The Psychologist, July 2017
Faces in the wild
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Featured job: Head of Psychological Services, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Book reviews - July 2017
Comparative psychology, systematic reviews, psychometric testing and Captain America vs Iron Man!
My shelfie… Dr Jackie Abell (Reader in Social Psychology, Coventry University
Reader in Social Psychology, Coventry University; Director of Research for the African Lion & Environmental Research Trust
‘Keeping pace with the world of work is not easy’
We put some questions to Professor Jonathan Passmore, Series Editor of the Wiley-Blackwell ‘Organisational Psychology’ series.
G... is for Gratitude
The Psychologist A to Z continues.
A psychology summer
We set some challenges to keep you occupied over the holidays.
Hopeful dementia messages at the Imagination Café
Ella Rhodes report.
5 minutes with… Julie Stokes
Ella Rhodes asks the questions.
A no-brainer in Bangor
Zombies! Ella Rhodes reports.
‘Never before had such a witch hunt been initiated’
Ella Rhodes reports on concerning developments in Turkey.
Moving beyond the ‘disadvantage stakes’?
The debate continues over the potential formation of a 'Male Psychology' Section of the British Psychological Society.
Politics and psychology
A sceptical response to our recent Presidential Address.
Teaching communication skills
A letter from our July edition.
President’s letter July 2017
The latest from British Psychological Society President Nicola Gale.
Religious conflict?
A letter from our July edition.
Learning styles and research
Letters from our July edition.
A curveball angle
Mallory Wober on shapes and thought.
‘Art was my salvation’
'Mr A Moves in Mysterious Ways: Selected Artists from the Adamson Collection', at the Peltz Gallery, Birkbeck School of Arts.
The power of the arts
Sally Marlow and Kate Johnstone, Associate Editors for Culture, consider its novel use in mental health.
‘A man got to do what he got to do’
Chris Athanasiadis suggests how depressed men can transcend their stoic approach.
We stand together
Our journalist Ella Rhodes speaks to just a few of the researchers and practitioners seeking to understand and tackle extremism in its many forms.
‘I was doing my childhood dream job, thanks to psychology’
James Olav Hill is a psychology graduate and a freelance shooting producer director for television.
A revolution in thinking
Ali Teymoori and Rose Trappes consider Immanuel Kant’s influence on psychology.
‘There’s a fertile middle ground, but it can be lonely working there’
Ian Florance met ‘Scientific practitioner’ Hugh McCredie to discuss a lifetime spent working on people issues in organisations.
Pull up a chair
Matthew Pugh on the use and potential of chairwork; with a 2024 update.
Is slowness the essence of knowledge?
Eloise looks at whether ‘slow and steady wins the race’.
Faces in the wild
Brian Parkinson (University of Oxford) reviews the evidence on interpersonal effects of facial expression.
‘Living well with dementia has become a key focus of policy’
We meet Linda Clare, Professor of Clinical Psychology of Ageing and Dementia at the University of Exeter.
False memories of childhood abuse
Are therapists to blame? Chris R. Brewin and Bernice Andrews consider the evidence in a controversial area.
The colours are brighter
Rebecca Hill on A Time to Live
A British Psychological Society Annual Conference 2017 round-up
We collect links to reports from this year's event in Brighton.
Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing
Dr Sally Marlow is not impressed by 'Obsession' at the Barbican.
Reflections on the British Psychological Society
Ste Weatherhead seeks to prompt discussion on our foundations.
Apps for teenagers who are self-harming
Rachelle Dawson (a Graduate Research Assistant) reviews Calm Harm and Self-Heal.