Science Weekend 1995

Science Weekend, a highly popular feature of the APA Convention for the past 7 years, will take place again at the 103rd APA Annual Convention in New York. Plans are underway for an exciting 3-day concentration of science programs--this year, August 11-13 will be the weekend to take in the best of psychological science.

The two themes for the 3 days of Science Weekend will be 'Emotion and Motivation' and 'Learning, Memory, and Cognition.'

Friday, August 11, 1995, Emotion and Motivation

Invited Bridging Speakers

Edmund Gordon, PhD
E. Tory Higgins, PhD

Symposia

'Achievement Motivation in Children'--Joan L. Duda, PhD, Carol S. Dweck, PhD, Sharon L. Nelson-LeGall, PhD, Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, PhD, and Norma Feshbach, PhD, Chair
'Motivational Factors Related to Addictive Behaviors'-- Steven T. Tiffany, PhD, Frank A. Holloway, PhD, David V. Gauvin, PhD, Warren K. Bickel, PhD, and Richard W. Foltin, PhD, Chair

Invited Addresses

Martin Seligman, PhD, and Gre gory Buchanan, PhD
Alice Isen, PhD
Michael J. Mahoney, PhD
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, PhD
Howard Leventhal, PhD

Saturday, August 12, 1995, Learning, Memory, and Cognition

Symposia

'Basic Conditioning Processes and Their Place in Contemporary Psychology'-- Peter Balsam, PhD, Ralph Miller, PhD, Helena Matute, MA, Mark E. Bouton, PhD, Anthony Sclafani, PhD, and Gregory A. Kimble, PhD, Chair
'Cognition and Aging'--Timothy A. Salthouse, PhD, Wendy Rogers, PhD, Leah L. Light, PhD, Matthew Pruill, MA, Arthur D. Fisk, PhD, Arthur Kramer, PhD, and Robin A. Barr, PhD, Discussant
'Neuropsychology of AIDS'--Robert K. Heaton, PhD, Eileen B. Fennell, PhD, Robert A. Bornstein, PhD, and Yakov Stern, PhD, Chair and Discussant
'Neuroimaging and Cognition'--Gregory McCarthy, PhD, Bruce R. Rosen, PhD, Patricia Goldman- Rakic, PhD, Discussant, and Max R. Trenerry, PhD, Chair

Invited Addresses

Howard Rachlin, PhD
Joseph Rychlak, PhD
Jeffrey M. Friedman, PhD

Sunday, August 13, 1995, Learning, Memory, and Cognition

Symposia

'Models of Addictive Behaviors'--Robert A. Zucker, PhD, Hiram Fitzgerald, MA, Steven B. Kincaid, MA, Mark S. Goldman, PhD, Shepard Siegel, PhD, G. Alan Marlatt, PhD, J. Bruce Overmier, PhD, Discussant, and Gregory T. Smith, PhD, Chair
'Development of Mathematical Skill'-- Lauren Resnick, PhD, Robert Siegler, PhD, Janet S. Hyde, PhD, Kevin Miller, PhD, and Shari Ellis, PhD, Chair
'Current Cognitive Approaches to Stereotyping: Integrating Motivated, Automatic, and Controlled Processes'-- John F. Dovidio, PhD, Irene V. Blair, MA, John C. Glaser, BA, Mahzarin R. Banaji, PhD, Russell H. Fazio, PhD, Steven J. Spencer, PhD, Susan T. Fiske, PhD, and Steven Fein, PhD, Chair

Invited Addresses

Henry C. Ellis, PhD
Kurt Kraiger, PhD

Invited Bridging Speakers

Saul M. Kassin, PhD
John A. Bargh, PhD

The Science Directorate will publish a complete Science Weekend Program in early Summer.

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