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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.

The Science Directorate is grateful to Divisions 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 25, 28, 29, 30, 33, 38, 40, 44, 45, 47, 50, 52, 53, APF, and APAGS for identifying listings for this program.

Please note that program information is subject to change.

Saturday, August 18, 2007

Sat: 8:00 am - 8:50 am

Invited Address
Participant: Philip G. Zimbardo
The Psychology of Evil: The Lucifer Effect in Action

Moscone Center, Esplanade Lvl - South Bldg, Rm 306 and 308
Division 8
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Paper Session: Personality—Goal Directedness and Emotional Intelligence
Moscone Center, East Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rm 224
Division 14
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#1086 Symposium: Cultural Specificity and International Program Development—Mixed-Methods Research Designs
Moscone Center, East Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rm 220
Division 52
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Sat: 8:00 am - 9:50 am

Symposium: Analysis of Categorical Latent and Observed Variables
Moscone Center, East Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rm 232 and 234
Division 5
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Symposium: Gender and Social Power: Expectations and Consequences
Moscone Center, East Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rm 238
Division 8
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Symposium: Results of the REVAMP Chronic Depression Trial
Moscone Center, 2nd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 2018
Division 12
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Symposium: Perfectionism and Psychopathology
Moscone Center, Esplanade Lvl - South Bldg, Rm 309
Division 12
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Symposium: Unifying Principles of Psychotherapy—What Have We Learned from 100 Years of Clinical and Empirical Investigation?
Moscone Center, 3rd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 3009
Division 29
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Symposium: Spirit, Science, and Health—Spirituality and Health Relationships
Moscone Center, 3rd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 3018
Division 36
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Symposium: Cutting Edge International Approaches to HIV/AIDS
Moscone Center, 2nd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 2011
Division 38
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Symposium: Women's Issues and Substance Abuse Treatment
Moscone Center, 2nd Fl - West Bldg, Room 2004
Division 50
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Symposium: Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Children in Poverty
Moscone Center, 2nd Fl - West Bldg, Room 2016
Division 53
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Sat: 9:00 am - 9:50 am

Presidential Address
Participant: Karen Hollis
Cognitive Ecology and Insect Behavior: A Model System for Studying Learning

Moscone Center, 3rd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 3012
Division 6
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Conversation Hour: Coping With Racism and Psychological Adjustment in African American Adolescents
Moscone Center, 3rd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 3003
Division 7
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Symposium: Psychologists Working in Business Schools
Moscone Center, East Mezzanine - South Bldg, Room 224
Division 14
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Symposium: Mitigation Evidence and Testimony in Capital Trial Sentencing
Moscone Center, 3rd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 3020
Division 18
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Invited Address
Participant: Patricia Reuter-Lorenz
Age-Related Compensation and Decline: Insights From Brain Imaging

Moscone Center, Esplanade Lvl - South Bldg, Room 305
Division 20
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Invited Address
Participant: Dexter Fletcher
Anywhere Learning and the Engineering of Instruction

Moscone Center, East Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rm 202/204/206
Division 21
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Invited Address
Participant: Clive D.L. Wynne
Search for Animal Consciousness

Moscone Center, West Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rm 272
Division 25
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Symposium: Spiritual Development—What Can Research Reveal?
Moscone Center, 3rd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 3001
Division 32
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Symposium: Challenges to the Miranda Comprehension and Subsequent Waivers
Moscone Center, East Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rm 208/210
Division 41
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Symposium: Therapy for Immigrant Populations—Postmodern Perspectives
Moscone Center, 3rd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 3004
Division 43
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Symposium: Family Functioning During Adolescence in Chronic Illness and Recovery Contexts
Moscone Center, 3rd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 3006
Division 54
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Symposium: Randomized Trial of Complex PTSD Psychotherapy With Low-Income Young Mothers
Moscone Center, 3rd Fl -W est Bldg, Rm 3016
Division 56
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Sat: 10:00 am - 10:50 am

Poster Session: Research in Experimental Psychology
Moscone Center, Exhibit Lvl - South Bldg, Halls ABC
Division 3
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Poster Session: Topics in Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology
Moscone Center, Exhibit Lvl - South Bldg, Halls ABC
Division 6
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Presidential Address
Participant: Suzette Evans
Vulnerability to Drug Abuse in Women: The Role of Multiple Risk Factors

Marriott Hotel, Lower B2 Lvl, Yerba Buena Salon 10
Division 28
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Invited Address
Participant: Ivor Pritchard
What Should Psychologists Think About IRB Decisions?

Moscone Center, East Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rm 226
Sponsor/Division: APA Board of Scientific Affairs
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Invited Address: Board of Scientific Affairs Master Lecture
Participant: James L. Outtz
Science, Practice, and Social Change: Are They Compatible?

Moscone Center, 2nd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 2004
Sponsor/Division: APA Board of Scientific Affairs
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Sat: 10:00 am - 11:50 am

Invited Symposium: Presidential Program - Integrative Healthcare for an Aging Population: Report on a Presidential Task Force
Moscone Center, 2nd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 2000
Division/Sponsor: APA Board of Directors
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Conversation Hour: International Perspectives on Psychology's Emerging Issues: A Roundtable With Presidents of National Psychology Associations From Around the World
Moscone Center, 2nd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 2001
Division/Sponsor: APA Committee on International Relations In Psychology
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Symposium: APF Charles D. Spielberger EMPathy Symposium on Emotion, Motivation, and Personality
Moscone Center, East Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rm 224
Division/Sponsor: APF Board of Trustees
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Sat: 11:00 am - 11:50 am

Poster Session: Cognitive and Social Development
Moscone Center, Exhibit Lvl - South Bldg, Halls ABC
Division 7
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Discussion: Psychological Science Graduate Superstars—Datablitz
Moscone Center, 2nd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 2007
Division/Sponsor: APA Board of Scientific Affairs
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Invited Address: Annual Neal Miller Lecture
Participant: C. Sue Carter
Molecules and Monogamy: What's Love Got to Do With It?

Moscone Center, 2nd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 2004
Sponsor/Division: APA Board of Scientific Affairs
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Discussion: Plenary—Methodology: A Guide for the Perplexed—Interactions in Multiple Regression: The Basics and Beyond
Moscone Center, Esplanade Lvl - South Bldg, Rm 301
Division/Sponsor: APA
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Invited Address: Plenary
Participant: Gail Elizabeth Wyatt
You Should Know What I Know: The Empirical Basis for Understanding Sex Today

Moscone Center, Esplanade Lvl - South Bldg, Rm 303
Sponsor/Division: APA
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Sat: 11:00 am - 12:50 pm

Invited Address: APF Arthur W. Staats Lecture on Unifying Psychology
Participant: Bruce McEwen
Of Molecules and Mind: Integrating the Psychology and Biology of Stress and Adaptation

Moscone Center, East Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rm 236
Sponsor: APF Board of Trustees
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Invited Address: Master Lecture
Participant: Edward A. Wasserman
Humans, Animals and Computers: Minding Machines?

Moscone Center, 2nd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 2004
Sponsor: APA Board of Scientific Affairs
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Symposium: Third Party Observers in Psychological and Neuropsychological Forensic Psychological Assessment
Moscone Center, East Mezzanine- South Bldg, Rms 232 and 234
Division/Sponsor: Comma Separated List Here
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Invited Address: Plenary
Participant: Roderic I. Pettigrew
Innovations in Neuroimaging and Bioengineering

Moscone Center, Esplanade Lvl - South Bldg, Rm 302
Sponsor/Division: APA
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Sat: 12:00 pm - 12:50 pm

Invited Symposium: Presidential Program—Launching Diversity Science
Moscone Center, 2nd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 2001
Sponsor/ Division: APA Board of Directors
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Sat: 1:00 pm - 1:50 pm

Invited Symposium: Presidential Program—Improving Math and Science Education: What Is Psychology's Role?
Moscone Center, 2nd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 2000
Sponsor: APA Board of Directors
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Symposium: Stress and Health— Revised and Revisited, From Mouse to Human
Moscone Center, East Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rms 202, 204, and 206
Sponsor: APA Board of Scientific Affairs
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Invited Address: Plenary
Participant: Ronald E. Dahl
Adolescent Brain Development: A Period of Vulnerabilities and Opportunities

Moscone Center, Esplanade Lvl - South Bldg, Rm 302
Sponsor/Division: APA
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Invited Address: 2007 Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award
Participant: Marilynn Brewer
The Importance of Being 'We': Social Identity and Intergroup Relations

Moscone Center, 2nd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 2004
Sponsor/Division: APA
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Sat: 2:00 pm - 2:50 pm

Poster Session
Moscone Center, Exhibit Lvl - South Bldg, Halls ABC
Division 2
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Invited Address: G. Stanley Hall Award for Distinguished Contribution to Developmental Psychology
Participant: Nora S. Newcombe
How Minds Develop: Cutting the Nativist Knot

Moscone Center, 2nd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 2016
Division 7
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Invited Address
Participant: Timothy J. Loving
Daters' Behavioral, Physiological, and Relationship Outcomes: It's Certainly the Uncertainty

Moscone Center, East Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rm 238
Division 8
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Invited Address: Kurt Lewin Award
Participant: Kay Deaux
To Be American: Quesadillas, Kung Pao, and Ketchup

Moscone Center, 2nd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 2001
Division 9
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Symposium: Depression Prevention Programs—Specific or Nonspecific Effects?
Moscone Center, 3rd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 3003
Division 12
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Invited Address: Distinguished Research Award
Participant: Participant: Ellen J. Langer
Counterclockwise: Mindfulness and Aging

Moscone Center, Esplanade Lvl - South Bldg, Room 305
Division 20
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Paper Session: Fluency Effects
Moscone Center, East Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rm 208/210
Division 23
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Paper Session: Behavior Analysis and Behavioral Neuroscience—On the Challenge of Integration and Reduction
Moscone Center, East Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rm 220
Division 25
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Invited Address
Participant: Kenneth I. Pargament
Sacred Character of Community Life

Moscone Center, 2nd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 2005
Division 27
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Paper Session: Religious and Spiritual Issues in Clinical Treatment—Outcomes and Models
Moscone Center, 3rd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 3009
Division 36
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Invited Address
Participant: Thomas J. Coates
Maintaining a Vigorous Policy Program to Fight HIV/AIDS in the United States and in Developing Countries: A Research Agenda for Health Psychologists

Moscone Center, Esplanade Lvl - South Bldg, Rm 309
Division 38
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Symposium: Leadership and Family of Origin - Systems Theory in the Workplace
Moscone Center, 3rd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 3008
Division 43
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Sat: 2:00 pm - 3:50 pm

Symposium: Revised Graduate Record Examination General Test—Requisite Knowledge
Moscone Center, 3rd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 3012
Division 5
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Symposium: Neuroeconomics of Simple Choices
Moscone Center, 2nd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 2000
Division 6
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Symposium: Improving Research Validity—Lessons From the Deterioration Effects Controversy
Moscone Center, Esplanade Lvl - South Bldg, Rm 301
Division 14
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Symposium: Assessing and Developing Noncognitive Factors in Education
Moscone Center, 3rd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 3002
Division 15
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Symposium: Developing a Research Agenda in Correction Psychology
Moscone Center, East Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rm 224
Division 18
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Symposium: Advancing Psychological Science by Studying Complex Tasks and Expertise
Moscone Center, 3rd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 3007
Division 21
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Symposium: Treatment of Drug-Use Disorders in Dual-Diagnosis Patients
Moscone Center, 2nd Fl - West Bldg, Room 2007
Division 28
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Symposium: Evidence-Based Psychodynamic and Cognitive Therapies—Recent Findings and Future Challenges
Moscone Center, Esplanade Lvl - South, Rm 307
Division 29
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Sat: 3:00 pm - 3:50 pm

Invited Address: Urie Bronfenbrenner Award for Lifetime Contribution to Developmental Psychology
Participant: Jay Belsky
Child Care and Child Development

Moscone Center, 2nd Fl - West Bldg, Room 2016
Division 7
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Presidential Address
Participant: Irene H. Frieze
Social policy, Feminism, and Research on Violence in Relationships

Marriott Hotel, B2 Lvl, Golden Gate Salon A1
Division 9
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Invited Address
Participant: Jean E. Rhodes
Understanding and Facilitating the Youth-Mentoring Movement

Moscone Center, 2nd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 2005
Division 27
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Invited Address: Arthur Teicher Group Psychologist of the Year Award
Participant: Philip G. Zimbardo
People in Groups in Situations in Systems: For Good or Evil

Hilton Hotel, Ballroom Lvl, Imperial Ballroom A
Division 49
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Sat: 3:00 pm - 4:50 pm

Symposium: Challenges Using Psychological Interventions to Improve Sleep in Older Adults
Moscone Center, 2nd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 2020
Division 20
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Symposium: Awards for Distinguished Contribution to Basic and Applied Research in Behavior Analysis and the Dissertation Awards
Moscone Center, East Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rm 200
Division 25
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Symposium: Integration of Family Systems with Intensive Pediatric Health Care
Moscone Center, 2nd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 2018
Division 43
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Sat: 4:00 pm - 4:50 pm

Symposium: The Search for Meaning - Emerging Research Spanning the Juncture of Social and Clinical Psychology
Moscone Center, Esplanade Lvl - South Bldg, Rm 301
Division 8
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Symposium: Psychology and Human-Computer Interaction—Theory and Application
Moscone Center, East Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rm 212
Division 21
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Symposium: Diffusion of Evidence-Based Substance Abuse Treatments—Research and Clinical Perspectives
Moscone Center, 2nd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 2010
Division 28
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Discussion: Award Ceremony - 2007 American Psychological Association and American Psychological Foundation Awards
Marriott Hotel, Lower B2 Lvl, Yerba Buena Salon 7
Sponsor: APA
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#0564 Symposium: Process of International Collaborative Research in Social—Behavioral Science
Moscone Center, 2nd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 2005
Division 52
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Sat: 5:00 pm - 5:50 pm

Presidential Address
Participant: Howard Egeth
Attentional Control: From the Bottom Up and then Back Down

Moscone Center, 3rd Fl - West Bldg, Rm 3000
Division 3
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Invited Address: New Fellow
Participant: Rick A. Bevins
Investigation of Nicotine as a Pavlovian Cue

Moscone Center, East Mezzanine - South Bldg, Rm 222
Division 6
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Social Hour
Marriott Hotel, Lower B2 Lvl, Yerba Buena, Salons 5 and 6
Division 7
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Sat: 6:00 pm - 7:50 pm

Social Hour
Marriott Hotel, Lower B2 Lvl, Yerba Buena, Salons 1 and 2
Division 14 and 5
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Sat: 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Social Hour
Marriott Hotel, Lower B2 Lvl, Yerba Buena, Salon 12
Division 3 and 6
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