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Robin S. Rosenburg, PhD, APA Distinguished Scientific Lecturer Warren Bickel, PhD, and many other prominent scholars. • Psi Chi will have an active role in the program with several sessions for students and advisers and with Richard Bootzin, PhD, presenting the Psi Chi Distinguished Lecture and a conversation hour for students. • The rMPA diversity Council will sponsor a panel to challenge myths about LGBTQ parents and their children, and James W. Loewen, PhD, will present the Diversity Council Keynote speech. For more information, go to http://www. rockymountainpsych.org. Southwestern Psychological Association, April 12– 14, Sheraton hotel in oklahoma City, okla. This meeting is held simultaneously with several affiliated organizations: Society for Applied Multivariate Research, Southwestern Comparative Psychology Association, Southwestern Teachers of Psychology, Psi Chi and Texas Psychological Association. Keynote speakers include: • robert J. Sternberg, Phd, of Oklahoma State University. • Ann Masten, Phd, of University of Minnesota. • daniel Schacter, Phd, of Harvard University. • Mark Flinn, Phd, of the University of Missouri. • James Pennebaker, Phd, of the University of Texas at Austin. • Joseph Trimble, Phd, of Western Washington University, will deliver the APA G. Stanley Hall Lecture. In addition, the meeting offers more than 20 hours of continuing-education credits. More information about SWPA can be found at www. swpsych.org. 72 Western Psychological Association, April 26–29, hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport in Burlingame, Calif. The program will feature more than 30 distinguished speakers and invited symposia in addition to the Terman Teaching Conference “Students in the Real World,” on April 25, statistics workshops and the WPA film festival. Among the highlights are: • Philip Zimbardo, Phd, of Stanford University, will deliver the Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools address on “Why I Am Managing a New Hero Factory in San Francisco.” • Claude M. Steele, Phd, of Stanford University, will speak on “Remedying Stereotype Threat.” • The Society for the Teaching of Psychology featured speakers are Jerusha and Brian Detweiler-Bedell, PhD, of Lewis & Clark College, on “Doing Collaborative Research with Undergraduates: A Team-Based Approach.” • The APA g. Stanley Hall Address will be given by gregory Madden, PhD, of Utah State University, on “Behavioral Economics, Impulsivity and Health Decision-Making.” The statistics workshops will feature: • Peter Bentler, Phd, University of California, los Angeles, on “Structural Equation Modeling.” • Karen nylund-gibson, Phd, University of California, Santa Barbara, on “Latent Class Models.” • Andrew Ainsworth, Phd, California State University, Northridge, on “Item Response Theory.” • Barbara Tabachnick, Phd, California State University, Northridge, on “How to Choose the Appropriate Multivariate Technique.” M o n i t o r o n p s y c h o l o g y • J a n u a ry 2 0 1 2 Thinkstock George doyle http://www.rockymountainpsych.org http://www.rockymountainpsych.org http://www.swpsych.org/ http://www.swpsych.org/

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Monitor on Psychology - January 2012

Monitor on Psychology - January 2012
Letters
President’s Column
Contents
Contents
From the CEO
Apa’s Statement on the Dsm-5 Development Process
Girl Scouts Badge Promotes Positive Psychology
Early Investments Pay Off for Poor Children, Study Finds
Apa Meets With Chinese Psychological Society to Further Interaction and Exchange
Unique Opportunity for Psychologists to Travel to Cuba
In Brief
Government Relations Update
On Your Behalf
Psychology’s Growing Library of Podcasts
Standing Up for Psychology
Judicial Notebook
Random Sample
Time Capsule
Questionnaire
Science Watch
Beyond Psychotherapy
Perspective on Practice
Yes, Recovery Is Possible
Inequity to Equity
Making E-Learning Work
New Standards for High School Psychology
A Trailblazer Moves On
Psychologist Profile
Plan Now for Psychology’s Regional Meetings
New Journal Editors
Apa News
Division Spotlight
American Psychological Foundation
Personalities

Monitor on Psychology - January 2012