--On Wednesday, June 25, 2003 1:54 PM -0400 David Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:r
Dear Colleagues,
As one of his APA presidential initiative, Phil Zimbardo created a task force, which Bob Bjork and I have agreed to co-chair, that he charged with creating a "web-based compendium of psychological research" that has make positive contributions to the lives of individuals or society.
As part of this project, I?d like to invite you all to consider: What psychological research displays the importance of our science to society and to our students? What impacts of psychological science make you proud? What might help the general public appreciate the importance of funding psychology? (Note that the emphasis here is not on what are psychology?s greatest insights so much as its significant practical impacts.)
Already, people have pointed to research that contributed to school desegregation, to Sesame Street programming, to improved police lineup procedures, to airline crew training, to reduced teen smoking, and to effective treatments for specific disorders. See www.psychologymatters.org for a preliminary peek at the proposed website format, and some sample entries and categories. We're aiming for about 100 examples in all, each with its own web page.
Think about your own subfield, if you would. Where has it made a difference in people?s lives or in public policy? (What landmark research, and practical result, would you point to?)
I?m hoping that Tipsters might find this an enjoyable summer exercise . . . perhaps a topic for conversation over coffee with colleagues. You?re welcome to reply to me, but I?d also suggest this as a nice topic for our collegial brainstorming and conversation.
Cordially,
Dave Myers www.davidmyers.org
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