The Psychologist, August 2011
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Access to PDFs of Psychologist issues is restricted to members of the society. Join us to enjoy this and a host of other benefits.
Wish you were here?
Christian Jarrett examines the psychology of holidays.
Interview: Free from the shackles
Lance Workman talks to Alex Haslam, about glass cliffs, Zimbardo, higher education and more.
Letters from America: A tale of two systems
If anyone is thinking of making the move to the USA, Jemma and Shana say they would be happy to try to help out.
Personal best
Victor Thompson talks about working in sports and clinical psychology
Big picture - An emotional snapshot
Photo by the Queen’s University Belfast emotion team.
Looking back: Blasts from the past
Jim Horne with what must surely be the goriest article in the history of The Psychologist…
One on one... with Julie Stokes
OBE, Chartered Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Director of Winston’s Wish
New Voices: The new and the young - Kuhn revisited
Claire McAndrew with the latest in our series for budding writers.
Taking the medicine
James Anderson got a shock when he went to work on an acute medical ward, and here he argues that the profession needs to examine its view of the self.
Coach your cortex
Is ‘brain training’ a sales con or evidence-based exercise? Dan Hackley investigates.
Deception in psychological research – a necessary evil?
Allan J. Kimmel offers recommendations in a controversial area.
Media
Kairen Cullen on a silver lining from the cloud of Boys and Girls Alone
Book Reviews, August 2011
questions of religion and spirituality; a case for educational change; strategies for helping the shy child; and more
Letters, August 2011
the media; counselling psychology; benevolent sexism; Little Albert; 'Beyond boundaries' columns (and more in PDF version)
Society, August 2011
A guest column from Robert Roe, President of the European Federation of Psychologists’ Associations; President’s Award; special educational needs; bipolar disorder; the connected baby; and more.
News, August 2011
The Society’s response to DSM-5; working memory ‘side-effects’; challenging public scepticism of science; and more.