2014 Fall Issue
Fall 2014 Psi Beta Presidential Column
I hope each of you have had a wonderful summer and are ready to embark on a new year! I am truly honored to serve as your President for this year, and can only hope to do as well as some of the wonderful faculty that have held this role before me! In the five […]
New Member Registration Process Launches on January 1st, 2015
Psi Beta’s new member registration process launches on January 1st. The new process is designed to decrease the advisor’s workload while streamlining registration and dues payments. Rather than sending the $50 membership fee through the advisor or a student activities office, students will pay online using PayPal or a credit card. The new process will […]
Western Psychological Association Concerence Recap & 2015 Opportunities
This year was a phenomenal one for Psi Beta students! Over 40 students presented their novel research at the 94th Annual Western Psychological Association Conference in Portland, Oregon. During a well-attended poster session, 13 posters of undergraduate research were represented. Psi Beta students thoroughly enjoyed themselves and honed their ability to communicate their findings to […]
Psi Beta Launches the Anne Anastasi Award
Psi Beta is pleased to announce the launch of the Anne Anastasi Award, in memory of the legendary Professor Anne Anastasi (1908-2001). After completing her PhD at age 21 in 1930, Dr. Anastasi’s 71-year career was one of the most diverse and extraordinary in the history of psychological science. She did it all: a gifted […]
Psi Beta National Research Project 2014-2015
Self-Regulation, Mindset, and Relationships The Psi Beta National Research Project for 2014-15 will investigate several factors associated with self-regulation’s impact on mindset and interpersonal relationships. The study incorporates many measures in order to give Psi Beta members more choices of the hypotheses they would like to test. One possible hypothesis, for example, is that the […]
Psi Beta’s Heroic Imagination Service-Learning Project
This project launched in 2011. Teams composed of three to four Psi Beta students prepare and present highly interactive psychology-based presentations to high school, college, and community groups. Each presentation features a topic derived from classic research in social psychology (e.g., the bystander effect, mindset, prejudice, stereotype threat) and runs about 80 minutes in length. […]
Launching the Psi Beta “CONNECT” Peer-Mentoring Service-Learning Program
Your Psi Beta chapter should consider establishing a CONNECT Peer-Mentoring program at your college. Here’s how it works. Psi Beta students (two Psi Beta students per class) serve as classroom peer-mentors to all the students in the class. The campus research office at Irvine Valley College found 43% of first year college students take the […]