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psychologist vol 22 no 3
forum greening psychology; the forensic/clinical divide; guest columns; and more
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news 194 good childhood inquiry; autism traits; tackling reoffending; social brain project; Cochrane reviews; young people and the media; dementia; and more media autism and prenatal screening
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Striking the golden section in stigma research Jonathan D. Raskin on how the way we organise information could be the key to reducing the negative labelling by others
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Active body, healthy mind Jadwiga Nazimek on whether exercise can delay – or even prevent – dementia
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The psychology of ‘O’ Sallie Baxendale looks at a psychological case study in literature
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Methods: Accessing expert cognition Julia Gore and Claire McAndrew explore advances in cognitive task analysis
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march 2009
THE ISSUE During my time in academia, I found that all I got from consorting with statistics experts was a lot of uninterpretable interactions. Introducing a ‘Methods’ section last year was partly my attempt to bring some practical stats guides to all the other baffled, non-statistically minded psychologists out there: those who know enough to get by, but not enough to get good. In this issue, Society Book Award winner and stats guru Andy Field investigates whether the use of humour can help lecturers to overcome the problems with motivation, anxiety and retention that seem to blight the teaching of statistics to undergraduates. Elsewhere we hear about the golden mean, the story of ‘O’, dementia, Alfred Binet, applied cognitive task analysis and much more. I hope there is a significant probability that you will enjoy it all. Dr Jon Sutton (Managing Editor)
book reviews 220 marking the mind: a history of memory; creativity, mental illness and crime; raising kids in the 21st century; adventures in popular psychology; and what is special about the human brain? society 226 President’s column; award for distinguished contributions to the teaching of psychology; West Midlands psychologist of the year; consultations; and more careers 254 an interview with Charles Bethell-Fox; moving from psychology to law; featured job and all the latest vacancies; and how to advertise looking back Alfred Binet, a truly applied psychologist
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one on one …with Carol Tavris
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Can humour make students love statistics? Andy Field on how he makes use of eels, quails and lap dancers in his teaching 210
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