Help us offer scholarships to students who exemplify Psi Beta’s mission of encouraging professional development and psychological literacy of all students at two-year college through promotion and recognition of excellence in scholarship, leadership, research and community service. Scholarships from the Endowed Scholarship Fund will be awarded to help pay educational expenses of exemplary students. We […]
Psi Beta sponsors seven types of awards/scholarships for active chapters, members, and advisors. ANNE ANASTASI RESEARCH PAPER SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS Certificates and checks are awarded to primary authors of six outstanding original psychological research papers written in APA style. Cash awards are $600, $400 and $300 for first, second, and third place “gold” winners respectively. “Silver” […]
Psi Beta will have a strong presence at the American Psychological Society (APS) Annual Conference May 26 through May 29 in Chicago. Psi Beta will be sponsoring the Carol Tracy Distinguished Lecture which will be facilitated by Laura Bittner and Heather LaCost, both are former Presidents of the Psi Beta National Council. Laura and Heather […]
Looking forward to seeing you and your students at the 95th annual Western Psychological Association Conference in Long Beach, California on April 28th – May 1st . See westernpsych.org for all the details, including a student guide to the convention, programming, and a letter of support for students who need to show the importance of […]
Mike Viacheslavov, former Psi Beta member at Collin College in Plano (TX), was recently featured in an article appearing in the Austin American Statesman newspaper. The article describes Mike’s fascinating undergraduate research in the Phelp’s Prairie Vole Lab at the University of Texas. Mike said, “I just received the undergraduate research fellowship last year, which […]
Have you had a chance to take the Psi Beta Advisor survey yet? We are extending the deadline to May 1, 2016 because we really want to make sure we capture your feedback. Here is the link to the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PsiBetaAdvisor In an ongoing effort to support Psi Beta chapters, and their advisors, we would […]
In June 2016, APA will convene a Summit on National Assessment of Psychology (APA SNAP) at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay to bring together experts in educational assessment in undergraduate psychology. APA SNAP participants will begin the process of building a collection of digital and/or print resources to assist psychology departments at both the associate […]
On April 12th, Dr. Nathan DeWall, professor of social psychology at the University of Kentucky, spoke to psychology and Psi Beta students in the Performing Arts Center at Irvine Valley College. DeWall talked about his fascinating research on self-control and self-regulation, and what we can do to strengthen these valuable and necessary resources to help […]
An Institutional Review Board is a panel of individuals familiar with the ethical safeguards required to protect participants who serve in research studies. IRB panel members are trained to review research proposals to assure that research participants are treated according the American Psychological Association’s research ethics code. Psychologists, like all scientists, and their research students […]
Glendale Community College (AZ) Psi Beta and Arizona State University West Psi Chi The Glendale Community College (GCC) chapter of Psi Beta and the Arizona State University West (ASUW) chapter of Psi Chi have worked diligently to build traditions of excellence in scholarship and research among psychology students. Although the two organizations work separately, they […]
This Spring students from 8 Psi Beta chapters participated in the National Research Project. Students from American River College, Blinn College, Collin College, Henry Ford College, Irvine Valley College, Lehigh Carbon College, and Quinsigamond College collected online data from 504 students regarding Academic Self-Regulation, Happiness, and Mindset. While there is evidence that students who are […]
Psi Beta is pleased to announce our programming for the American Psychological Association Convention, being held this summer in Denver, Colorado from August 4-7, 2016. RUTH HUBBARD COUSINS DISTINGUISHED LECTURE – Noland White Day: Friday, August 5 Room: Convention Center Room 113 Time: 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM Our Ruth Hubbard Cousins Distinguished Speaker session […]
If you visit the Psi Beta homepage (www.psibeta.org) you’ll come across the Community College Pathway Hall (CCPP) Hall of Fame. The CCPP Hall of Fame features short biographies of psychologists who completed their first two years of undergraduate work at a community college and went on to become a psychologist. More individuals are being featured […]
Over 200 students attended the Cerritos College Psi Beta Chapter’s second annual Psychology conference on April 1st, 2016. This all day event simulates a professional conference with guest speakers on topics such as anxiety, leadership, and gender stereotypes, health programs in underserved communities, an alumni panel of 22 Cerritos College psychology graduates, 41 students who presented their novel […]
