APA's 2007 Annual Convention Highlights:
Convention by the bay
APA opened its convention with a tribute to psychology’s superstars.
• A world of psychology
• Leaders in the field
Out of the mouths of psychologists
Speakers at APA’s 2007 Annual Convention sounded off on topics as diverse as Freud’s drug problems, fighting evil and hate, and global warming.
An evening of Asian art and music
It was 'blind luck'
Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman accepts APA’s highest award.
APA’s council calls for ban on torture
APA names specific torture methods that the U.S. government should prohibit.
Stay involved or get out?
APA members deliberate whether psychologists should play
a role in military interrogations.
Evil’s mundane roots
Three renowned behavioral scientists illuminate the
triggers of our darkest behaviors.
A politician and a psychologist
Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland posseses a unique blend of behavioral
insights and political know-how.
APA’s president looks ahead
Collaboration is the key toa successful future.
Stop the genocide
Several psychologists are working to end Darfur’s ethnic cleansing.
Not lost in translation
The world’s psychologists share
their challenges and successes.
Promoting the peace
Meet APA’s U.N. representatives
Deeper than sticks and stones
Discrimination not only undermines
a person’s self-worth, it can destroy family life.
Deep trouble in the Deep South
Southern black women face a mounting health crisis.
Relief for all
Hurricane Katrina exposed a need for more culturally competent
disaster aid workers. How can psychology help?
'Is inequality making us sick?'
A documentary series to air on PBS focuses on the discrimination
in America’s health-care system.
Goodbye to a legend
Ever the provocative gadfly, the late Albert Ellis helped thousands overcome
their negative thinking to live freer, more productive lives.
Stress may set off tumor development
Black women’s behavior and environment may undermine their breast health.
Psychologists' testimony may not help
Judges and juries tend to trust their guts over psychologists’ testimony, speakers report.
Overseas, but under care
The Center for Deployment Psychology is improving care for soldiers and their families.
Armor for the mind
A new tool is helping soldiers “normalize” their reactions to combat and deployment stress.
We need each other
Psychologists’ skills can help save threatened wildlife and the Earth.
Seaing more clearly
Conservation psychologists seek to better understand people’s relationships
to oceans in order to design preservation programs that work.
Fixing the institutional review board system
APA is examining what has become a murky process.
Fifteen years on 'TOPSS'
Since 1992, APA’s Teachers
of Psychology in Secondary Schools has boosted student interest
in the field.
Bridging the gap from educational journal to classroom
'E-mail is for old people'
The generational digital divide widens as more technological
tools come to market.
What men want
Men may not be from another planet, but they often communicate in a language foreign to their wives.
U.S. children: overweight and oversexed?
Psychologists decry the cultural and marketing trends that are undermining children.
A check-up for your practice?
A healthy practice requires a strong dose of business skills.
Sugar-free solutions
Psychologists can help people with diabetes take care of themselves.
Go forth and multiply
New research explores animals’ math skills.
Leaders in the Field
Congratulations to the outstanding psychologists and
students recognized at APA’s 2007 Annual Convention for their
achievements and contributions to psychology.
APA members to vote on two bylaws amendments
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