Interview - February 2008

Attachment in Early Childhood

Attachment describes a tendency for human infants to seek comfort, support, nurturance and protection from one or more discriminated caregivers. The tendency for selective seeking of comfort is not apparent at birth, however. Following a period of sociability and comfort with a wide range of adult caregivers during the first 6 months, at about 7 to 9 months of age, two new infant behaviors appear, stranger wariness and separation protest. (more...)

 

Interview - November 2007

Neural correlates of face object recognition in young children with autism spectrum disorder

Dr. Carver studies the brain basis of cognitive and social developmental change in the transition from infancy to the early toddler years. Near the end of the first year of life, infants begin to develop the ability to remember information over very long intervals. Dr. Carver’s research examines changes in the brain that allow this long-term memory to develop. (more...)

 

Social impairments and individual differences in social development of children with autism

Children with autism not only display social impairments but also significant individual differences in social development. Understanding the source of these divergences, as well as the nature of social impairments, is important for improved diagnosis and treatments for these children. Current theory and research suggests that individual differences in response monitoring, a specific function of the anterior cingulated cortex, may contribute to social-emotional and social-cognitive impairments and individual differences in autism. (more...)

 

Interview - August 2007

Excellence through diversity: Interview with a prolific researcher

Broadly speaking, researchers can be classified into two groups: those that focus on one specific area of research and others that publish across many topics. For this issue’s interview, we talked to Dr. Timothy Judge, professor and researcher in I/O psychology/business/organizational behavior that publishes across various areas from selection to work-family conflict. (more...)

 

Interview - May 2007

Organizational Science: The New Frontier

In a constantly changing environment organizations face complex challenges and therefore an interdisciplinary level of analysis would be more appropriate in dealing with all these demands. Organizational Science is an emerging field which attempts to address the shortcomings of other disciplines that work in isolation by studying organizations and how they deal with theoretical and practical problems from a multiple perspective. In this issue's interview, we talked to Dr. Steven Rogelberg, Professor in the first Organizational Science doctoral program at UNCC. (more...)

 

Interview - May 2007

Personnel Selection in Organizations: The Assessment Center method

The modern methods of personnel are based on scientific evidences of the applied selection tests and procedures. The Assessment Center as latest method of personnel selection consists of a standardized evaluation of behavior based on multiple evaluations including: job-related simulations, interviews, and psychological tests. Job Simulations are used to evaluate candidates on behaviors relevant to the most critical aspects/competences of the job. (more...)

 

Interview - February 2007

Interview with Professor Remi Kouabenan, University Grenoble II France

Professor Remi D. Kouabenan is Professor of Psychology Applied in Work and Organizational Psychology at the University Pierre Mendès France Grenoble II, France and the coordinator of the master of Psychology Applied in Work. He received his Ph.D in 1982 at the University Paris V, Sorbona and “École Pratique des Hautes Études” (the psychology applied in work laboratory). His research is focused on the explanation of the accidents’ factors and prevention strategies, the perception and prevention of the accidents’ risks, the cognitive processes in work, behavior related to transportation. (more...)

 

Interview - February 2007

Interview with Professor Hans Spada, vice-rector of Freiburg University

Professor Spada took his PhD at University of Vienna in 1969.Since 1980 Chair of Psychology Professor Spada is the head of the “Abteilung für Allgemeine Psychologie” Cognition-Emotion-Communication, Department of Psychology, University of Freiburg. The main fields of research of Dr. Spada are: cognitive psychology, cognitive science, computer supported coopera¬tive learning, environmental psychology. (more...)

 

Interview - November 2006

Interview with Professor Nathan Fox- University of Maryland

Dr. Nathan A. Fox, Ph.D. is Professor of Human Development at the University of Maryland College Park. He received his Ph.D from Harvard University in Developmental Psychology and his area of research interest is in social and emotional development of infants and young children. Professor Fox has completed research on the biological bases of social and emotional behavior developing methods for assessing brain activity in infants and young children during tasks designed to elicit a range of emotions. (more...)

 

Interview - November 2006

Interview with Dr. Charles Nelson- Harvard Medical School

Professor Charles Nelson interests are concerned with the effects of early experience on brain and behavioral development, particularly as such experience influences the development of memory and the development of the ability to recognize faces. Dr.Nelson studies are interested in both typically developing children and children at risk for neurodevelopment disorders, using behavioral, electrophysiological (ERP), and metabolic (MRI) tools in his research. (more...)

 

Interview - August 2006

Interview with Dr. Carol S. Kelly

Caring for and about children is a central part of who I am from childhood until the present. As the oldest of four children, I was involved in caring for my siblings which let to baby sitting. As I matured, I taught Sunday School, worked with Brownie Scouts, taught swimming, and was employed in other educational and recreation programs with children. My passion for learning resulted in beginning my career as a teacher of children and adolescents. As I worked with diverse populations, I increasingly understood the importance of child and adolescent development and counseling and guidance. I was particularly interested in children with challenges having opportunities to develop their potential. I continued my education in this realm. Working with a federal government National Defense Education Act program for innovations in education led to an offer to join the faculty at California State University Northridge. I was fortunate to be a central committee member to develop the Interdisciplinary Major in Child Development (now the Department of Child and Adolescent Development). (more...)

 

Interview - May 2006

Our interviewee is Dr. Ulrich von Hecker, PhD, researcher and lecturer in social psychology at Cardiff University. His research interests are in the area of social cognition, in particular the link between cognition and emotion. Dr. von Hecker studies how social schemata shape the way we perceive groups and social relations around us and involving us, and how social perception is affected by states of dysphoria and depression. He is also interested in power processes in small groups, and in the way we use language in the attributions of interpersonal events. His most recent project is on the neural correlates of generative reasoning in subclinical depression. (more...)

 

Interview - February 2006

Humor, an Antidote to Life's Incongruities

Our interviewee is John Morreall, PhD, Professor of religion at the College of William and Mary, has been studying humor for more than 25 years. He is the current president of the International Society for Humor Studies. Morreall teaches several courses at William and Mary, "Comedy, Tragedy and Religion", "Modern Religious Thought", "Theory and Method in the Study of Religion", and "Roman Catholicism Since 1800". He has given more than 400 talks and seminars on humor in the United States, Canada, Europe and Japan. (more...)

 

Interview - November 2005

Therapy Beyond Modernity - Interview with Dr. Richard House

Dr Richard House, prolific author, editor, educator, psychotherapist and activist in the politics of psycho-practice in UK agreed to offer us an interview. Graduating from Oxford University in 1976 (with First Class Honours), Richard House gained a Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences from the University of East Anglia (Norwich) in 1984. After working in publishing he trained as a counsellor/psychotherapist (1987-95), and has worked in the 'human potential' field since 1990 in various capacities. He was recently appointed Senior Lecturer (part time) in Psychotherapy and Counselling at Roehampton University, London (Research Centre for Therapeutic Education). (more...)