APA's 2002 Annual Convention features speakers discussing topics that members want more information on. They include:
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Harvard University political scientist Robert D. Putnam, PhD, on "Civic engagement and social capital: America after 9/11."
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Joseph E. LeDoux, PhD, professor at the Center for Neural Science at New York University, and author of "The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life," on "Synaptic self: how our brains become who we are."
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University of Miami Medical School researcher Tiffany Field, PhD, on "The power of touch."
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New Yorker magazine columnist and author of "The Tipping Point" Malcolm Gladwell , on "The quarterback problem."
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Stanford University professor Claude Steele, PhD, on "Social identity threat in a diverse society."
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Best-selling author Gail Sheehy on "Homeland's response to 9/11 terrorism."
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Director of the University of California, San Francisco Research Institute Thomas J. Coates, PhD, on "AIDS: psychology's challenge."
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Psychologist and Harvard business administration professor Teresa Amabile, PhD, on "Stalking creativity: from the laboratory to the workplace."
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APA President and Stanford University professor Philip G. Zimbardo, PhD, on "Why and how normal people go mad."
Other don't-miss sessions feature:
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Heart-health guru Dean Ornish, MD; Herbert Benson, MD, the Mind/Body Medical Institute associate professor of medicineat Harvard Medical School; and Psychology Today Founding Editor T George Harris on "Health, emotions and spirituality."
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Steven Hassan, M.Ed. LMHC, NCC , Kerry Noble, PhD, Deborah Layton, PhD, and Stephen Morgan, PhD, on "Cults of hatred."
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Dennis Embry, PhD, George Albee, PhD, Martin E.P. Seligman, PhD, and Larry James, PhD, on "New models of health-care delivery after Sept. 11."
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Ariel Merari, Morgan Banks, Marc Sageman and Clark McCauley on "The psychology of terrorism."
And be sure to see our featured debates:
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Albert Ellis, PhD, and Derald Wing Sue, PhD, on REBT and multiculturalism.
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David Barlow, PhD, Diane Chambless, PhD, Larry Beutler, PhD, and Bruce Wampold, PhD, tackling empirically supported treatments.