Member Newsletter: May 26, 2016

From the News Center

Expectations Can Minimize Unethical Behavior in the Powerful

Focusing the powerful to think about how they should behave may serve as a potential form of “preventative medicine” against the abuse of power.

What Neuroscience Says About Free Will

We press snooze on the alarm clock, we pick a shirt out of the closet, we reach for a beer in the fridge. In each case, we conceive of ourselves as free agents, consciously guiding our bodies in purposeful ways. But what does science have to say about the true source of this experience?

The Voice of Confidence -- How Listeners Decode a "Feeling of Knowing"

Vocal confidence can be used as a signal of one’s persuasiveness, expertise, and trustworthiness. New research investigates how the human voice can encode a speaker’s feeling of knowing, and how the human brain has evolved the ability to decode this complex mental state.

Why Personality and Social Psychology

Apply for the Summer SPSP Small Grant

Feature Image This year at SPSP's 17th Annual Convention we asked attendees "Why Personality and Social Psychology?" We received some amazing responses. Check back here each month to read attendee thoughts on why personality and social psychology is so vital and worth exploring.

SPSP News

SPSP Award Nomination Portals Open

The portals for SPSP's Annual Awards will close June 1. Both self-nominations and nominations by a colleague or student will be accepted. Don't miss the chance to submit a nominee!

Submit nominations here.

Tips from Connect!: Suggestions for Classroom Activities

Elections for SPSP's next leaders have closed and ballots have been counted. The Nominations and Elections Committee is pleased to announce the following results: Lynne Cooper has been elected president, and Richard Lucas and Batja Mesquita have been elected as Members at Large. Congratulations, and thanks to all the candidates who were willing to serve SPSP.

Join SPSP at APS

Join fellow social and personality psychologists at APS in Chicago next month. There will be outstanding invited talks showcasing fresh new findings on topics such as inequality, shared experiences, meaning and happiness, the pull of the future, behavior and personality change, cultural experiences, and curiosity. Read more.

Apply for a Small Conference Grant

SPSP seeks to provide small grants to support personality and social psychological research at all levels, including conferences. Conference support will assist SPSP members in their efforts to develop and host successful conferences relevant to the personality and social psychology field.

Community Updates

Lerner to Join Secretary of the Navy Advisory Panel

SPSP member Jennifer S. Lerner, Professor, Harvard University, has been appointed to serve on the Secretary of the Navy's Advisory Panel. Read more.

We Want to Share Your News

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Convention Updates

Preconference Applications Open

Preconferences are day-long mini-conferences that kick off the SPSP Annual Convention focused on specific areas of study and research in social and personality psychology. Applications are currently being accepted. Learn more about organizing a preconference here.