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FABBS Publishes Reader: Psychology in the Real World |
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| Posted by: | Susan Fiske |
| Title/Position: | Professor |
| School/Organization: | Princeton University |
| Sent to listserv of: | SPSP, SESP, SPSSI |
| Date posted: | July 31st, 2010 |
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FABBS Foundation Publishes New Psychology Reader
Although it can sometimes be difficult to envision the real-life applications of everything students learn in school, a new companion book to introductory text books, edited by the FABBS Foundation, seeks to show students how valuable and useful their training in psychology can be. SPSP is a member society of the Foundation’s parent organization, the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (FABBS). SPSP and SESP joined FABBS to advocate and educate the public about the value of our sciences.
In a refreshing and engaging style, the new reader educates intro students (and future taxpayers) about the value of psychological science. Psychology and the Real World: Essays Illustrating Fundamental Contributions to Society collects 34 brief, personal, original essays, each about 3,000 words, in which leading academic psychologists describe what their area of research has contributed to society. With a Forward by Malcolm Gladwell, the book contains unique information; no reprinted material is included. Instead, the authors explain to readers why their research matters and how it is applicable and valuable to society.
The book is edited by FABBS Foundation President Morton Ann Gernsbacher, Richard W. Pew, Leaetta M. Hough, and James R. Pomerantz. Contributing authors include several notable psychologists, including several social psychologists:
• Dan Wegner “When your put things out of your mind, where do they go?”
• Tory Higgins, “Human self-regulation and emotion”
• Mark Snyder, “Products of their personalities, or creatures of their situations? Personality and social behavior have the answer”
• Paul Ekman and David Matsumoto, “Reading faces: The universality of emotional expression”
• Peter Salovey, “Framing health messages”
• Shelley Taylor, “Positive illusions: How ordinary people become extraordinary”
• Elliot Aronson, “Reducing prejudice and building empathy in the classroom”
• Harry Reis, “When good things happen to good people: Capitalizing on personal positive events in relationships”
The concept for the book came from the FABBS Foundation, whose mission is to educate the public about the real-world importance of the contributions of the behavioral sciences, explained Paula Skedsvold, executive director of both the Foundation and the Federation (FABBS).
The FABBS Foundation is an educational 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that promotes and enhances understanding of the mind, brain, and behavior sciences. It was created to fulfill the educational mission of the Federation on behalf of its constituent sciences.
“It is that educational mission the editors were pursuing when they developed this book,” Skesvold said. Published by Worth Publishers, the book is available for purchase online but will also be included for free when it is packaged with introductory psychology textbooks from Worth, Skedsvold said. The book’s authors have also agreed that all grants, advances, royalties, and other financial earnings from this volume will go to the FABBS Foundation to support its educational mission.
David Myers, social psychologist and author of successful intro texts, commented, “What a little goldmine this unusual reader is. An all-star team of our colleague researchers contribute their time to advancing the public understanding of psychological science by taking us behind the scenes of their own research, and showing us its applicability in everyday life. This is real science in plain English, and it includes some of our own luminaries in personality-social psychology. Two dozen other essays complete the sampling of psychological science. All in all, a fabulous FABBS book!”
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