This year's conference of the Association for Psychological Science (being held in Boston on May 27 - 30, 2010) is offering some programs that look very worthwhile for conflict professionals. Here are a dozen samples:
- Stereotype Threat and the Nature and Nurture of Intelligence with Joshua Aronson
- Grit: Perseverance and Passion for Long-Term Goals with Angela Duckworth [click to read my blog post on grit]
- Why Is It So Hard to Behave Ethically? with Robert Sternberg
- Determinants of Risk Taking: Who Takes Risk When and Why with Elke Weber
- The Battle in Your Brain Between Risk and Reward with Brian Knutson
- Social Neuroscience of First Impressions chaired by Angela Gutchess
- Culture and the Brain chaired by Richard Lewis
- Less Than Human: Dehumanization and Lack of Empathy Hurt Intergroup Relations chaired by Michael Inzlicht
- Aging and Memory: The Glass Is Half Full with Lynn Hasher
- Illusions in Everyday Prophecies: Causes and Consequences chaired by Zlatan Krizan and Kate Sweeny
- Cognitive Ability, Values, Personality and Entrepeneurial, Corporate and Academic Performance chaired by Jordan Peterson
- When Head and Heart Tell Different Stories: Determinants and Consequences of Explicit-Implicit Motive Incongruence chaired by Nicola Baumann and Veronika Brandstätter
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