Books, Summer Reading, and a Long List

Tsundoku: The Japanese word for buying books that you'll never read. This is me (this is Chuck posting). I possess all the books below. I've purchased most of them in the past year in order to read them "sometime soon." So many book, so little time. I have a habit of purchasing books when I see them recommended in podcasts, in articles, on Facebook or Twitter. This is one of way too many shelves filled with books. Wait, that's not right. There are never too many books!

Most of these can be used by students who are doing summer reading. Apparently, the last time we did a summer reading list was 2013 and can be found here.


My Psychology Summer Reading 

• Hit Makers: The  Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction
• The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
• The Hidden Brain 
• Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do
• The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
• Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity
• A Field Guide to Lies and Statistics: A Neuroscientist on How to Make Sense of a Complex World
• The 3 Dimensions of Emotions: Finding the Balance of Power, Heart, and Mindfulness in All of Your Relationships
• Ghost Boy: The Miraculous Escape of a Misdiagnosed Boy Trapped Inside His Own Body
• Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School
• The Gift of Fear and Other Survival Signals that Protect Us from Violence
• The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less
• Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness 
• This is Your Brain on Music 
• The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons
• You Are Not That Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself
• Brain Bugs: How the Brain's Flaws Shape Our Lives
• How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens
• Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 
• To Sell is Human 
• The Myth of Repressed Memory 
• Witness for the Defense: The Accused. the Eyewitness and the Expert Who Puts Memory on Trial
• The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
• The Emotional Brain 
• Nurture Shock: New Thinking About Children
• The Wisdom of Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success
• Payoff: The Hidden Logic That Shapes Our  Motivations
• Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
• Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
• Thinking Fast and Slow 
• The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
• The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload
• Minds on Trial: Great Cases in Law and Psychology 
• The Three Christs of Ypsilanti 
• Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics 
• The End of Average: How We Succeed in a World That Values Sameness
• Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning 
• Learn Better: Mastering the Skills for Success in Life, Business, and School, or, How to Become an Expert in Just About Anything
• The Memory Illusion: Remembering, Forgetting, and the Science of Memory

posted by Chuck Schallhorn

APA Convention and Workshop

The information about this year's APA convention is detailed below. There are several opportunities for high school teachers to see the experts and learn more about psychology.

The annual American Psychological Association (APA) Convention will be held August 3-6, 2017, in Washington, DC.  Here are three important reasons to consider attending APA:

                                                                                          

1.       Full Day Pre-Convention Workshop for Psychology Teachers

On Wednesday, August 2, the APA Education Directorate is hosting a full day workshop for psychology teachers on hard to teach topics and enhancing the teaching of introductory psychology.  The cost of this workshop is $40 to attend for TOPSS members; breakfast, lunch, and materials will be provided. Presenters are Dana S. Dunn, Ph.D., of Moravian College in Bethlehem, PA, Nancy Fenton of Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, IL, and Jessica Flitter of West Bend High School in West Bend, WI.  For details and to register, please visit http://on.apa.org/2kCAOhl.  The registration deadline is July 1.  The workshop will be held at Trinity Washington University in the Payden Academic Center.  We hope you will register soon. 

2.       TOPSS Invited Speakers and Reception

                                                                                 

The APA Committee of Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (TOPSS) is pleased to announce the TOPSS invited speakers at Convention.  These sessions will all be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on Friday, August 4:

• Robert Cialdini, Ph.D., Arizona State University: The Lee Gurel Lecture: The Power of Persuasion 

• James T. Lamiell, Ph.D., Georgetown University: In the Light of a Star: An Introduction to the Life and Works of William Stern (1871-1938)

• Randal M. Ernst Lecture: High School Psychology: A Discussion on the 2017 APA Summit, with Randal M. Ernst, EdD, Nebraska Wesleyan University; Amy Fineburg, Ph.D., Jefferson Public Schools; and other summit participants

There will also be a reception for high school psychology teachers at RFD Washington (810 7^th Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20001), from 5:00-6:30 PM on Friday, August 4.  We hope you can join us for complimentary drinks and appetizers. 

3.       The APA Convention is an Outstanding Opportunity to Learn about Psychology and Network with Teachers and Psychologists

You can choose from hundreds of sessions on psychology, including numerous plenary addresses on cutting-edge research in the field at APA.  Many sessions are aimed at educators; you can also read about additional convention sessions for teachers through the Society for the Teaching of Psychology website at http://teachpsych.org/conferences/apa/index.php.

posted by Chuck Schallhorn