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thepsychologist.bps.org.uk has loads to offer... [THREAD] The fresher's guide to psychology
thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/freshers-guide…

We're proud to share what we think is an excellent collection of pieces on collaboration, from our October edition. We love the @sofiasita2 illustrations too!
All linked here thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-33/octo… but thread to follow… Massive collaboration:
@DrBrocktagon goes inside the Psychological Science Accelerator.
@PsySciAcc
thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-33/octo…

Thanks Libby, means a lot.
As several people say in the issue, covers and statements are not enough. We want a properly open, wide-ranging, evidence-based conversation which draws in a range of voices and considers diversity/inclusion/institutional bias in the broadest sense...

https://twitter.com/becomingethical/status/1297957171876057094

...What I find intriguing is that many of our most vocal critics seem to be claiming to want the same. Yet every time we feature the work or views of BAME psychs, and/or the topic of racism, they fire off an angry email...

‘The heat and light that draws us together’

Catch up on all of our @BPSOfficial conference 2020 coverage #bpsconf [thread] thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-33/sept… What Improv, Ubuntu, and Covid-19 have taught me about leadership

@ClinPsychDavid, British Psychological Society President 2019-2020, gave his Presidential Address thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-33/sept…

It's 2040. Psychology has changed. How? [thread] What could Psychology look like?

Alison Clarke with a call to action thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-33/summ…

A reader comments "there was a notable absence of any discussion of racial equality in the most recent issue".
A few things to flag up…
1) there will be in the Sept edition
2) early on in lockdown we realised we had a real challenge with even 'business as usual', so… [thread] …we decided to produce a special summer edition themed 100% around 'Towards a new normal, and beyond'.
3) As part of that (p.5) we did flag up this BPS statement bps.org.uk/news-and-polic…
4) We also gathered perspectives and links here thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/standing-again…

Find the 100 or so psychological perspectives on coronavirus here #bpsconf thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-33/apri… Don't personalise, collectivise! @ReicherStephen @ProfJohnDrury #bpsconf thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/dont-personali…

Now at #bpsconf we're on to the Presidential Address from @ClinPsychDavid …quoting Tom Pear, who we heard about here thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-30/may-… Absolutely love that Strauss quote from @ClinPsychDavid on the ephemerality of Presidential Addresses... many are collected here, including from our pages, so judge for yourselves! bps.org.uk/about-us/histo…

Would have been my 21st physical @BPSOfficial Conference today. Proud of the BPS for pulling together such a decent virtual line up. Links to articles / interviews with many of the speakers here thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/changing-lands… Here's this morning's schedule bps.org.uk/events/bps-con… Includes student competition winner Alice Thomson, whose entry is here along with two runners up thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/we-can-only-go… They addressed the question: 'It's 2040. Psychology has changed. How?' - more of this in our summer edition.

Writing in psychology

For #nationalwritingday we bring you a new collection of articles and interviews from the archive with advice and tips for writing in psychology

thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/writing-psycho… Including a link to @jonmsutton's collaborative document on telling psychology's stories of change. Take a look and add your own thoughts #nationalwritingday docs.google.com/document/d/1Iy…

Seeing the great people on the @divhealthpsych virtual conference, and waiting in the wings, prompts a (potentially controversial) question… what *type* of Psychologist has the best real-world conferences? I'm on the @divhealthpsych webinar, and who should pop up in a compilation of @SusanMichie clips - me. Legit made me jump.

Still seeking to engage here over whether we publish 'false left-leaning info' and 'social justice propaganda', and whether we're genuinely open to a diversity of views. Circular argument wearing me down: see thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/psychologist-t…
thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-33/marc… thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/contribute Can't stress enough that we're a membership organisation and a membership mag: of course I'm aware of the liberal echo chamber risk, but there are clear and proven routes to engage and have voices heard...

Our editor @jonmsutton has put together a document on how psychologists can engage wide audiences with their work, based on 20 years at The Psychologist... Please take a look and add your own comments! docs.google.com/document/d/1Iy… Includes three simple tips. The first is 'find the change', thanks to @wstorr who wrote about why change is so captivating in his book 'The Science of Storytelling' thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-32/nove…

Tue 5 May 4pm free @BPSOfficial webinar 'towards the new normal, and beyond'.
@jonmsutton hosts 3 superb discussants - @hill_rowenahill @SusanMichie @KathRawe - on how people and Psychology may be changed by the pandemic, #PsychGov and more.

Register now bps.org.uk/events/towards… A little more about the excellent discussants we have for our 5 May free webinar…

Dr @hill_rowenahill is a Principal Lecturer in External Engagement and Partnerships at @TrentUni - currently seconded to the cross-governmental C19 Foresight group…

Been chatting with Daryl about this... fascinating broader debate around psychology's tendency to be self-critical (although sometimes not self-critical enough), the belief that one's own view is the only 'right' way, and the 'policing' of the discipline's scope and 'reach'...

https://twitter.com/healthpsycleeds/status/1245454085584826370

...Great that Psychology has been at the forefront of the replication debate / open science, but has it strengthened the belief in some that there is good and proper, objective, impersonal, non-political SCIENCE and that is all we should do and talk about? ...

‘Your brain is revealing the building blocks of everyday experience'

@EllaRhodesPsych collates a series of contributions from those researching vision and perception

thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-33/apri… First contributor is Dr Alex Shepherd @bbkpsychology on colour perception and migraines: 'Raising awareness that the visual environment can elicit discomfort or aggravate existing medical conditions is important' thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-33/apri…

"Evidence of past epidemics shows that people do tire of these sorts of social distancing measures — so if you start them too early, they lose their effect" - @MattHancock
In the spirit of "maximum transparency" will Matt share sources of evidence on this important point? [1/3] ...Could be some, e.g. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2067794… "As the epidemic grew, knowledge on modes of transmission did not improve, the adoption of hygiene measures and use of face masks did not change, and social distancing declined." [via @vaughanbell ] [2/3]

I (Deputy Editor @abrookmanbyrne) would like to nominate Dr Deanne Bell #InternationalWomensDay

'I understood when I listened to people's stories' thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-33/marc… @abrookmanbyrne And Dr Suzi Gage @soozaphone #InternationalWomensDay

‘It’s an exciting time to be researching and writing about drugs’ thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-33/febr…

For #InternationalWomensDay I (editor @jonmsutton ) am going to use a thread to showcase some of the brilliant women in psychology I've interviewed over the past 20 years… In 2010, @AlisonGopnik talked about 'the supreme infant' thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-23/edit… #InternationalWomensDay