January 2006 | gradPSYCH
Vol. 4 No. 1
On the Cover: Authorship
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What the code says
Describes what the Ethical Code of Conduct has to say about authorship in research
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Get the credit you deserve
Talking openly about credit early in the project may be the key to avoiding authorship disputes.
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Prevention on paper
Authorship contracts give researchers an avenue to discuss and resolve sticky authorship questions–before a paper is published.
CAREER CENTER
Opportunities for psychology jobs in the business world abound–as long as you think creatively and learn the right skills.
Finding one good job is hard enough. Finding two takes hard work, patience, compromise and a bit of luck.
In the wake of traumatic conflicts in places like Rwanda, Sudan and Bosnia, the world is in need of psychologists trained to study conflict's roots and its remediation
Experts and students offer tips on adding an international focus to your psychology work.
A description of the services psychologists offer to business, such as executive coaching, hiring, program development, or crisis intervention
Get linked to resources for international research like the Fulbright Program, international organizations, and the World Health Organization
CLASS ACT
Two graduate students are examining the effectiveness of APA's antiviolence program.
Postdoc Gwen Frishkoff blends her linguistics and cognitive psychology backgrounds to study how we acquire new words.
DEGREE IN SIGHT
Your dissertation's discussion should tell a story, say experts. What do your data say?
Psychology training models include bench science, clinical science, and scientist-practitioner
Your program's position on the science-practice continuum helps to shape your employment options–but it need not limit them.
Departments
The Latest
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The don'ts of grad school applications
The most common mistakes in grad school applications include bad personal statements, damaging letters of recommendation and failing to communicate clearly
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You've been matched! What's next?
When students learn if, but not where, they were matched, matched students report feeling a rush of relief
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How many practicum hours do training directors want?
ademic, predoctoral and postdoctoral training directors agree the field should adopt a minimum requirement for the number of supervised practicum hours students need before internship, but they don't agree on how many
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More internship sites offer multicultural training than you may think, study suggests
Ask specific questions and talk to the training director to find programs outside of the APPIC listings