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A Scientist's Guide to the APA Convention
San Francisco, CA
August 17 - 20, 2007

This is a selected list of science-related sessions and activities at the APA Convention. For more information about programming listed here, refer to your Convention program or check the Convention website at www.apa.org/convention.

Please note that program information is subject to change.

Map of the Moscone Center.

Monday, August 20, 2007

8:00 am - 8:50 am

Symposium: Factorial Invariance Revisited—Are We There Yet?
Moscone Center, East Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rm 236
Division 5
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Paper Session : Workplace Diversity, Learning, and Mentoring
Moscone Center, West Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rm 270
Division 14
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8:00 am - 9:50 am

Symposium: Family Violence and Drug-Use Trajectories
Moscone Center, 3rd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 3000
Division 7
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Symposium: New Directions in Self-Conscious Emotion Research
Moscone Center, East Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rm 222
Division 8
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Symposium: Model Program - Diversion and Treatment of Mentally Ill in Jails
Moscone Center, 3rd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 3009
Division 18
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Symposium: HIV and HCV Transmission Risks in Noninjecting Drug Users
Moscone Center, 2nd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 2010
Division 28
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Symposium: Helping Families Adjust to the Stress of Divorce
Moscone Center, 2nd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 2004
Division 43
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Symposium: Gender Role Conflict Research Studies—Assessing Contextual, Therapeutic, and Interpersonal Variables
Moscone Center, West Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rm 274
Division 51
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Symposium: Cross-Cultural Research—Joys, Challenges, Lessons to Be Learned
Moscone Center, 3rd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 3010
Division 52
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Symposium: Psychological Treatment for Depression in Puerto Rican Adolescents
Moscone Center, 3rd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 3006
Division 53
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9:00 am - 9:50 am

Invited Address
Participant: Thomas R. Zentall
Cognitive Dissonance in Animals: Implications for Social Psychology

Moscone Center, 3rd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 3007
Division 6
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Paper Session: Biographical Approaches to the Study of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts
Moscone Center, East Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rm 208/210
Division 10
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Symposium: From Adjudication to Education—Emerging Roles for Psychological Association Ethics Committees
Moscone Center, East Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rm 200
Division 31
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Symposium: Human Adaptation to the Extreme Environment of Outer Space
Moscone Center, 2nd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 2018
Division 34
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Symposium: Is Early Prevention Intervention Later AIDS Prevention?
Moscone Center, 3rd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 3002
Division 37
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9:00 am - 10:50 am

Symposium: Faking Problem in Noncognitive Assessment
Moscone Center, 2nd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 2011
Division 14
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Symposium: Language Comprehension and Aging
Moscone Center, Esplanade Lvl - South Bldg, Rm 305
Division 20
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Symposium: Understanding Human Error in Aviation and Medicine–An Unexpected Link
Moscone Center, 2nd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 2020
Division 21
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10:00 am - 10:50 am

Symposium: Broadening Participation of Minority Students and Professionals in Evaluation Research
Moscone Center, East Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rm 200
Division 5
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Poster Session: Emotion, Temperament, and Parenting
Moscone Center, Exhibit Lvl - South Bldg, Halls ABC
Division 7
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Invited Address
Participant: Rick Dale
Conversational Dynamics in Children and Adults

Moscone Center, West Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rm 274
Division 25
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Symposium: Cognition and Suicide–Theory, Research, and Therapy
Moscone Center, East Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rm 202/204/206
Division 29
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Symposium: Diversity, Development, and Resiliency—New Research on Youth Victimization
Moscone Center, 3rd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 3000
Division 37
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Symposium: Qualitative and Quantitative Examinations of College Men and Therapy
Moscone Center, East Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rm 222
Division 51
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10:00 am - 11:50 am

Paper Session: Role of Parents, Families, and Home Environments on Development
Moscone Center, 2nd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 2002
Division 7
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Symposium: Current Directions in Psychological Resilience Research among Military Personnel
Moscone Center, East Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rm 226
Division 19
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Symposium: Challenges and Opportunities of Cross-Cultural Research and Practice
Moscone Center, East Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rm 232 and 234
Division 27
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Symposium: Crossing the Synapse—Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience Join Forces
Moscone Center, 3rd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 3003
Division 39
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Symposium: HIV/AIDS-Related Research in the NIDA Clinical Trials Network
Moscone Center, 2nd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 2003
Division 50
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11:00 am - 11:50 am

Invited Address
Participant: Steven J. Luck
Visual Working Memory: Representation, Process, and Function

Moscone Center, West Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rm 262
Division 3
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Poster Session: Measurement and Statistics—From Theory to Application
Moscone Center, Exhibit Lvl - South Bldg, Halls ABC
Division 5
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Invited Address: Developmental Health Award
Participant: Ilene Siegler
Psychology of Aging and the Public Health

Moscone Center, East Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rm 202/204/206
Division 20
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Paper Session: Novel, Humanistic Contributions to the Field
Moscone Center, East Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rm 238
Division 32
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Symposium: Psychobiological Mechanisms in Aggression and Psychopathy—Theory and Empirical Support
Moscone Center, East Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rm 220
Division 41
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Discussion: Calculation and Interpretation of Effect Sizes for Group Designs
Moscone Center, West Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rm 274
Division 49
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Symposium: Research for a Global Psychology—Methods and Issues
Moscone Center, 2nd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 2007
Division 52
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11:00 am - 12:50 pm

Symposium: Transforming the Federal Government’s Human Capital Through Competencies
Moscone Center, Esplanade Lvl - South Bldg, Rm 309
Division 14
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Symposium: Evidence-Based Assessment and Acculturation in Culturally Diverse Children
Moscone Center, East Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rm 212
Division 53
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12:00 pm - 12:50 pm

Paper Session: Performance Issues in Sport
Moscone Center, East Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rm 232 and 234
Division 47
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Symposium: School Bullying—Impact, New Instrument, and Intervention
Moscone Center, East Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rm 224
Division 56
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12:00 pm - 1:50 pm

Symposium: Common Errors in Multivariate Statistics and How to Avoid Them
Moscone Center, West Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rm 270
Division 5
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Discussion: Ethics and Interrogations—Confronting the Challenge: What Challenges and Complexities Do Providing Treatment to Detainees Entail?
Moscone Center, 3rd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 3009
Division 9
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Symposium: Battlemind Training System: Supporting Soldiers Throughout the Deployment Cycle
Moscone Center, East Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rm 222
Division 19
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Symposium: American–Chinese Differences in Socioemotional Aspects of Aging
Moscone Center, Esplanade Lvl - South Bldg, Rm 303
Division 20
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Symposium: Assessing, Moderating, and Modifying Implicit Cognitive Processes in Alcohol and Drug Misuse in Adolescents and Young Adults
Moscone Center, West Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rm 252/254/256
Division 50
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1:00 pm - 1:50 pm

Invited Address
Participant: Anthony D. Wagner
The Cognitive Neuroscience of Remembering

Moscone Center, West Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rm 274
Division 3
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Symposium: PAI Applied to Forensic, Sex-Offender, and Law Enforcement Research
Moscone Center, East Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rm 226
Division 41
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