Ms. Cristina Zepeda discusses her research on improving student metacognitive skills through an instructional intervention.

Episode 5: Effects of Metacognitive Instruction on Learning and Motivation

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If there's a key to a successful career as a research psychologist, it's publish, publish, and then publish again. But how do early career scholars get involved in aspects of the publishing process such as peer review and serving on the editorial board? Dr. Kathy Kendall-Tackett, editor of Psychological Trauma, discusses the journal's new editorial fellowship program aimed at helping early career scholars navigate the publishing field.

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Increasing Early Career Participation in the Scholarly Publishing Process with Kathy Kendall-Tackett, PhD

How do personality traits change and develop over time? And to what extent do environmental, sociocultural, and biological factors contribute to personality change? Dr. Wiebke Bleidorn, social psychologist at the University of California Davis and a 2019 recipient of APA’s Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology, discusses her work in personality change, published in the December 2019 awards issue of American Psychologist.  

How Personality Traits Change Over Time with Wiebke Bleidorn, PhD

Psychological research plays a crucial role in informing the approach to clinical care for transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) youth. Dr. Diane Chen, pediatric psychologist at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and guest editor of the September 2019 special issue of Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology, sits down with Dr. Eddy Ameen to discuss clinical implications of her research and the important role of early career psychologists in advancing the practice of pediatric psychology with TGD youth. Get the 2019 special issue of Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology

New Perspectives on Transgender Youth with Diane Chen, PhD

Drs. Harris Cooper and David Frost discuss the recent Journal Article Reporting Standards (JARS) reports and their implications for research in psychology.

Episode 5: Effects of Metacognitive Instruction on Learning and Motivation

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