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Volume 34, No. 5 May 2003

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  Table of contents
Print version: page 6

Cover stories

Highlights of this year's convention

Cultivating children's otherwise untapped talents

Challenges facing parents with disabilities

Meet the candidates for APA's 2005 president

Fighting and researching ageism

APA files a record four amicus briefs





In this month's issue:

Everday fears trump worries about terrorism

gradPSYCH has arrived!

Cognitive sex differences: a 'political minefield'
At the Eastern Psychological Association meeting, psychologists spoke on sex differences and other topics in cognitive psychology.

High school students receive Psi Beta honors

Acceleration: Is moving ahead the right step?

The top of their class
Gifted teens get an up-close look at their chosen field of interest in the Pinnacle Project.

Geropsychologists are badly needed

Resources for parents with disabilities

APA election guidelines

Public Policy Update:
Psychology's chance to strengthen the Higher Education Act

State Leadership Conference, March 1-4:



Departments

APF news
Association news
Classified Ads
Division spotlight
Judicial notebook
Letters
People
President's column
Professional point
Public Policy Office update
Running commentary
Speaking of education
Staff

In brief

Some gambling problems may be transient

Funding available to study psychology's history

Childhood exposure to televised violence may predict aggressive behavior in adults

Alcohol undermines intentional remembering but leaves other kinds of memory intact

Materials released to help build resilience in wartime

Chronic second-guessing jeopardizes mental health

HRT doesn't boost quality of life, study finds

Depressed children may doubt their academic and social abilities, study finds

Science advisory committee investigation is launched

Psychologists discuss developing corporate ethics

Psychology mourns the death of Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Conference examined healthy workplace issues

 

 


 
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