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How Is
Successful Persuasion
Best Achieved?
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SPRING 2020 | VOLUME 24 | NUMBER 3
EDITOR
Susan Iles
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EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Bradley Cannon
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DESIGNER
Taylor Brown-Stone
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PSI CHI Board of Directors
SOCIETY PRESIDENT
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Regan A. R. Gurung , PhD
presidentelect@psichi.org
PAST-PRESIDENT
Melanie M. Domenech Rodríguez, PhD
pastpresident@psichi.org
PRESIDENT-ELECT
Deborah Harris O'Brien, PhD
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EASTERN REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT
Marianne Fallon, PhD
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MIDWESTERN REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT
Lindsey Root Luna, PhD
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ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT
Leslie D. Cramblet Alvarez, PhD
rockymtnvp@psichi.org
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SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT
Darren Bernal, PhD
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SOUTHWESTERN REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT
Shawn R. Charlton, PhD
southwesternvp@psichi.org
WESTERN REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT
Jill Yamashita, PhD
westernvp@psichi.org
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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Martha S. Zlokovich, PhD
martha.zlokovich@psichi.org
ABBREVIATIONS
APA American Psychological Association
APS Association for Psychological Science
EPA Eastern Psychological Association
MPA Midwestern Psychological Association
NEPA New England Psychological Association
RMPA Rocky Mountain Psychological Association
SEPA
SWPA
WPA
Southeastern Psychological Association
Southwestern Psychological Association
Western Psychological Association
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, SPRING 2020
COLUMNS FEATURES
06 Psychology in the Headlines: 18 Effective Cover Letters and Resumés:
New Year’s Resolutions The Importance of Fit Before Format
and Other Psychology Stacie M. Spencer, PhD
in the Headlines
22 Writing a Strong Resumé
Shawn R. Charlton, PhD
for Robot & Human Readers
10 Contemporary Psychology: Merry J. Sleigh, PhD, and Darren R. Ritzer, PhD
Health Psychology: Promoting Good 26 How Is Successful Persuasion
Decision Making Since 1969! Best Achieved?
Ethan A. McMahan, PhD Robert B. Cialdini, PhD
12 Graduate School: 30 Spotlight on Counseling Psychology: How
Three Heads ARE Better Than One: Does It Compare With Clinical Psychology?
Questions (and Answers) About Courtney A. Colgan, MA, Helen P. Hailes, MSc,
Graduate School Fit Julia Medzhitova, MA, Lisa A. Goodman, PhD,
Mitchell M. Handelsman, PhD, and Betty S. Lai, PhD
Scott VanderStoep, PhD, and
R. Eric Landrum, PhD 34 Self-Care Tips for Stress Management
Jennifer Grewe, PhD, Xiaomeng Xu, PhD,
15 Diversity: and Ahva R. Mozafari, MS
Spirit of Prosser: "I am Psyched"
About Encouraging Diversity 36 Stay Engaged in Psi Chi:
and Inclusion Opportunities for Undergraduates,
Jon Grahe, PhD Graduate Students, and Beyond
David S. Kreiner, PhD, and Martha S. Zlokovich, PhD
DEPARTMENTS
04 President's Message
14 PSI CHI Central Office
40 Chapter Activities
48 Merchandise
ADVERTISEMENTS
05 PsychEverywhere Podcast
09 Alliant International University
09 Psi Chi Journal
25 Psi Chi Career Center
29 Psi Chi Recruitment
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, PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
I Teach Psychological
Science, and Am Proud of It
Regan A. R. Gurung, PhD
Psi Chi President
"
W
hat do you do?” Psychology has often had to deal with the baggage of a
Uber drivers can be blunt. This ques- misinformed public. No, psychology is not all Freud
tion was pitched at 4 a.m. in the morning (see my Fall Eye article ongoing "Beyond the Couch" at
as I rode to the airport. “I teach,” I replied. https://www.psichi.org/241EyeFall19Gurung). We have to do
And there you have it. In one fell swoop, a better job of branding what we do and a large part of that is
my microsecond reaction time laid bare a critical element of being proud of our identity as psychologists. Even if you are not
my core. Of course he wondered what I taught and where, and in an academic setting, and have a major in psychology and/or
I regaled him with the fun psychological research I do and the additional education in psychology, be proud of it and wield its
classes I teach. Even at that early hour and with postconference power. Recognize it when you see it. I love the stories my past
exhaustion, I found myself energized sharing the many ways students tell me about how they use their Intro Psych knowledge
psychological research makes lives better. We went over biases in their everyday lives, recognizing psychological processes
and changing behavior with operant conditioning, ways to design at work and other elements of their daily lives. They proudly
health psychological interventions, and many of the myths that acknowledge how their psychological knowledge comes into play
psychological science has helped take down. He used 100% of his and how it has become part of
brain, both sides (see what I did there?), and asked me for more. their identity.
I was proud of my identity as a psychological scientist and all our We can all fly the flag for psychology by proudly calling it out
field has accomplished. During my year as President of Psi Chi, I when we see it. When you attempt to explain the behavior you see
have been working to get psychology to more people. That early around you to your friends, make predictions about what people
morning, I reached one more person. will do, or otherwise use psychological knowledge, give the field
Psi Chi has been reaching more and more people and advanc- credit. The more people see how psychology is everywhere, the
ing its mission to share psychological science. Our social media more they are likely to support the study of psychology. Perhaps
we will get to a point where fewer parents have to ask their kids
activity has increased with a strong Psi Chi presence on Twitter
“Why are you majoring in psychology?” Maybe we can make
and Facebook, but we still have a ways to go to truly reach the
fewer students have to wonder “What am I going to do with a
masses. It would be great for psychological science to really go
psychology major?” Instead, we will have more students clamoring
viral. Although there are thousands of Psi Chi members out there
for psychology classes. We will have more high schools offering
already, there are many hundreds more who could join and help
psychology and more schools, high school and college, requiring
share psychological science. The key is to develop the psycholog-
psychology. It starts with those of us who are psychological scien-
ical identity.
tists being more open about what it means to be psychologist and
What we do often plays a large role in shaping our identity. being proud of our fields.
Doing research and using the scientific method to answer Together with labeling the psychology we see in the world
important questions shapes the way I look at the world. When around us so more people see that psychology is everywhere,
making daily decisions and weighing options or in viewing the we can use some more psychology. Self-perception theory
world around me, I find myself often relying on psychological suggests we look at our own behaviors to get a sense of what we
science. For example, when I find myself dividing my attention or believe, think, or feel. If I notice that I have a lot of Oregon State
spending too long scrolling through Twitter feeds, I switch back to University paraphernalia, I may conclude that I really like Oregon
focusing on the task at hand. When I find myself making an attri- State. If I find myself taking a lot of walks among the evergreens,
bution for someone’s behavior, I consciously work to go beyond I may conclude that I really like nature. Others seeing my orange
my first guesses and avoid errors and biases of thinking that swag and noting my excursions may draw the same conclusions.
psychological science has alerted us to. I am not able to do this all Likewise, if you appreciate what psychological science does and
the time, but I do it often enough to be glad for my psychological the power it can have to make the world a better place and people
training. Using psychological science everywhere has become a happier, be proud of being a psychologist and flaunt it. Talk the
way of life, it is part of who I am. talk. Wear your psychological heart on your sleeve.
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