding? The less likely to join APA, for a variety of Officer (from Reis/Rochester to Executive Committee sees a pressing reasons. This reversal is generally Dunning/Cornell). need for more people being trained considered A Good Thing, because and involved in these issues, and APA is a powerful and often effective Convention. Lynne Cooper reported welcomes input from members about voice in matters of great interest to that the New Orleans convention involving more people in explaining personality and social psychologists. appears to have been profitable. our field to government, funding Several on-site registrations added a agencies, media outlets, and so on. Some concerns were raised about the fair amount of cash. The higher Additionally, Thursday night value of those who join SPSP solely for registration count represents a 25% programming seemed to escape many the lower rate of convention increase from the previous year. people’s notice. The Thursday attendance, or to be able to present a Students make up about two thirds of program is a major featured poster or a talk. We have good rate of all people registering at the conference, component of the convention, and the continuing memberships, and the and virtually all of the major growth of Committee discussed encouraging expense of one-year-only student the conference is in students. Can the attendance. memberships appears to be offset by Society and the Convention continue to the success of the Society in other grow at this pace? At this early stage in The 2005 Convention also areas. the history of our annual conference, reinstituted the jam session. This was, we are not able to ascertain what is a by all accounts, a fun, worthwhile, There is a trend toward members secular trend, and what is due to the and popular event. paying their dues more quickly, instead venues—are conferences getting bigger of dragging on into the spring of the because we’re growing, or because Convention Program. The Chair of next year. This is in part due to the New Orleans is particularly appealing? the Program Committee, Ed Diener, requirement that membership be paid Next year’s attendance will be reported that there were 1120 poster prior to the convention to receive informative—the conference will be in submissions, and about 1000 were membership rates. The price Palm Springs, California (an appealing accepted (an 89% acceptance rate). differential for member and non- place, but more difficult to get to, The Program Committee received 84 member registration exceeds the cost of especially for those on the East Coast). symposia submissions, and was able dues; this fact is not lost on attendees. to schedule 39 (a 46% acceptance The number of faculty attending the rate). The 2004 Convention had 67 Society business expenses. There were conference has been stable for several symposia submissions and took 34 (a a few unusual expenses that the Society years. There are two ways of 51% acceptance rate). absorbed this past year. The APA interpreting this; that faculty were convention—where SPSP Executive quick to adopt the SPSP Conference as The biggest problem that the Council, by policy, meets—was more an important event, and there is little Committee found was people expensive than usual, due to the room for growth, or that growth among submitting for more than one location in Hawaii. In addition, SPSP faculty is stagnant. Because there is speaking role. The Program has incurred some legal fees as it very heavy competition for speaking Committee will make SPSP policy protects its status as an independent positions at the sessions, and the particularly clear in the future: Only non-profit organization. Because we preconferences have been very one speaking role per person, have been successful at new members successful, there appears to be a including as discussant, is allowed. joining and remaining in SPSP, we continuing strong interest among Enhanced enforcement of the rule is have exceeded the contractual number faculty and other post-Ph.D. attendees. planned. Ed made it clear that certain of PSPB subscriptions, and have had to There were 13 preconferences this “double speaking” is allowed, award pay the publisher a small amount of year—a record. The sessions also have winners, special invitees of the money to cover this cost. The growth a high level of student attendance. (Continued on page 5) DIALOGUE Page 3

Letter to Galen Bodenhausen Named the Editors Editor of Personality and Social

Dear Chris and Monica: Psychology Review

I am writing with regard to Hazel Markus’s “President’s Column” The Publications Committee of SPSP is pleased to entitled “Thinking outside the person.” announce the selection of Galen V. Bodenhausen of The first point of that article was that Northwestern University as the incoming Editor of the general public does not readily Personality and Social Psychology Review. Dr. grasp the idea that behavior is Bodenhausen will begin receiving manuscripts on influenced by contexts—certainly not December 1, 2005. He will replace Eliot Smith, who as easily as they grasp the idea that that has served as Editor of PSPR since 1999. Bodenhausen behavior is influenced by internal will be the journal’s third editor; Marilynn Brewer was its first. Dr. processes. The second point was that it Bodenhausen received a Ph.D. in 1987 from the University of Illinois, and is desirable to have a more readily has previously served as Associate Editor for Personality and Social assimilated language to use in conveying to average Americans the Psychology Bulletin and the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, important influence of contexts. These and was Special Issues Editor for Social Cognition. points are both well taken.

I am greatly bothered, however, by what I presume were inadvertent important. I remind Dr. Markus that the disenfranchised a core part of the implications of this column, as well as society of which she was president is Society. the one that preceded it (in the named the “Society for Personality and previous issue of Dialogue). Both were Social Psychology.” In disregarding the This is not the first time I have written as though the audience for the relevance of personality psychology to witnessed a prominent social remarks of SPSP’s president consists phenomena she alluded to (or in one psychologist refer to the goals and entirely of social psychologists. I also case referring to it somewhat aspirations and potential opportunities am bothered by the implication in her disparagingly as “the usual American of our group using the phrase “social remarks that internal sources of theory”), she effectively psychologists,” as though the sorts of influence on behavior are not human behavior that are studied by members of this society are relevant only to social psychologists. Many years ago personality and social The Advocacy Workshop at the 2005 psychologists were antagonists. In the more recent past those conflicts have SPSP Conference virtually disappeared. It would be very

unfortunate, however, if antagonism Are you concerned about what the future holds for federal support for basic were replaced (in either group) by research in social and personality psychology? Are you wondering what you can indifference to the value of the other do? At this year's SPSP conference, the training committee hosted an Advocacy group. I do not believe that that was Workshop. This breakfast session featured an interactive presentation led by the Dr. Markus’s intention. After all, as American Psychological Association's Executive Director for Science, Steve she pointed out in her article, behavior Breckler, PhD, and two senior APA science lobbyists, Heather O'Beirne Kelly, PhD is not determined wholly by internal and Karen Studwell, JD. Participants got a refresher course on the federal processes. But that does not prevent legislative process as it relates to science, an update on the current climate for social the behavior from having important, and personality research support, and the skills needed to advocate. Attendees left and sometimes quite adverse, the session with tools for communicating with their Members of Congress in their consequences. home districts to discuss issues impacting psychological research. Contact the SPSP Training Committee ([email protected]) if you are interested in learning ■ Charles S. Carver more about similar opportunities. University of Miami ■ Page 4 DIALOGUE 2004 Means Great Accomplishments for the SPSP Graduate Student Committee By Michèle M. Schlehofer, development and research topics. We Due to the success of the Graduate would like to thank the many SPSP Poster Award and SPSP's desire to see Past-President, and members who donated their time to students succeed, we are pleased to Trey Causey, President serve as mentors, and the training announce that we will be increasing the committee (especially Theresa Vescio) number of poster awards given. The Greetings! The SPSP Graduate Student and Tara Miller for helping to Executive Committee is very dedicated Committee is pleased to report a coordinate the event. Without their to highlighting and rewarding student number of great accomplishments assistance, this event would not have work, and has thus approved a budget during 2004. With support from SPSP, been possible. increase to provide more awards. The we have focused our efforts this year Graduate Poster Award will be on connecting students and providing Finally, we are pleased to announce undergoing other changes as well in an them with professional development that, for the third year in a row, we held effort to showcase the superlative and training opportunities. To meet a Graduate Poster Award competition student research generated by the these goals, we have included during the conference. During each student members of SPSP. We look professional development articles and poster session, secret judges visited forward to hosting these sessions at increased the frequency of publication students who had self-nominated for SPSP’s annual conference in 2006. of our student newsletter, the FORUM. the award and rated their poster on We have also continually sent out clarity, presentation skills, Looking forward to the new year, we listings of non-academic job methodological and theoretical are excited about enriching the opportunities via the student listserv. soundness, and independent intellectual graduate school experience for SPSP Furthermore, because SPSP continues contribution to the field. The best student members throughout 2005. to grow as an organization both poster in each session received a Annual elections, held in January, nationally and abroad, plans are $50.00 monetary award, a one-year presented members with a diverse currently underway to establish an individual user license for Media Lab group of graduate students seeking to international student interest group. RT (both donated by Empirisoft), and represent their peers. Please join us in had their poster displayed in a special welcoming the new members of the Much of our focus has been on section throughout the remainder of the Graduate Student Committee: Trey planning conference activities geared conference. The winners for this year Causey, President (College of William towards students. We had a multitude were Cheryl Dickter, Marie Ford, & Mary); Jonathon Cook, Member-at- of events going on in New Orleans. Kristen Lindquist, Yuri Miramoto, large (University of Oregon); Vanessa First, we held a full-day Career Pre- Corey Scherer, Colin Smith, and Hemovich, Member-at-large Conference on Thursday, January 20th, Sophie Trawalter, with honorable (Claremont Graduate University); 2005. This pre-conference featured five mentions going to the following: Joe Rosie Meek, Member-at-large distinct sessions on various aspects of Cesario, Kate Dockery, John Edlund, (University of Sussex); and Lavonia career development, including sessions Francesco Foroni, Matt Gailliot, Alison Smith-LeBeau, Member-at-large (The on grant writing, interviewing, and Ledgerwood, Mary Murphy, Yu Niiya, Pennsylvania State University). non-academic job opportunities. The Heather Omoregie, Erin Rapien, Michèle Schlehofer will remain on as small setting provided the opportunity Gwendolyn Seidman, Lindsay Shaw, Past-President. All new members of the for students to speak directly to several Dikla Shmueli, and Elana Stepanova. committee are excited about getting of the speakers. We would like to thank We would like to sincerely thank our involved with SPSP and are looking the American Psychological secret judges for donating their time forward to working with both student Association for providing a session on and energy to rating the posters: Ozlum and non-student members of the negotiating tenure and helping to Ayduk, Kurt Boniecki, Mark Brackett, Society. If you have any comments or sponsor this event. Chris Crandall, Jon Grahe, Judith Hall, questions about the Graduate Student Tony Hermann, Alisha Janowski, Tim Council, please contact us by visiting For the second year in a row, we also Ketelaar, Wendy Berry Mendez, our web page (http://www.spsp.org/ co-hosted a mentoring luncheon with Leonard Newman, Matt Newman, student/). the Training Committee. During this Kathy Oleson, Minda Orina, Tamarha event, students had an opportunity to Pierce, Diane Quinn, Darcy Reich, Based on positive response to both the dine with Ph.D.-level SPSP members at Neal Roese, Lloyd Sloan, Carrie Smith, Career Pre-conference and the topic-oriented tables. Twenty tables and Carolyn Weisz. mentoring luncheon, we recognize the were offered on various professional (Continued on page 5) DIALOGUE Page 5

Graduate Student Committee, Continued Undergraduate (Continued from page 4) diverse and informative benefits to importance of educating students about student members. Diversity some of the non-academic aspects of life as a social or personality Finally, we will again be planning a Conference psychologist. The Graduate Student multitude of conference-related Council hopes to continue and extend activities in the next year. The GSC Awards upon its role as a vital source of will again host a Career pre-conference professional development information at the 2006 meeting of SPSP and will In an effort to encourage for graduate students. We plan on also participate in organizing a minority student involvement in continuing to publish the FORUM, mentoring luncheon. We eagerly SPSP, the Society offers free which has proven to be both a great anticipate closely working once again conference registration to source of professional development with the diverse Ph.D.-level members interested minority students information for students and a way to of SPSP. The SPSP Executive attending colleges or universities keep up with other student members’ Committee has been very responsive to close to the convention site. research interests. We will also our needs to provide professional continue to post the non-academic job development opportunities for students, During the New Orleans listings to the SPSP listserv. and as such, we are pleased to report conference, SPSP was pleased to that we were given additional funding extend free registration to three The Graduate Student Council hopes to to plan programming during next year's such students. They were work closely with other student conference. Without the support of the Donovon Ceaser, of Loyola organizations in the coming year. SPSP Executive Committee, our efforts University, New Orleans, Student members’ research endeavors would not be possible. We would like Porshia Hayman, of Xavier grow more diverse annually and many to take this opportunity to thank the University, and Lateela Burns, student members possess Executive Committee for their also of Xavier University. SPSP multidisciplinary interests. By keeping guidance and support and express our ■ hopes to continue this program at in communication with partner student excitement for the upcoming year. ■ organizations, we hope to offer more future conventions.

State of SPSP, Cont. may make suggestions to the Executive The 2006 Convention. Tim Strauman Officer or President or President-Elect, announced that contracts are falling who are commonly called upon to into place for the 2006 meeting on (Continued from page 2) nominate committee members. The January 26-January 29, 2006 in Palm executive committee recognized that Springs, California. There were some training committee, and so on. But what is on the program has a powerful expressions of concern about travel these are very specific roles identified public effect on who we are and what arrangements; Palm Springs is the by SPSP Committees. There was some we do. smallest venue we have chosen before, discussion as to whether the speakers but it is a significant tourist destination, at the conference are “the usual Student travel awards. SPSP sponsors with good facilities. Tim has plans for suspects” every year. The program 40 student travel awards of $300 each. the Convention Committee to alert committee was asked to pay attention Steve Harkins reported that this year SPSP members about travel logistics to this issue. For more on convention there were 200 applications for the and trip planning in plenty of time. programming, see the article by Diener awards, up from 140 last year. They plan to make available good on p. 6 of this Dialogue. Applicants send in an abstract and a information about travel as the short CV; the committee makes a registration deadline looms. Every year, the Executive Committee judgment on that basis, while taking has some significant discussion about into account regional and institutional Publications. Gifford Weary reported being very careful to represent the distribution. Winners of the Diversity that, in general, SPSP’s publications interests of the field among the Award may not also win a travel award are in good shape. PSPB has become members of the convention committee. (although they may apply for both), and an extremely popular place to submit To do a complete job is impossible, of students may win only one travel/ papers, with over 540 submissions in course, but broad-minded and eminent diversity award in their entire student 2004. There were many congratulations social/personality psychologists are career. (Continued on page 20) always sought for these positions. You Page 6 DIALOGUE Report on the New Orleans Convention Program

By Ed Diener discrimination, and stereotyping, and however, be attuned to important areas individual talks related to stereotyping of research that are omitted from their 2005 SPSP Program Chair were scattered through the rest of the program, and extend invitations to symposium program. In addition, more speakers in these areas. We experienced another record- accepted posters were devoted to breaking year for the SPSP convention, stereotyping than to any other single A problem for the program committee with some 1,900 registrants, 1,120 topic. Nonetheless, the complaints is that many speakers entered their posters submitted (976 were accepted), probably arise from the fact that some names more than once on submissions. and 84 symposia submitted (39 were good submissions on stereotyping were In order to assure that many researchers accepted). Unfortunately, time and rejected, leading to the perception can give presentations, SPSP rules state room limits meant that good posters among these researchers that the that each person can give only one and excellent symposia in some cases program committee omitted this presentation, but many people submit had to be rejected. Our conference is important area of research. The more than one talk with the hopes that bursting at the seams, and we are problem arises from our tremendous one of them will be accepted. However, victims of our own success. Many of success – the receipt of 84 symposia when more than one of the talks is the posters and symposia that were submissions when only 39 fit into the accepted, the program committee is accepted were outstanding. In addition, program. faced with a difficult problem. several invited talks and diversity and Therefore, the rules for 2006 will be training events added to the already In forming the committee to judge the very tough. Each person can deliver rich offerings of the conference. submissions, a major goal was to have only one talk, including being a diversity of content areas among the discussant, and be the first author on Each year program chairpersons hear raters. Thus, social cognition (Neal only one talk. Symposia chairs and concerns about this or that area that Roese and Justin Kruger), personality speakers will be asked to certify that was omitted from the program, and (Brent Roberts), social and personality they have submitted only one therefore I would like to mention the development (Eva Pomerantz), cross- presentation, and trading around after selection procedure for posters and cultural psychology (C.Y. Chin), and acceptance decisions are made cannot symposia. Judges read and rated the emotion (Ed Diener) were represented be done between speakers. One talk 1,120 posters, and a threshold for on the committee that rated the means one talk and one submission acceptance was set based on the poster submissions. My sincere gratitude is means one submission. A speaker can spaces available. This meant that some extended to the program committee be second or third author on a talk that reasonable posters were rejected members who were required to s/he is not delivering. When in doubt, simply because there was not space for complete their rankings very quickly. check with the program committee all 1,120 submissions. My impression All symposia submissions were rated before submission. is that most rejected posters did not by two reviewers, and a third reviewer suffer from fatal flaws, but received was added in those few cases where the I extend thanks to the invited speakers, lower ratings because they were original reviewers provided discrepant as well as to all the other people who essentially replications of earlier work. ratings. contributed to the excellent program. As the number of submissions We had a wonderful meeting in New continues to grow, the SPSP organizers It is my impression that the reviewers Orleans and eagerly look forward to will need to confront the issue of how tended to give higher ratings to new Palm Springs in 2006. ■ to accommodate ever larger numbers and creative topics. Although many of good posters. traditional topics were included in the program this year, there were also The symposia schedule was populated presentations on more unusual topics by some of the usual topics – emotion, such as forgiveness, social comparison, person perception, anthropomorphism, choice, power, identity, and motivation. I heard one reputation, and creativity and culture. complaint that there were no Another impression is that more Society for Personality and Social presentations on stereotyping and symposia including biological Psychology prejudice, and this assertion is simply measures were included that ever Visit us at www.spsp.org not true. Jack Glaser and Eric D. before. Anyone studying the program Knowles organized an excellent will be struck with the diversity of our symposium on prejudice, field. Future committees might, DIALOGUE Page 7

Programming for Division 8 at the APA Convention, Washington, DC, August 18–21

Below is a preview of programming at Planning, Motives for Having Sex, and Virginia S.Y. Kwan, “New the APA convention for Division 8 Adolescent Condom Use” Conceptualization and Paradigm for Studying (Personality and Social Psychology/ Phillip R. Shaver, “Interrelations of the Self-Enhancement Bias and Adjustment” SPSP). Dialogue encourages SPSP Attachment and Sexual Behavioral Systems” Mark R. Leary, “Adaptive Self-Evaluations: members to attend the meeting in James R. Browning, “Comprehensive Self-Compassion Versus Self-Esteem” Washington, DC this August. Thanks to Inventory of Sexual Motives” Discussant, Rowland S. Miller Jud Mills for his planning, screening, Invited Address: Lynne Cooper, and organization of this meeting’s Friday, August 19 “Attachment Style Differences in Sexual program schedule. Invited Address: David Dunning, “Lack Motivation and Experience: Developmental, of Insight Into One's Own Incompetence: Its Dyadic, and Daily Differences” Thursday, August 18 Causes, Its Consequences” Invited Address: Edward F. Sunday, August 21

Diener,“Optimum Level of Happiness” Invited Address, Henry A. Murray Symposium: Worldwide Survey of Cultural Award Winner: Salvatore R. Maddi, “The Display Rules of Emotional Expression, Poster Session: Relationships, Sex Roles, Other Positive Psychology: The Courage of Cochairs David Matsumoto and Seung Motivation, Emotion Hardiness Under Stress” Hee Yoo

Poster Session: Personality, Personality Seung Hee Yoo, “Validation of Scoring Presidential Address: Margaret S. Clark, Procedure for the Display Rule Assessment “Healthy and Unhealthy Relationship Measurement, Cross-Cultural Research Inventory” Processes” Symposium: Evolution of Henry Murray’s Ana Maria Anguas-Wong, “Role of Context in Mexican Emotional Regulation via Symposium: Gratitude and Hope--- Concepts in Contemporary Psychology, Chair, Ruthellen Josselson DRAI” Emotional Pillars of Positive Psychology, Anna Laura Comunian, “Validation of the Chair, Robert A. Emmons Bertram J. Cohler, “Doing the Study of Lives Across Times and Places” Matsumoto's Display Rule Assessment Rick Snyder, “Gratitude as a Window Inventory in Italian Culture” Through Which High Hopers View Their Salvatore R. Maddi, “Motives and Fantasy” William M. Runyan, “Studying Lives From Worlds” Joseph O.T. Odusanya, “Display Rules of Anthony Scioli, “Gratitude and the Spirit of Murray to the Handbook of Psychobiography (2005)” Emotional Expression Among Malaysian Hope” Undergraduates” Todd Kashdan, “Examining Gratitude in Saturday, August 20 Diane Sunar, “Emotional Display Rules Veterans: Basic Research and Clinical Among Turkish University Students” Implications” Invited Address: James S. Jackson, Robert A. Emmons, “Mindfulness, “Race, Ethnicity, and Health” Invited Address: Wolfgang Stroebe, Selflessness, and Meaningfulness in Hope and “Why Dieters Fail: A Goal Conflict Model of Poster Session: Social Cognition, Stereotypes, Gratitude” Eating” Discussant, June P. Tangney Attitudes

Symposium: Growth Stories---Narrative Invited Address: Jeffrey Simpson, Invited Address: Arie Kruglanski, “Terrorism: The Psychology of a Tool” Identity Development and Its Empirically “Attachment and Depressive Symptoms” Emerging Principles, Chair, Jack J. Bauer

Invited Address: Phillip R. Shaver, Kate C. McLean, “Function of Lessons and Invited Address: Gerald Clore, “Feeling Is Insights for the Development of Narrative Believing: Affect as Information” “Research on Attachment-System Psychodynamics in Adulthood” Identity” Jennifer L. Pals, “Constructing Growth: Symposium: Research on Sexual Motives--- Symposium: New Perspectives on Self- Causal Connections Between Past Events and Implications for Sexual Behavior and Intimate Reflection, Emotion, and Psychological Well- Self Within the Life Story” Relationships, Chair, Being, Chair, Mark R. Leary Monisha Pasupathi, “Socially Constructing Eileen L. Zurbriggen June P. Tangney, “In Search of the Moral Narrative Identity: Some Thoughts on Told Craig A. Hill, “Romantic and Sexual Interest Person: Do You Have to Feel Bad to Be and Untold Tales” ■ as a Function of Dispositional Sexual Good?” Jack J. Bauer, “Growth Goals and the Motives” Jessica L. Tracy, “Pride Goeth Before the Intentional Cultivation of the Good Life” Megan R. Yost, “Coercive Sexual Attitudes Fall---Or Does It? Theory and Evidence for Discussant, Dan P. McAdams.■ and Power-Related Motives for Sex” Two Facets of Pride” Winifred A. Gebhardt, “Cognitive Page 8 DIALOGUE

faculty and remained there for his the allocation of pay. Journal of entire career. Dion worked in many of Personality and Social Psychology, 37, Passings areas, including prejudice and 433-446. Messé was especially well intergroup relations, relationships, known for his professional mentorship Leo Postman immigration and acculturation, and of both students and colleagues. April, 2004 group processes. Dion was a pioneer in the conceptualization of prejudice in Kenneth B. Clark Leo Postman received a Ph.D. from the context of the stigma process, May, 2005 Harvard University in 1946. He joined focusing on the perspective of the Kenneth Clark received a master’s the faculty at the University of target of discrimination, going beyond degree from Howard University in California, Berkeley, in 1950, where he the then-dominant focus on 1936, and he earned a Ph.D. from remained for the rest of his professional perpetrators. Dion showed that Columbia University in 1940, the first life. Postman was primarily a cognitive perceiving one is target of Black person to do so. His first job psychologist, and is well-known for his discrimination has a negative impact post-Ph.D. was at the Hampton work on memory and forgetting. upon the individual, but can also have Institute. After joining the faculty at Working with Jerome Bruner, he was some protective aspects for the self- City College in New York in 1942, in one of the developers of the "new look" concept of minority and subordinate 1960 Clark became a tenured professor school of perception that emphasized group members, stimulating social at City College, the first Black person affect, theory, experience and protest. Dion received the 2001 Donald to do so. In 1966, Clark was elected to expectations in shaping perceptions. In O. Hebb Award from the Canadian the New York State Board of Regents, 1947, Postman published "The Psychological Association for the first Black person to do so. Clark Psychology of Rumor," with Gordon “Distinguished Contributions to was elected President of APA in1971, Allport, the first significant scientific Psychology as a Science.” In his award again, the first Black person to do so. study on where rumors come from, and article, he summarized this research: how they are spread. Allport and Dion, K. L. (2002). The social Beginning in the 1930’s, Dr. Clark was Postman found that descriptions of a psychology of perceived prejudice and part of the research team helmed by picture relayed orally from person to discrimination. Canadian Psychology, Gunnar Myrdal, which was ultimately person lost details rapidly, and 43, 1-10. Dion enjoyed a long and published as the (1944) classic An expectation could supplant or rearrange fruitful collaboration with Karen Dion American Dilemma: The Negro the information communicated. They in the area of relationships and Problem and Modern Democracy. showed one participant a drawing of romantic love (e.g., Dion, K.K. & two men facing each other in a subway Dion, K.L. (1996), Cultural Clark spearheaded the development of car, and had this participant describe perspectives on romantic love. the amicus brief cited by Chief Justice the picture to another person, who in Personal Relationships, 3, 5-17.) Earl Warren in his 1954 decision in turn described it to a third person, who Brown v. Board of Education, in which in turn described it to a fourth, and so Lawrence A. Messé the Supreme Court ruled segregated, on. They found that a razor held by a December, 2004 white workman seemed to transfer to “separate-but-equal” education unconstitutional. This brief, signed by the hand of a well-dressed black as the Lawrence Messé received a Ph.D. from many eminent social scientists, argued description was passed from person to the University of Chicago in 1968. He that racial discrimination and person. These results are described in was hired by Michigan State University segregation had substantial harmful G.W. Allport & L.J.Postman (1947). that same year, and spent his entire effects on blacks, creating feelings of The psychology of rumor. New York: academic career there. Messé’s career inferiority that limit the lives of blacks, Holt. Allport and Postman suggested spread out over nearly four decades, and harmed their ability to learn. Clark that the power and effectiveness of a and a wide range of topics, notably the argued that racism and discrimination rumor was based on the multiplicative role of fairness norms, sharing and were harmful to everyone involved. “A relationship of the importance of the equity, minority influence, and group racist system inevitably destroys and rumor (if true) to the hearer, and the motivation. One compelling finding damages human beings; it brutalizes ambiguity level or uncertainty was the tendency of women and girls and dehumanizes them, blacks and surrounding the rumor (or its denial). (from 1st grade through college) to whites alike,” he wrote. “Racial under-evaluate their contributions to segregation, like all other forms of Kenneth L. Dion groups. Based on perceptions of equity, cruelty and tyranny, debases all human November, 2004 they under-rewarded themselves beings—those who are its victims, compared to men and compared to those who victimize, and in quite subtle Ken Dion received a Ph.D. from the outside, relatively disinterested ways those who are merely University of Minnesota in 1970. He evaluators (see Callahan-Levy, C.M. & joined the University of Toronto Messé, L.A. (1979), Sex differences in (Continued on page 9) DIALOGUE Page 9 Giving Away Social Psychology is Complicated By Howard S. Friedman often watch the decision-making I have taught a graduate core course in process, usually thinking about social psychology for more than 20 A number of our distinguished leaders groupthink. Perhaps this is because I years and I myself do explain in psychology, Hazel Markus and had an unusual experience as a college repeatedly (and passionately) why there others, have bemoaned the low level of undergraduate: Irving Janis was just is nothing so practical as a good social impact of social psychology (and finishing up his manuscript Groupthink psychological theory. However, I psychology more generally) on science and passed it out to our small seminar become more and more aware of the and society, and they have suggested for comments and feedback. I do not complexity of human behavior in a more vivid, coherent, and easily know if I was more shocked that my social context. For example, in the field communicated models and approaches. senior professor would do this or by the of the medicine and health care, there I would like to broaden the discussion contents of the manuscript, but I have are many socio-behavioral problems by suggesting that the matter is deeper thought about groupthink ever since. that have long been described and and more complicated than we usually Anyway, I regularly see psychology studied, but prove resistant to change. think. meetings violate Janis’ Patients do not adhere to their recommendations and succumb to prescribed treatments (in alarming Over the years, I have sat in more groupthink. Although I greatly admire numbers). Doctors do not regularly psychology faculty meetings (and my colleagues, past and present, I see follow best medical practices, committee meetings) than I care to pressure to reach consensus, self- succumbing to influences of tabulate or recall. In these meetings I censorship, illusions of unanimity, advertising, local peer pressure, and rationalizations, and overestimations of just about every other social influence the group. Anyone playing the role of process. Practitioner-patient Passings, Cont. devil’s advocate (sometimes me) is communication is often poor. Placebo quickly ostracized and faces a long effects are still not well understood. (Continued from page 8) angry drive home. The current hubbub about obesity and accessories” (from Clark, K.B. (1965) weight control has substantial risk of Dark Ghetto: Dilemmas of Social It is not my sense that psychology coming to no good. Perhaps most Power, republished in 1989 by departments are run better than physics dramatically, insufficient hand-washing Wesleyan University Press. The departments, although I suppose this is by doctors and nurses remains a very Supreme Court endorsed the argument an empirical question. Within our field, significant source of nosocomial that school segregation contributed to do the highly-ranked psychology (hospital-acquired) infection, despite the psychological damage of black departments at Stanford, Michigan, and being studied for decades. I’m sure my students. Yale emerge as models of cooperation, colleagues who work in human factors altruism, community, and fulfillment? likewise could provide long lists of the Kenneth Clark and his longtime Do social psychologists have deeper complexity of known psychosocial collaborator and wife Mamie Phipps and more faithful marriages, better influences affecting pilots, drivers, Clark studied the self-concept of black reared and more harmonious families, factory workers, and so on, and the children in the North and the South. and better-functioning professional many errors (potentially preventable) They showed the children white and organizations than others do? that still regularly occur. black dolls, and asked the students What makes us confident we can give which dolls were nice, which were the best advice for structuring our I am not saying that social psychology pretty, which were bad. Both whites schools, our prisons, and our political does not have some wonderful concepts and blacks preferred the white dolls. institutions? For example, in and theories. And I am not saying that Clark argued that "like other human education, various so-called reforms we have not demonstrated intelligent beings who are subjected to an have been tried throughout the past ways of approaching certain social obviously inferior status in the society century, with a mixed record of issues. We do clearly make a difference in which they live, have been definitely success. Our public schools are in some cases. I am merely raising the harmed." arguably no better on average than they possibility that some of our failures to were before social science entered the impact society (and receive our A book dedicated commemorating the scene. Similarly, on many other expected recognition and accolades) work and impact of Prof. Clark has politically charged issues, the “other” may come not from failures of been published by APA, Racial identity side often understands the social publicity or communication or in context: The legacy of Kenneth B. psychological perspective, but does not involvement but instead from a set of ■ ■ Clark (2004, G. Philogène, Ed.). buy it. more complicated reasons. Page 10 DIALOGUE Journey Without Maps: Beginning a Career as An Academic Social Psychologist in France By Paula Niedenthal The first thing to know is that there are and at least one first-authored publication two academic careers for social in a peer-reviewed journal. To be When colleagues in the United States psychologists. One is that of university qualified as a full professor (professeur des first heard that, after spending a professor, which involves a significant universités; there is no associate professor sabbatical year in Aix-en-Provence, I teaching load and quite a bit less time level), over 10 publications are expected had decided to stay in France and for research than one might like. (Don't and you have to have written a perhaps get a permanent position here, ask "how many courses are taught per Habilitation (a summary of your research many of them told me "You are so semester?" because the teaching load is to date) and have defended it before a lucky." I can assure you that I was not not calculated that way. If you really committee. If you are already full lucky in the sense of being a passive want to know, it adds up to 192 hours a professor in another country, often the recipient of a stroke of luck. Moving to year, which is roughly equivalent to Habilitation can be waived. an academic career in a new country, four courses.) The other academic especially when you have already gone career is that of research scientist. The The qualification procedure itself is through the ranks in another, is a very research job is similar to the professor straightforward. First, you must difficult and often painful process. In job (i.e., it usually takes place in a preregister via internet, usually in fact, moving from the American regular university department), but October, about nine months before you academic system to the French one was there is little to no teaching involved would start the job. If you preregister, a more difficult transition for me than and more resources for research. Both you then receive a letter in December the transition to motherhood. It is not jobs require that one speak French well, requesting documents including a vita, a that it is worse in one place or the though for the research scientist copy of your Ph.D. diploma (or an other. For reasons having to do both position one has more time to reach a official translation if not in French), a with the organization of national high level since teaching is not written report of your thesis defense (if education, and with the failure of required. I taught 192 hours in a such a report exists), and copies of up to experimental psychology to attain the five publications. These documents are same research and funding status as sent to two "rapporteurs" at the beginning other natural and social sciences at a To be qualified as a of January. The two "rapporteurs" are particular juncture in French history, university professor in members of the CNU who examine your French academic concepts bear almost any rank, you first must application and make a recommendation no similarity to American academic about whether you should be qualified or concepts, at least for psychologists. be "qualified" by the not. I have to emphasize here, because it Conseil National des is not consistent with the US system, that Even before Bush took office the first the Ph.D. must be completed and time, my American colleagues Universités (CNU), a defended in order to qualify for a regularly asked me and my spouse, national commission of professor position at either level. Markus Brauer, to explain the French system. Now that Bush has been psychologists from all If the CNU qualifies you to apply for reelected, the requests are even more subareas of psychology. assistant or full professor positions, you frequent. The less facetious ones come are notified by mail not later than March. from individuals who appreciate France Interviews are in May. Every university and French culture, from individuals temporary professor position when my that posts a job has a hiring committee of married to French nationals who would French was only 6 months-old. It was up to 20 members, who are not all in like to return, and from people who trial by fire, and I do not recommend it. social psychology and who are not all would just like the adventure. So here even on the faculty of that university. It is my attempt, after seven years of Here is how you become a university is these committees that interview two to living in France, to explain something professor in any rank: First, you have six candidates for one job, all on the about academic jobs and the procedure to be "qualified" by the Conseil National same day. Each job candidate gives a 15- for trying to obtain one. Hopefully the des Universités (CNU), a national minute job talk and entertains questions information is helpful, too, for commission composed of psychologists for 10 minutes. There are no interactions individuals from other countries who of all subareas of psychology. The with individuals other than the members might have an interest in the French criteria for qualification as an assistant of the hiring committee, and the system. professor (maître de conférences) include several years of teaching experience (Continued on page 11) DIALOGUE Page 11

The 700 or more members of the (Continued from page 10) One thing that is important for getting universities do not pay for candidates' laboratories in section 27 elect 20 any academic position in France is to travel to interviews. On the day of the representatives to the "commission de la plan ahead. There are post-doc positions interviews, university hiring section 27". This commission makes all available, and they are quite comfortable. committees rank their candidates in the hiring decisions. The junior CNRS But one has to start the process of order of preference; this becomes level position is called "chargé de contacting a post-doc director at least one public information. If you are ranked recherche" ("charged with research"). The year in advance of the starting date in number one at a university, you can senior level position is called "directeur of order to acquire funding. This is because accept or decline the position. If you research." To get either position, you first the host at the French university has to decline, the offer goes to the next have to find a laboratory that is apply for a post-doc position for a person. If you accept a position and interested in you. The more you can fit particular candidate. Thus, one should perform it competently, after a your research within the overall not wait for an ad in which a professor at probation period of 12-18 months, the research aims of a laboratory, the more a French university announces that s/he job is for life. You are a civil servant of interested the laboratory will be. Once wishes to fill a post-doc position. the French government. you have a welcoming laboratory, you Research scientist positions themselves submit an application over the internet are also very desirable, but so There are two types of university (see below), usually due in January. competitive that most people have to institutional structures for psychology The application includes your CV as apply and interview at least twice before professors. Some professors work in well as an approximately 15-page getting a job. Since there are age limits typical academic departments, and are document in which you describe your associated with "laboratoires" (which are research, past, present and future. The system is trying to like subareas of departments). Regular Again, you have to already have laboratories receive very little money obtained your Ph.D. in order to apply. be so fair that it almost for their functioning. There are around And (yet!) there is a maximum age seems unreal. 40 such laboratories in social limit of 31 for individuals applying to psychology in France. Other professors be junior research scientists. and all research scientists work in for the junior positions, this means that laboratories which are also located on In a given year, section 27 has only 4-6 one has to start applying in one's very universities, but which are funded by jobs available at each level. first year of eligibility (i.e., once the the Centre National de la Recherche Nevertheless, all candidates who dissertation has been defended) in order Scientifique (CNRS, the French submit an application must go to Paris to eventually get a position. counterpart to the American National on a day and at a time announced by Science Foundation). CNRS the CNRS (no negotiation by you) to Does this information confuse you? I laboratories thus have more financial give a 15-minute research talk before a have been here so long that I can barely support than regular university subcommittee of the commission that remember the confusion I felt when I laboratories. They consist of 15 to 40 may or may not contain any social first confronted the system. But I do members, some of whom, as psychologists. This usually occurs in remember feeling that somehow it was mentioned, are professors and some of May. Within several days, the members not respectful or fair. In fact, the system whom are research scientists. of the full commission rank the is trying to be so fair that it almost seems candidates. The primary criterion for unreal. In the end, I cannot say that one How do you get a job as research evaluation is scientific excellence, but system is better on a daily basis. There scientist? To understand the hiring other factors are taken into account as are frustrations everywhere. But right procedure, you need to understand how well (e.g., equity between laboratories, now, in the era of Bush, I can say for the CNRS works. The CNRS is divided regional distribution of candidates). If sure that I have lots of grant money from into 40 sections based on research area. there are 5 jobs and you are ranked the French Ministry of Education. My One of the sections (section 27) is fifth, then you are in. If you are ranked students are eager and delightful people, th called "Behavior-Brain-Cognition". 6 , then you have to wait until next and so are my colleagues. And that is just This section funds about 35 year and try again. Being ranked in one professional life! So, at least for now, we laboratories whose members conduct year does help your candidature in the are staying. Get in touch if you want to research in the areas of cognitive next year, but does not guarantee that come for a sabbatical! sciences, neuroscience, and you will be hired. Since up to 90 people psychology. Only one such laboratory apply for these 4-6 positions, many Relevant websites: specializes in social psychology, the people have to present their candidature http://www.education.gouv.fr/personnel/enssup/ "Laboratoire de Psychologie Sociale et several times before entering the antares (preregistration for university Cognitive" in Clermont-Ferrand. This is CNRS. As for university professor positions) where I am. positions, research jobs are for life. http://www.sg.cnrs.fr/drhchercheurs/concoursch/ default-fr.htm (CNRS applications). ■ Page 12 DIALOGUE

Graduate Training in Social Psychology: Two Questions about Employment Opportunities By Mark A. Ferguson training positions become available in a letter writers, identification with a given hiring year, and some of these famous lab or adviser, and so on. I have What are the chances of finding a good positions go unfilled. This method chosen to look at one under-studied academic job this coming year? The underestimates the total number of possibility; whether the applicant’s matching of a successful applicant to a opportunities available to social Ph.D. degree was granted by public or desirable position is based on a mix of psychologists, ignoring most business private institution. the applicant’s skills, abilities, career school jobs, industry positions, goals, market forces and blind luck on positions that do not mention social I have been collecting data on graduate the one hand, and the kind of job that is psychology but are open to them, training programs in social psychology, being sought on the other. Some have interdisciplinary opportunities, and so and have identified all regular faculty suggested that the number of these on. In addition, many primarily members in the 104 different U.S. positions is small (e.g., Fiske, 1994); teaching positions do not appear in the doctoral training programs. There are obtaining a desirable position may be Observer, but appear in the Chronicle 171 faculty members who received a difficult, especially for newer of Higher Education or similar Ph.D. in the period 1991-2004; this graduates. How plentiful are the publications. Still, many of the most range is sensible approach to obtain a various kinds of positions in social desirable positions in social psychology full decade, based on the approximately psychology in a given hiring year? are advertised in the Observer. When three-year lag that is characteristic more than 400 graduate students are between Ph.D. completion and To look at this, I tallied a count of admitted to graduate social psychology appearing on the faculty rolls in social psychology-related position programs each year (American doctoral training programs. advertisements from the APS Observer Psychological Association, 2003), this (print and online editions) over two small number of advertisements is The data set includes the faculty hiring years, 2002-2003 and 2003- sobering. There is also some evidence members’ degree-granting institutions, 2004. I used the complete database of that temporary positions are on the rise, their degree institution type (public or advertisements from the American going from five in 2002-2003 to 13 in private), and their employing institution 2 Psychological Society APS Observer’s 2003-2004 (χ 1df)=3.56, p<.06. type. A count of faculty members by job announcements (special thanks to Eric Jaffe and Kate Volpe at APS). Table 1. APS Observer Advertised Positions in Social Psychology by Any position announcement that Job Category and Hiring Year appeared from June to the following ——————————————————————————— May was considered part of a hiring Hiring Year year. All announcements that listed Position Category 2002 2003 social psychology as a primary or ——————————————————————————— desired specialization were included, Doctoral Training 20 18 unless it listed another specialization as Non-doctoral/Teaching 29 22 preferred. Multiple announcements for Temporary/Visiting 5 13 similar positions in a hiring year were counted only once, unless they Post-doctoral 5 3 specified additional positions. Government/Private 5 2 International (incl. Canada) 5 3 The count of position by category and ——————————————————————————— hiring year appears in Table 1. An Total Positions 69 61 average of 65 advertisements mentioning social psychology jobs This seems like a fairly small number degree institution and current appeared in the APS Observer each of ads, when compared to the 400+ institution is displayed in Table 2. Of year. Focusing on the doctoral training students in entering classes each year. 171 faculty members, 112 (64%) positions, 20 advertisements appeared What sort of applicants gets these obtained their doctoral degrees from a in hiring year 2002, 18 in hiring year desirable positions? There are many public (state or municipal) institution; 2003. Assuming that these years are factors that contribute to obtaining job 59 (36%) obtained their degrees from a representative of recent hiring years, interviews and offers, including private institution. Thirty-seven public this suggests that about 19 graduate number of publications, enthusiasm of (Continued on page 13) DIALOGUE Page 13

Graduate Training, Although many more students seek countries (Morgan, Habben, & Kuther, (Continued from page 12) Ph.D.s in social psychology at public 2004). Many of these jobs must be and 15 private universities have universities, private universities are described as excellent. Even though recently placed a social Ph.D. in a more likely to place their students in this research might address an unusual doctoral program. doctoral training programs in social and narrow set of data, a focus on psychology in the USA. Faculty social psychology graduate training Certainly more faculty in doctoral members with private training degrees positions remains important. Faculty training programs come from public were 57% more likely to work for members in these posts train the universities, but one cannot draw too private institutions than were faculty majority of new social psychologists, much of a conclusion on training or with public degrees. Faculty members publish research in major journals (see placement efficiency—there are 73 with public degrees were 16% more pp. 18-19 in this issue), and are visible public doctoral training programs in likely to work for public institutions in the media, Congress, and so on. The social psychology, and only 31 private than faculty with private degrees; this graduate training position is vital to the χ2 doctoral training programs. To measure effect is not terribly large, ( 1df)=2.55, field. It is important for fields to collect efficiency, I calculated the size of the p<.12. There is a modest tendency for empirical information on employment private institutions to hire people from opportunities, for students and for

Table 2. Current Doctoral Faculty by Type of Current and Degree Institutions ————————————————————————————————————————— Degree Current Institution Total Total Estimated % Institution Public Private Programs Placements Students Placement ————————————————————————————————————————— Public 90 22 73 112 2097 5.3 Private 41 18 31 59 608 9.5 ————————————————————————————————————————— Total 131 40 104 171 2705 14.8 ————————————————————————————————————————— incoming classes at all private and private institutions, and a smaller training programs, who want to provide public universities based on student tendency for public institutions to hire the best training possible given student enrollment data in Graduate Study in from other public institutions. Private interest and the new marketplace. It is Psychology, the APA volume that institutions had a high placement rate useful for new graduates on the job collects detailed admissions in doctoral programs than public market, in order to gauge their χ2 information from psychology graduate institutions ( 1df)=15.15, p<.001. strategies for obtaining a position. programs. Data on new student Graduate school hopefuls must balance enrollment, in each new, biannual Remarkably, graduate training their aspirations with the realities of volume from 1988 to 2002, was programs appear to place only 5-10% employment, and training programs collected for the 52 institutions in the of newly enrolled graduate students in should take a sober look at whether present research. Two faculty members training positions. With large numbers their training programs are well suited (one each from public and private enrolling, but few obtaining doctoral to the kinds of jobs their students are degree institutions) have been excluded level social training jobs, that vast likely to get. from the last two columns in this table majority of our students do not obtain References because their degree institution failed the jobs for which many training American Psychological Association to report enrollment data. I calculated programs are designed. When doctoral (2003). Graduate study in psychology an estimate of the total number of training programs in social psychology (2004 Ed.). Washington, DC: student enrollments in various graduate announce around 20 positions in any American Psychological programs from 1988-2002, which given hiring year, competition for these Association. represents an approximate 15-year jobs is keen. Fiske, S. T. (1994). Worst job market catchment period for our sample of ever? Maybe not. Dialogue, 9(1), 4-5. Morgan, R. D., Kuther, T. L., Habben, faculty. This is listed as “Estimated This jobs data set focuses on a narrow C. J. (2004). Life after graduate school in Students” in Table 2. To estimate range of jobs for which social psychology: Insider’s advice from new efficiency of placing their students, I psychologists might apply. There are psychologists. New York: Psychology divided Estimated Students by the total many positions available in non- Press. ■ number of placements, and multiplied doctoral department, other disciplines, by 100, labeled “% Placement” above. outside academia, and in other Page 14 DIALOGUE DIALOGUE Page 15 Page 16 DIALOGUE

will “examine and summarize the best Winter APA Council Report, 2005 psychological theory, research and clinical experience addressing the By Janet Swim and sexual orientation. These motions sexualization of girls via media and and Ed Diener were: (1) adding gender identity to the other cultural messages, including the Bill of rights for members to read, “ All prevalence of these messages and their

members, fellows, and Associates impact on girls, and include attention to The APA Council of Representatives members and Affiliates shall be treated the role and impact of race/ethnicity (COR) met in Washington DC in with respect and without discrimination and socioeconomic status. The task February for their biannual meeting. A on the basis of race, national or ethnic force will produce a report, including number of reports and decisions were origin, religion, gender, gender identity recommendations for research, made during this meeting of relevance or sexual orientation, age, mental or practice, education and training, policy, to members of SPSP. Below is a physical disability…”; (2) amending an and public awareness.” description of these reports and APA resolution on Hate crimes to decisions. recognize prejudice and discrimination HIV/AIDS. A report was given that indicates that current Federal policy Budget. APA now receives based upon gender identity in addition focuses on abstinence-only programs to considerably more revenue from to the previous categories of race, prevent HIV transmission. However electronic publications and databases ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, scientific research does not indicate than from print journals and books. The gender, and physical condition; and (3) that these programs work. In response revenues from electronic products forming a task to review research on Council past a resolution supporting continue to increase dramatically, for gender identity, gender variance, and comprehensive sex education because example they have doubled in the last intersex conditions and develop these comprehensive programs are four years. Together, APA receives recommendations regarding several more effective than abstinence-only revenues of approximately 60 million areas including topics as addressing programs, in efforts to reduce the dollars a year from all forms of these topics in education, training, and incidence of HIV/AIDS. publications and databases. This facet research. of APA produces 62% of its revenues. There was much discussion about APA Undergraduate teaching. COR With projected expenses of about 43 becoming a more multicultural approved a motion to support a task million dollars in 2005, the organization. This discussion was force to ‘identify student learning publications provide APA with net prompted by responses to a report outcomes at the lower division of the revenues of about 17 million dollars. given at the August APA COR meeting undergraduate psychology curriculum, The total revenues of APA in 2005 will given by a task that attended the United along with models of “best practices” be about 99 million dollars, Nations Task Force on the World for teaching, learning and assessment.’ (membership dues accounted for 14 Conference Against Racism. The Participants in the task force will be million dollars), and expenses are discussion and a training session was from community college and college/ projected at 98 million dollars. Thus, aided by a well received presentation university faculty. The goal is to publications and databases account for by Jack Dovidio on Implicit and respond to the “Associations call for a very substantial proportion of the Explicit racism. As a result of these greater accountability in pre-college budget of APA, and the majority of net discussions the COR recommend a task and undergraduate teaching and revenues of the association. An learning.” force to specifically address religious important question is whether the prejudice and discrimination and a Division of the Society for Human- Science Directorate of APA receives a second task force to address prejudice Animal Studies. There was much fair share of the revenues produced by and discrimination against all groups. discussion about the establishment of a the publications and databases, the vast division of the Society of for Human- majority of which are related to Council approved the formation of “standing, permanent committee to be Animal studies which would study a science. range of topics including attitudes added to the APA Public Interest Award. Brian Baird, a representative Directorate that will have, as its major about Human rights, the role of pets in from Washington State, received the focus, attention to psychological issues therapy, and human-animal APA Presidential Citation Award from related to social class.” This effort was communication. The steering APA for his contributions to spear headed by Bernice Lott, Council committee for this society completed psychology in the U.S. House. representative for Division 9 (SPSSI; the necessary requirements to be considered for divisional status at APA. Diversity. Several motions passed with the Society for the Psychological Study Scott Plous was the spokesperson for regard to different diversity issues. of Social Issues). this group and presented compelling Three motions were made in reference Council approved funds to aid the data in support of this division. to gaining attention to issues of gender formation of a task force on the However, Council did not recommend identity, separate from sexual identity sexualization of girls. The task force supporting this division at this time. ■ DIALOGUE Page 17 Toward a Person-Social Psychology and Social Psychology into different type of social psychology. By Judson Mills sections has served to magnify the division between personality and social The new term person-social psychology, The assumption that personality and psychology. Although attitudes, which because it doesn’t include the old term social psychology should be integrated have long been considered an important personality, would involve somewhat into one field with a common set of concept in social psychology, are more change for those primarily concepts and theoretical ideas forms individual difference variables, the identified with personality than for those the starting point for this note. The idea term attitudes appears in the name of primarily identified with social. Given that considering both the characteristics one section, while the term individual there are at least twice as many of the of the person and of the social situation differences appears, along with latter than the former, that is likely to be is necessary for a full understanding of personality processes, in the name of a true of any new term capable of human behavior is not new. It dates different section. achieving enough acceptance to become back at least seven decades to the the name of the field integrating pioneering work of Kurt Lewin (1935) A new name connoting a unified field personality and social psychology. and Henry Murray (1938). Lewin’s would focus attention on issues that famous formula B = f(PE) summarized need to be dealt with in order to The adoption of the term person-social his view that, “to understand or predict integrate personality and social psychology would encourage those the psychological behavior (B) one has psychology, in particular, the issue of presently identified with personality or to determine for every kind of how best to conceptualize the person with social psychology to regard psychological event (actions, emotions, and the social situation in a way which themselves as working in the same field expressions, etc.) the momentary whole links them theoretically. The term of knowledge, which would further the situation, that is, the momentary person-social psychology captures the development of a set of common structure and state of the person (P) and focus on both the person and the social concepts and theoretical ideas. Fusion of of the psychological environment situation that is essential for the personality and social psychology into (E)” (1935, p.79). development of a unified field. Its one unified field would be promoted by meaning is easily understood. It use of the term person-social psychology. Contrary to the message of B = f(PE), conveys the unity of the subject matter. personality and social psychology have While having a degree of novelty, it is References come to be regarded as names of two not a radical departure from previous Lewin, K. (1935). A dynamic theory of separate fields having little relationship terminology, retaining the crucial personality. New York: McGraw to one another. In a survey of members elements of the old term in a condensed Hill. of the Society for Personality and form. It also has the advantage of being Murray, H.A. (1938). Explorations in Social Psychology (Stricker, Helmreich much easier to pronounce than the old personality. New York: Oxford and Roberts, 1986) only 16% of the term, as person has three fewer University Press. 1779 members responding reported syllables than personality. In addition Stricker, L. J., Helmreich, R. L. & they were about equally identified with to shortening it, the replacement of and Roberts, D.C. (1986). A survey of personality psychology and social by the hyphen emphasizes the the Society for Personality and psychology (15% were much more and combined focus on the person and the Social Psychology. Personality and 11% somewhat more identified with social situation. The hyphen also makes social Psychology Bulletin, 12, 131- personality psychology and 39% much clear that the term does not refer to a 144. ■ more and 19% somewhat more identified with social psychology). The fission of personality and social psychology has occurred despite the fact they are linked in the name of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology and in the names of major journals. Despite those linkages, personality and social psychology has come to signify personality or social Society for Personality and Social Psychology psychology. Visit us at www.spsp.org

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Publishing in Social-Personality Psychology Journals, 1994-2004

W has been publishing in the personality and social psychology's top journals? To ask this, Dialogue conducted an analysis* of the number and most frequent authors of articles published in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology(JPSP), Personality and Social Psychology Review (PSPR), Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (PSPB), Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (JESP), Journal of Personality (JoP) and Advances in Experimental Social Psychology (AESP) from 1994 through 2004 (or a little bit more to ensure at least 500 papers for JoP, JESP, and AESP, see note for each journal, below).

JPSP Robins, RW Northwestern, Waterloo, Sedikides, C There were 1,919 articles Shaver, PR Colorado, North Carolina, 9 Carver, CS appearing in JPSP from Sheldon, KM Indiana. Chaiken, S 1994-2004. Smith, ER Devine, PG Wegner, DM PSPR N Author PSPR began publication as a Hogg, MA 22 Mikulincer, M Zanna, MP Major, B 8 Caspi, A journal in 1997. From then 20 Diener, E until 2004, the journal has Olson, JM 18 Baumeister, RF Gibbons, FX Sanna, LJ Gollwitzer, PM had 134 articles appear; 29 Higgins, ET authors have published there Seta, CE 17 Petty, RE Greenwald, AG Seta, JJ Harackiewicz, JM twice or more. 16 Elliot, AJ Sheldon, KM Kruglanski, AW Kunda, Z N Author Sherman, SJ 15 Greenberg, J McCrae, RR 4 Nowak, A Weary, G 14 John, OP Moskowitz, DS 3 Brewer, MB 8 Berry, DS Pyszczynski, T Pelham, BW Hogg, MA Branscombe, NR 13 Holmes, JG Rusbult, CE Kruglanski, AW Ellemers, N Spears, R Sherman, SJ Read, SJ Esses, VM 12 Dunning, D Simon, L Schaller, M Forgas, JP Keltner, D van Knippenberg, A Twenge, JM Leary, MR Sedikides, C 7 Bailey, JM Lehman, DR Trope, Y Barrett, LF Top 12 PSPR Institutions Mackie, DM 11 Bargh, JA Blascovich, J Illinois, USC, NYU, Nezlek, JB Gilovich, T Bradbury, TN Michigan, Columbia, Florida Oishi, S Simpson, JA Cooper, ML Atlantic, Princeton, British Schwarz, N Solomon, S Devine, PG Columbia, Georgia, Miami, Shaver, PR 10 Batson, CD Dweck, CS Queensland, Waterloo. Shepperd, JA Gosling, SD Dijksterhuis, A Smith, RH Kashy, DA Gaertner, L PSPB Snyder, M Lucas, RE Hamilton, DL PSPB had 1,313 publications Solomon, S Macrae, CN Judd, CM from 1994 to 2004. Taylor, SE Liberman, N McCullough, ME 7 Bless, H N Author Miller, N Milne, AB Bushman, BJ 20 Greenberg, J Stapel, DA Neuberg, SL Buunk, BP 16 Fazio, RH Swann, WB Niedenthal, PM Clark, MS 15 Petty, RE van den Bos, K Nisbett, RE Fiedler, K Spears, R 9 Arndt, J Pennebaker, JW Gerrard, M 14 Higgins, ET Banaji, MR Sidanius, J Gilovich, T Pyszczynski, T Bodenhausen, GV Strack, F Insko, CA 13 Crocker, J Cacioppo, JT Taylor, SE Lassiter, GD Mullen, B Forster, J Twenge, JM Manstead, ASR 11 Anderson, CA Graziano, WG Wegener, DT Miller, CT Batson, CD Insko, CA Wilke, HAM Miller, DT Baumeister, RF Kenny, DA Miller, N Cialdini, RB Koomen, W Top 15 JPSP Institutions Newman, LS Koestner, R Lehman, DR Michigan, Illinois, Stanford, Sanbonmatsu, DM Shaffer, DR Murray, SL Ohio State, Texas, UC- Stapel, DA 10 Dovidio, JF Mussweiler, T Berkeley, Wisconsin, UCLA, Strube, MJ Eagly, AH Park, B Columbia, NYU, DIALOGUE Page 19

Trafimow, D Mayer, JD 4 Caspi, A Top 21 JESP Institutions Weiner, B Monteith, MJ Cooper, ML Northwestern, Ohio State, Wells, GL Neighbors, C Diener, E Michigan, Indiana, NYU, 6 Arkin, RM Neuberg, SL Finch, JF Amsterdam, Colorado, Arndt, J Reis, HT Funder, DC Illinois, Princeton, Stanford, Barrett, LF Rusbult, CE John, OP Columbia, UC-Santa Barbara, PSPB, Cont. Sabini, J Moffitt, TE Purdue, Waterloo, Maryland, Blascovich, J Schaller, M Panter, AT North Carolina, Wales- Burger, JM Schlenker, BR Robins, RW Cardiff, Yale, Kansas, Cacioppo, JT Simpson, JA Sheldon, KM Pittsburgh, Wisconsin. Diener, E Stewart, AJ Simpson, JA Suls, J Elliot, AJ Singer, JA AESP Swann, WB Gibbons, FX Suls, J There were 99 articles in Swim, JK Heine, SJ Thorne, A AESP from 1984-2004. Jackson, LA Tafarodi, RW Zuckerman, M

Uleman, JS Karney, BR Top 14 JoP Institutions N Author Wanke, M Knee, CR 3 Greenberg, J Whitley, BE UC-Berkeley, Michigan, Kruglanski, AW Higgins, ET Winter, DG Minnesota, Arizona State, Lord, CG Pyszczynski, T Wyer, RS Iowa, British Columbia, UC- Lydon, JE Snyder, M Mikulincer, M Zanna, MP Davis, Missouri, Rochester, Milne, AB Zebrowitz, LA Illinois, National Institute of Top 9 AESP Institutions Aging, Texas, Wisconsin, Nisbett, RE NYU, Princeton, UCLA, Robinson, MD Top 15 PSPB Institutions Williams. Maryland, Michigan,

Roese, NJ Michigan, Ohio State, Columbia, UC-Santa Barbara, JESP Ross, M Illinois, UCLA, North Minnesota, Wisconsin. JESP published 518 papers Ryan, RM Carolina, Texas, Missouri, Simon, L from 1991-2004. Wisconsin, Arizona State, Tesser, A Northwestern, Georgia, N Author List of Lists Wilson, TD Minnesota, Rochester, Kansas, 10 Judd, CM Two names appear on four Zuckerman, M Amsterdam, UC-Santa 8 Bodenhausen, GV lists of top publishers: Jeff 5 Alicke, MD Barbara. Sherman, SJ Greenberg and Tory Higgins. Aronson, E 7 Higgins, ET JoP Several institutions appear on Baron, RM Macrae, CN many lists: Bassili, JN The Journal of Personality had 6 Hewstone, M Lists Institution Blanton, H 514 articles from 1992-2004. Koomen, W 6 Michigan Bohner, G N Author Kruglanski, AW 5 Illinois Brewer, MB 11 Cramer, P McConnell, AR 4 Columbia Brown, JD McCrae, RR Park, B NYU Campbell, WK 10 Nasby, W Pelham, BW 3 Georgia Chiu, CY 9 Read, NW Petty, RE Minnesota Crandall, CS 8 West, SG Stapel, DA North Carolina Deci, EL 7 Graziano, WG 5 Bargh, JA Northwestern Diehl, M McAdams, DP Biernat, M Ohio State Enzle, ME Tennen, H Harackiewicz, JM Princeton Feather, NT 6 Borkenau, P Holmes, JG UC-Santa Barbara Fincham, FD Costa, PT Lambert, AJ Wisconsin Fiske, ST King, LA Milne, AB Florian, V Koestner, R Olson, JM Harris, MJ Roberts, BW Schul, Y Haslam, SA Watson, D Schwarz, N *This set of lists was created Johnson, JD 5 Baumeister, RF Spears, R using the ISI Web of Science Johnson, JT Buss, DM Trope, Y online analysis software. Any Jones, EE Church, AT Zanna, MP and all bylined articles are Luhtanen, R Colvin, CR included. Institution lists vary Macrae, CN Krueger, RF in length due to ties.■ Mark, MM Larsen, RJ Page 20 DIALOGUE

The State of solicited offers from Erlbaum (the This ambitious group offered a “Career current publisher) and others. Last year, Transitions” workshop at the 2005 SPSP, continued the net cost to the Society for Convention that was well-attended. publishing PSPR was $18,000. Some of They also offered an Advocacy the offers that are coming in erase and workshop, which (as mentioned above) (Continued from page 5) even substantially reverse this cost. was not particularly well attended. However, there are a number of to the running of new web-based The business of publishing scientific handouts that were prepared for the system by outgoing Editor Fred journals is changing dramatically, with workshop, and the Training Committee Rhodewalt. Fred handled a Utah electronic access to articles, electronic will make these available to anyone avalanche of manuscripts without consortia, and the bundling of multiple who is interested. The Training falling significantly behind; this is a journals sold as a package to Committee also co-sponsored a coffee minor miracle. There is some question institutions. There is still room for hour with GASP which was free for that PSPB might be getting too large profit to publishers and societies, but the attendees; this was well-attended and too difficult for one Editor to the movement is clearly away from by both students and faculty. handle. On January 1, 2005 Judy paper journals delivered as high-paying Harackiewicz took over the helm of institutional subscriptions, and into The committee is considering making the journal, and the Publication electronic access. Keeping track of training available about various career Committee will be closely watching revenue gets tricky in these scenarios, paths in social/personality psychology, the flow of submissions. but it is very likely that SPSP will particularly those outside of academe. maintain its present revenue stream for The committee is considering pursuing Due to savings in human labor, postage the foreseeable future. this non-academic training session and copying costs, Fred Rhodewalt has independent of the SPSP academic/ left nearly $12,000 unspent from the The term of Eliot Smith as PSPR Editor scientific convention. PSPB budget, and this money will be comes to a close this year, and a call carried over to the current year to for nominations for a new editor was The Training Committee felt that there complete his term. Paper accepted made. Advertisements appeared in is not enough open and routine under Rhodewalt’s editorship will fill PSPR and Dialogue. A search discussion among graduate directors issues through February, 2006, at committee was formed, and a list of about every day issues and graduate which point the journal will be more than 15 serious potential training concerns. They’re looking for populated by articles accepted by the candidates were listed. The hardest part an opportunity to have discussion Harackiewicz regime. of selecting a new editor is not that it is among graduate directors about a wide hard to come up with good candidates variety of different issues, questions, The Executive Committee discussed for the position—the hardest part is etc. They may develop a listserv, a whether the number of pages in PSPB finding people who are both highly web-based group, or perhaps even a should be increased. It is likely that qualified and willing to do the job. “Dear Abby” column in Dialogue. Sage Publications would be amenable Editing is onerous, often thankless, Please send suggestions to Yuichi to such an arrangement, but the costs very time-consuming, and is certainly Shoda [email protected]. to the Society for such an expansion not remunerated at a level are unknown at this time. The commensurate with the necessary skills Lobbying. In response to the dire submission load is likely high enough and time. Careful attention to federal funding situation for social- to add articles at no reduction of candidates’ breadth of reading and personality psychology, and after a quality, but no action was taken on this knowledge must be paid. Good long discussion and debate hosted by idea yet. candidates must be eminent, judicious, Laurie Rudman, the Executive and with significant editorial Committee voted to join the Federation There was some discussion about experience. Finally they must be either of Behavioral, Psychological, and structuring the articles that appear in altruistic, a little crazy, or victims of Cognitive Sciences (FBPCS). FBPCS PSPB into sections. This would not be the planning fallacy. At the end of the is "a dues-supported coalition of the kind of sectioning found in JPSP, process, two excellent candidates member organizations, university but perhaps something flexible and remained, and in the end, Galen departments of psychology, schools of editor-arranged like on finds in Child Bodenhausen was recommended and education, research centers, regional Development. agreed to serve as PSPR’s new editor psychological associations, and science (see p. 3) divisions of the American PSPR is also in great shape. The Psychological Association (APA)." It contract with Erlbaum is about to come Training Committee. Yuichi Shoda "represent the interests of scientists up for renewal, and Harry Reis has reported on the Committee’s activities. 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In conjunction highly interdisciplinary team involving on the psychology of culture and social with other books it could also be used psychologists, social psychologists, behavior, the editors hope this volume for more introductory level courses. sociologists, political scientists, will stimulate further research from Additionally, I think it is a good resource criminologists, communication and psychologists of many cultural for graduate students, even if their media specialists, survey researchers, and traditions. research interests are not what you might geographers. Maryland will direct the Understanding cultural differences is immediately label as social cognition. center, building a research team with its now more important than ever due to New Journal five major partners and more than 10 their potential to spark conflict, other academic institutions in the United violence, and aggression. As such, this I want to alert everyone to a new journal States and abroad. The University of volume is a "must have" for cultural that should be of interest to appear in Colorado, University of Pennsylvania, researchers including those in social, spring of 2006. We are accepting Monterey Institute of International cultural, and personality psychology, and submissions now. (Indeed, the first Studies, University of South Carolina, interpersonal, cultural, and political paper has now been officially accepted). and UCLA are the major partners. communication, anthropology, and Arie Kruglanski, a social psychologist at sociology. We accept long empirical articles, shorter UMCP will serve as one of the three co- empirical articles, theoretical pieces, directors of the Center and one of the Dunning, David. (2005). Self-insight: literature reviews, historical and three co-PIs. Clark McCauley a social Roadblocks and detours on the path to biographical pieces, articles on the psychologist of Bryn Mawr and the knowing thyself. Psychology Press application of the science of social University of Pennsylvania will also http://www.psypress.co.uk/essays/social/ influence, and commentary. Empirical serve as one of the co-PIs. The charge book.asp? means both experimental work and of the Center is to investigate issues id=1841690740&fieldname=about. comparative analysis (for example, related to the formation of terrorist The book covers the trials and travails surveys and cases using a hypothetical- groups, their organization and (as well as triumphs) of self-judgment— deductive method). We also have a functioning and their dissolution. To exploring the many obstacles that section on teaching which publishes that end we will employ a variety of prevent people from forming accurate short notes on effective demonstrations, extant data bases, and develop new ones impressions of themselves, their skills, exercises, and other devices for teaching based on international surveys, content and moral character. At its core, it about social influence. In addition, we analysis of media offerings and other focuses on the work coming out of my are planning special issues on social relevant publications in various lab over the past few years on this topic, influence and welcome ideas for topics. languages, as well as gaming and but also stirs in relevant findings from simulation experiments. cognitive, personality, social, To find out more about the journal, go organizational, educational, and health to: www.socialpsychologyarena.com, or email The Center is based on a $12,000,000 psychology that speak to the accuracy me at [email protected]. I know that three-year grant awarded on the basis of with which people view themselves. SPSP members have lots, of a competition in which 27 University Although hopefully of value to scholars opportunities and outlets to publish their consortia have participated. The interested in self-psychology, the book research. However, I hope you will announcement about UMCP led was written to be accessible to the consider Social Influence as an option. consortium receiving the award was intelligent layperson. It may be —Anthony Pratkanis made by Tom Ridge at a speech he appropriate as a supplemental text for Founding Editor, Social Influence delivered at the UMCP campus on undergraduate classes, as well as for 1/10/05. ■ graduate-level or business school P.S. A number of people have been courses. asking, “Who is that goddess on the PageVolume 24 20, No. 1 DIALOGUE Dialogue—Spring, 2005 Published at: SPSP Officers and Committee Members, 2005 Department of Psychology Margaret Clark President University of Kansas Brenda Major President-Elect Lawrence, KS 66045 Hazel Markus Past President David Dunning Executive Officer Phone: 785-864-9807 Fax: 785-864-5696 Tim Wilson Secretary-Treasurer Email: [email protected] or Judy Harackiewicz Editor, PSPB [email protected] Eliot Smith Editor, PSPR Chris Crandall Co-Editor, Dialogue News of the Society Since 1986 Monica Biernat Co-Editor, Dialogue Lynne Cooper Convention Committee, Chair State of SPSP, Cont. Steve Harkins Convention Committee Tim Strauman Convention Committee Ed Diener SPSP Program Committee (Continued from page 20) Jud Mills APA Program Committee, Chair who do research in the areas of Michael Zárate Diversity Committee behavioral, psychological, and Greg Herek Diversity Committee cognitive sciences . . . with efforts Tiffany Ito Diversity Committee focused on legislative and regulatory Rick Robins Publication Committee advocacy, education, and the Gifford Weary Publication Committee communication of information to Joanne Wood Publication Committee scientists." Yuichi Shoda Training Committee, Chair

The goal of our joining this group, Cathy Cozzarelli Training Committee which is closely allied with APA, is to Steve Drigotas Training Committee make the case for the value of social Theresa Vescio Training Committee psychological research in Congress, Mark Leary Fellows Committee the Executive Branch of government— James Jackson Member at Large especially NIH and NIMH—and Nalini Ambady Member at Large related groups. SESP has joined the Mark Leary Member at Large group as well. Ed Diener APA Council Rep/Member at Large

There was much discussion about Janet Swim APA Council Rep/Member at Large developing talking point to use for Scott Plous SPSP Webmaster making our case at NIH, NIMH, and Kristin Tolchin Office Manager Congress. There are many, many capable people working on these the field, among our neighbor Dialogue Mission Statement issues, making social-personality disciplines, among our university peers, Dialogue is the official newsletter of the Society psychology's case, connecting it to the and among our public and private for Personality and Social Psychology. It ap- congressional mandate for the NIMH, supporters. ■ pears twice every year, in the spring and fall. Its intended readership is members of the Society. uniting various behavioral scientists The purpose of Dialogue is to report news of the across social-neuro-cognitive Society, stimulate debate on issues, and gener- spectrum. To some extent, there is a ally inform and occasionally entertain. Dialogue publishes summaries about meetings of the sense among neuropsychologists that Society’s executive committee and subcommit- they may be next on the grant-support tees, as well as announcements, opinion pieces, chopping block. There are social- letters to the editor, humor, and other articles of general interest to personality and social personality psychologists now psychologists. The Editors seek to publish all vigorously building coalitions and relevant and appropriate contributions, al- support. though the Editors reserve the right to deter- Society for Personality and Social mine publishability. Content may be solicited Psychology by the Editors or offered, unsolicited, by mem- The status of the field, in terms of bers. News of the Society and Committee Re- research support, is open to question. Visit us at www.spsp.org ports are reviewed for accuracy and content by Now is the time to work for support for officers or committee chairs of SPSP. All other content is reviewed at the discretion of the Editors.