The Psychologist, December 2015
A matter of life and death
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Attachment – beyond interpersonal relationships
Antigonos Sochos considers whether a familiar concept can be extended to social groups, ideological systems and social institutions.
Reviews
Books from the December issue (including web-only).
Love and Mercy
Dr Jeremy Swinson on a film directed by Bill Pohlid.
Madness from the outside in
Gail A. Hornstein considers artistic depictions of insanity.
One on one… with Marcus Munafò
‘Science is a very social process’
Striving for a fairer society
Ian Florance talks community psychology with Maggie Peake.
The only way is clinical?
Emma Nielsen (right) and Kavita Solder (left) remove the blinkers and experience the career peaks and troughs together.
Award for Promoting Equality of Opportunity
Professor Paul A. Singh Ghuman recognised.
‘The psychology really dictates all the finance’
Ian Florance meets Kim Stephenson.
Book awards
Professor Lynne Murray and Michael Bond both win the British Psychological Society's award. Ella Rhodes reports.
Stories of clinical psychology
Matthew Connolly reports from the fifth annual Stories of Psychology symposium, held on Wednesday 14 October 2015 at Senate House, University of London
‘I took the plunge and chose the risky option’
Lance Workman meets Gerd Gigerenzer, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and the Harding Center for Risk Literacy in Berlin.
President’s column - Professor Jamie Hacker Hughes
[email protected] Twitter: @profjamiehh
Can we be scientific about science education?
Zayba Ghazali with the latest in our series for budding writers.
Big picture: The flotsam and jetsam of life
Image by Jennie Jewitt-Harris.
The uncensored truth about morality
Chelsea Schein, Amelia Goranson and Kurt Gray consider why immoral acts always seem to be those that cause harm – especially to children.
Giving a voice to people with advanced dementia
Amanda Henwood and Maggie Ellis on ‘Adaptive Interaction’.
A matter of life and death
Celia Kitzinger and Sue Wilkinson argue there’s a role for psychologists in helping people with their Advance Decisions. With the online-extra of our editor Jon Sutton's own Advance Decision.
Antarctic challenge
Ella Rhodes reports.
Children of war
Ella Rhodes reports.
From the Research Digest, December 2015
A selection from the December issue.
Opening doors for girls in science
Ella Rhodes reports.
More letters…
…from our December issue.
Not in your genes
Oliver James questions the utility of the Human Genome Project when it comes to understanding our psychology.
Money on my mind
Does a culture of graduate volunteering represent 'a socio-economic and politically driven subjugation of women'?
Negative effects of reward systems in classrooms
A letter responds to our September 'New voices' article.
Championing responsible antibiotic use
Ella Rhodes reports on a role for psychology and psychologists in tackling a major societal issue.
Actively investigating rest
Ella Rhodes reports from the first-year celebration of the Wellcome Trust funded Hubbub group.
'A rallying call to respect difference'
Steve Silberman's Neurotribes, a history of perceptions of autism, has won the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction. Jon Sutton reports.
What has #ThisPsychGrad been up to?
After a social media outpouring on destinations for psychology majors, Ella Rhodes calls for a UK equivalent.
Sowing the seeds on responsibility
Elisa Brann, a Research Assistant at University College London, reports from a workshop on neuroscience and the law.
Time for serious research on play
Jon Sutton reports from the launch of the Play in Education Development and Learning (PEDaL) Centre at the University of Cambridge.
A little life less ordinary
Kate Johnstone reviews A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (published by Picador), shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.