Kimberley’s research involved studying perceptions of juvenile versus adult offenders using the California Q-sort. She handled many questions including why she chose a quantitative approach over a qualitative model. She represented herself beautifully! The Southeastern Psychological Association is a Regional Conference that draws participants from far and wide. Probably the Read more…
Here’s part of the write up: “This family research team – sisters Karen Freberg, Kristin Graham, and mother Laura Freberg – enjoy “dressing” for their poster presentations each year at APS Conventions. Last year, they wore Slytherin (of Harry Potter fame) shirts for their study of CEOs and psychopaths, which Read more…
Kristin and Karen were the lead authors and presented at APS: “Reverse-Engineering Leadership: Deconstructing Perceptions of Personality in Generals, SMIs ( social media influencers) and CEOs.” The question Karen wanted to explore was SMI’s, Kristin wanted to look at Generals and I thought it might be fun to throw in Read more…
I always enjoy talking about the teaching of psychology, although I find that even after thirty years in front of the classroom, I continue to agree with William James’s comment: “Psychology is a science, teaching is an art.” A hundred years or so, William James edited a collections of his Read more…
Here is what i am reading today: population genetics and shared ancestries “In a paper titled “The History of African Gene Flow into Southern Europeans, Levantines and Jews,” published in PLoS Genetics, HMS Associate Professor of Genetics David Reich and his colleagues investigated the proportion of sub-Saharan African ancestry present Read more…