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The Presidental Address at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology 2014 Annual Meeting, given by SPSP President Jamie Pennebaker. (Feb. 14, 2014)
Speaker:
"Expanding Social and Personality Psychology in Departments, Universities, and Within SPSP"
Jamie Pennebaker, University of Texas at Austin, SPSP President
Science is changing. Grants, glory, and the most novel ideas are no longer found at the center of a discipline. Rather, the real advancements are at the fringes or in the interstitial spaces between fields. It is not surprising, then, that some of the most innovative social and personality psychology is being conducted by computer scientists and researchers in medical and business schools, communication departments, and the private sector such as Google. Rather than cower in fear or demand a return to the good old days, we should explore these new directions. Implications of adopting a 21st century definition of social and personality psychology will be discussed in thinking about psychology departments, universities, and even SPSP.
The Presidental Address at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology 2014 Annual Meeting, given by SPSP President Jamie Pennebaker. (Feb. 14, 2014)
Speaker:
"Expanding Social and Personality Psychology in Departments, Universities, and Within SPSP"
Jamie Pennebaker, University of Texas at Austin, SPSP President
Science is changing. Grants, glory, and the most novel ideas are no longer found at the center of a discipline. Rather, the real advancements are at the fringes or in the interstitial spaces between fields. It is not surprising, then, that some of the most innovative social and personality psychology is being conducted by computer scientists and researchers in medical and business schools, communication departments, and the private sector such as Google. Rather than cower in fear or demand a return to the good old days, we should explore these new directions. Implications of adopting a 21st century definition of social and personality psychology will be discussed in thinking about psychology departments, universities, and even SPSP.
