The Psychologist, February 2012
Self-control – the moral muscle
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Methods: Can we be confident in our statistics?
Thom Baguley on the difference between statistically significant and non-significant effects.
Interview: Great expectations
Jo Green (University of York) talks to Jon Sutton about birth and more.
A new kind of language
Paul Ibbotson discusses an emerging radical view of language acquisition.
Media, February 2012
Mark Sergeant on the Society’s response to the Leveson Inquiry; and more.
Big picture - Where's Daddy?
Researching what parents do in contemporary children's picturebooks. An infographic by Matt Adams (University of Brighton) from 2012.
Self-control – the moral muscle
Roy F. Baumeister outlines intriguing and important research into willpower and ego depletion.
Evolving an identifiable face of a criminal
Charlie Frowd, Faye C. Skelton, Chris Atherton and Peter J.B. Hancock.
New Voices: I feel your pain!
Clare Allely with the neurological and anecdotal evidence suggests we really can feel others’ pain.
One on one… with Barbara Wilson
Founder of the Oliver Zangwill Centre, Honorary Consultant Psychologist. Includes online only questions.
Looking Back: A war of words
Oliver Robinson on the history of the idiographic/nomothetic debate.
Careers: Follow what you believe in
We meet counselling psychologist Michael Sinclair and educational psychologist Julia Busch Hansen; and the featured job.
Book Reviews - February 2012
understanding madness; music cognition; social development; marriage and family therapy; and more
News, February 2012
new year honours; neuroscience and the law; dementia audit; and polygraph trial.
Society, February 2012
President’s column; Lifetime Achievement Award; POSTnote; media training; Leveson Inquiry; out now in BPS journals; and more.
Letters, February 2012
A-level; e-professionalism; test copyright; horror; obituaries; and more