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Program themes at this year's convention
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Among the features of APA's new convention format is programming grouped by theme and sponsored by divisions and other APA-affiliated groups.

Listed here are the 2003 themes and program highlights. For more details about each track and session--including time and place--consult the Convention Program, available at www.apa.org/convention.

The rational mind

Sponsoring divisions: 1 (Society for General Psychology), 2 (Society for the Teaching of Psychology), 3 (Experimental), 6 (Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative), 7 (Developmental) and 15 (Educational).

* "Mapping bounded rationality," with Daniel Kahneman, PhD.

* "Developing the rational mind," with David Klahr, PhD, Jane Halonen, PhD, Daniel P. Keating, PhD, and Roxana Moreno, PhD, JD.

* "Rational mind: thin colonies of reason amid a savage world," with Edward A. Wasserman, PhD.

The emotional mind

Sponsoring divisions: 1 (Society for General Psychology), 2 (Society for the Teaching of Psychology), 3 (Experimental), 6 (Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative), 7 (Developmental) and 15 (Educational).

* "You make me sick: revulsion and disgust," with Paul Rozin, PhD.

* "Origins of passions and humors--from affective functioning to motivation," with Nathan Fox, PhD, Linda P. Spear, PhD, Richard M. Ryan, PhD, and Martin E.P. Seligman, PhD.

* "Reunification of the rational mind with the emotional mind," with Daniel N. Robinson, PhD.

Psychologists in organizations

Sponsoring divisions: 5 (Evaluation, Measurement and Statistics), 13 (Society of Consulting Psychology), 14 (Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology), 19 (Military), 21 (Applied Experimental and Engineering) and 23 (Society for Consumer Psychology).

* "Frasier in the boardroom--psychologists as business consultants," with Richard R. Kilburg, PhD, Gerald P. Koocher, PhD, Guy M. Beaudin, PhD, and Lilli Friedland, PhD.

* "Psychology interfaces with business," with Diane L. Coutu.

* "Naturalistic decision-making," with Gary Klein, PhD.

* "How organizations decide to use psychologists," with Nancy T. Tippins, PhD, Carl I. Greenberg, PhD, Stephen Fiore, PhD, S. Morton McPhail, PhD, and Rodney Lowman, PhD.

Ignoring reality: psychology's denial of the new face of America

Sponsoring divisions: 8 (Society for Personality and Social Psychology), 9 (Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues), 27 (Society for Community Research and Action), 34 (Population and Environmental), 41 (American Psychology-Law Society), 48 (Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence) and 52 (International).

* "Increasing the number of psychologists of color," with James M. Jones, PhD, and Melba J.T. Vasquez, PhD.

* "Implications of economic injustice for education, health and human welfare," with Bernice Lott, PhD, and Heather E. Bullock, PhD.

* "Graying of the globe--international issues in aging," with Florence L. Denmark, PhD, Norman Abeles, PhD, and Peter R. Walker, PhD.

* "Changing face of America," with Richard Delgado, JD.

Social justice interventions around the world: making a difference

Sponsoring divisions: 8 (Society for Personality and Social Psychology), 9 (Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues), 27 (Society for Community Research and Action), 34 (Population and Environmental), 41 (American Psychology-Law Society), 48 (Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence) and 52 (International).

* "Psychology in the age of identity--one or many psychologies?" with Sumie Okazaki, PhD, Tod Sloan, PhD, Harry C. Triandis, PhD, and Carmen B. Williams, PhD.

* "Psychology and the battered woman syndrome--new international perspectives," with Lenore E. Walker, EdD, Julie Johnson, Katherine Richmond and Amber Lyda.

* "Constructive controversy about conflict resolution--is it palliative or reformist?" with J. Michael Keating, JD, and Susan Opotow, PhD.

Confronting barriers in children's mental health services

Sponsoring divisions: 16 (School), 37 (Child, Youth and Family Services), 43 (Family), 53 (Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology) and 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology).

* "Role of schools in addressing mental health for children and families," with Howard Adelman, PhD, and Linda L. Taylor, PhD.

* "Innovative models of delivering mental health services to children and their families," with Marc Atkins, PhD, Patrick McGrath, PhD, and Anthony Spirto, PhD.

* "Fathers in mental health treatment and research--strategies to increase father involvement," with Vicky Phares, PhD, Anderson J. Franklin, PhD, and Hyman Hops, PhD.

* "Pediatric psychopharmacology: paying attention to systems," with Ronald T. Brown, PhD.

* "Influence of medications on children's learning and behavior," with Raymond K. Mulhern, PhD, Rachel G. Klein, PhD, Benjamin L. Handen, PhD, and Rosemary Tannock, PhD.

* "New medications in the treatment of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: advantages and problems," with William E. Pelham Jr., PhD.

Conversation about power and control in sex and love

Sponsoring divisions: 17 (Society of Counseling Psychology), 35 (Society for the Psychology of Women), 44 (Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Issues), 45 (Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues) and 51 (Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity).

* "Coping with everyday prejudice and discrimination," with Janet K. Swim, PhD.

* "Hot topics about sex and love," with Lisa Goodman, PhD, Mark S. Kiselica, PhD, Ruth E. Fassinger, Douglas C. Haldeman, PhD, and Ruth L. Hall, PhD.

* "Sex, power, intimacy and housework--sex therapy and the second shift," with Gary R. Brooks, PhD, and Wendy Stock, PhD.

Families in changing social context

Sponsoring divisions: 17 (Society of Counseling Psychology), 35 (Society for the Psychology of Women), 44 (Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Issues), 45 (Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues) and 51 (Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity).

* "Implications of marriage or long-term relationships," with Robin Ann Buhrke, PhD, M. Lee Badgett, PhD, Terry S. Gock, PhD, and Maria P.P. Root, PhD.

* "Skillbuilding for advocacy--effective tools for action on LGB-positive family policy," with Michael R. Stevenson, PhD, and Jeanine Cogan, PhD.

Innovations in practice: expansions, tools and applications

Sponsoring divisions: 29 (Psychotherapy), 30 (Society of Psychological Hypnosis), 31 (State Psychological Association Affairs), 39 (Psychoanalysis), 42 (Psychologists in Independent Practice) and 46 (Media).

* "Primary-care psychology--the future is here," with James H. Bray, PhD, Eleanor Nelson-Wernick, PhD, and Robert L. Wernick, PhD.

* "Helping many more people through the process of change," with James O. Prochaska, PhD.

* "Health and behavior assessment and intervention codes," with Antonio E. Puente, PhD, James Georgoulakis, PhD, and Diane M. Pedulla, JD.

* "Cyber-infidelity and other Internet problems: where the superhighway paves the road to hell," with Marlene Maheu, PhD.

* "Internet sexuality: cutting-edge technology, cutting-edge problems and solutions," with Alvin Cooper, PhD.

* "Advanced Internet techniques for psychologists," with Pauline Wallin, PhD.

* "What works in helping people forgive--outcome, process and new models of change," with Leslie S. Greenberg, PhD, Kenneth E. Hart, PhD, and Michael E. McCullough, PhD.

Serving the underserved

Sponsoring divisions: 18 (Psychologists in Public Service), 20 (Adult Development and Aging), 22 (Rehabilitation), 33 (Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities), 40 (Clinical Neuropsychology) and 55 (American Society for the Advancement of Pharmacotherapy).

* "Telehealth advances for children with chronic health conditions," with Janet E. Farmer, PhD.

* "From psychobabble to technobabble: technological advances in psychology," with Maria T. Schultheis, PhD.

* "Corrections and first peoples of Canada," with Betty Stevens-Guille, PhD, Stan Cudek, and B. Hudnall Stamm, PhD.

* "Aging and technology--CREATE opportunities," with Sara J. Czaja, PhD, Neil Charness, PhD, and Wendy A. Rogers, PhD.

* "Innovative approaches to HIV prevention--beyond individual-level behavior change," with Julie Bruneau, PhD, Amy Knowlton, PhD, Carl Latkin, PhD, and Ron Shore.

* "Changing policy, transforming psychology: how to pass a prescription privileges bill," with Elaine S. Levine, PhD, and Deanna F. Yates, PhD.

* "Prescription privileges in the United States and Canada," with Patrick H. DeLeon, PhD, JD, Elaine S. Levine, PhD, William T. Melnyk, PhD, David Nussbaum, PhD, Louis A. Pagliaro, PhD, Robert J. Resnick, PhD, and Jack G. Wiggins Jr., PhD.

Optimizing the quality of life in sickness and health

Sponsoring divisions: 12 (Society of Clinical Psychology), 25 (Behavior Analysis), 28 (Psychopharmacology and Substance Abuse), 38 (Health), 47 (Exercise and Sport), 49 (Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy) and 50 (Addictions).

* "Is happiness enough? Defining and measuring well being," with David Watson, PhD, James W. Pennebaker, PhD, and Laura A. King, PhD.

* "Beyond feeling good: new wine in old bottles?" with Leslie S. Greenberg, PhD, Larry M. Leitner, PhD, and Alvin R. Mahrer, PhD.

* "Going positively mental: getting more out of being physically active," with Lawrence R. Brawley, PhD, and Kathleen A. Martin Ginis, PhD.

* "Positive psychology: applications to work, love and sports," with Martin E.P. Seligman, PhD.

* "Optimizing well-being through group modalities," with Robert K. Conyne, PhD, Allan B. Elfant, PhD, and David Drum, PhD.

* "Optimizing health through well-being (not disease)," with Robert M. Kaplan, PhD, Carol Ryff, PhD, and Burton Singer, PhD.

* "From symptom reduction to well-being," with Lorna S. Benjamin, PhD.

* "Positive psychology in the workplace," with Teresa M. Amabile, PhD.

Transforming human nature

Sponsoring divisions: 10 (Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts), 24 (Theoretical and Philosophical), 26 (History of Psychology), 32 (Humanistic) and 36 (Religion).

* "Transforming human nature," with Maureen O'Hara, PhD, Frank C. Richardson, PhD, Carl E. Thoresen, PhD, and Daniel N. Robinson, PhD.

* "Creativity and trauma--what doesn't kill you makes you stronger," with Adelbert Jenkins, PhD, and Crystal L. Park, PhD.

* "Changing conceptions of human nature," with Stephen Toulmin, PhD.

Sex, love and psychology

Sponsoring divisions: 10 (Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts), 24 (Theoretical and Philosophical), 26 (History of Psychology), 32 (Humanistic) and 36 (Religion).

* "Townhall meeting on sex, love and psychology," with Albert Ellis, PhD, Elaine Hatfield, PhD, Stanley Krippner, PhD, Richard Rapson, PhD, David M. Buss, PhD, and June Mackover Reinischn, PhD.

* "Sex, love and psychology," with Henry Minton, PhD, Jill Morawski, PhD, Edward Donnerstein, PhD, and Mark A. Yarhouse, PsyD.

Making the transition

Sponsoring groups: American Psychological Association of Graduate Students, Psi Beta and Psi Chi.

* "Making the transition," with Robert J. Sternberg, PhD.

* "Transitions in psychology: Where have all the cowboys gone?" with Jill Reich, PhD.

* "How did we end up here? The journey of two psychologists," with Philip G. Zimbardo, PhD, and Diane F. Halpern, PhD.

* "Maintaining your sanity through academic transitions," with Craig W. Gruber, Tonja Ringgold, EdD, Elliott D. Hammer, PhD, and Lamia Barakat, PhD.

* "Beyond the therapy room--creative thinking about practice opportunities," with Carol Williams-Nickelson, PsyD, Russ Newman, PhD, JD, David W. Nickelson, PsyD, JD, and Lisa Osborn, PsyD.

* "Overcoming hurdles in academia--survival strategies for diverse populations," with Gary W. Harper, PhD, and Tania Israel, PhD.