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Are We All On The M Squad? Murdering Schoolchildren In China, Ibpp Editor May 2010

Are We All On The M Squad? Murdering Schoolchildren In China, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the phenomena of violent attacks against schoolchildren in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and its relevance to political psychologists.


Wanted: A Political Psychology, Ibpp Editor May 2003

Wanted: A Political Psychology, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes guidelines for a political psychology curriculum that could be pursued by the academic, the academic student, and the autodidact.


Public Discourse On Ethnic Diversity And Improvement Of Formal Education, Ibpp Editor Apr 2003

Public Discourse On Ethnic Diversity And Improvement Of Formal Education, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article presents a commentary on the belief that ethnic diversity improves the quality of formal education.


Announcement, Ibpp Editor Jun 2001

Announcement, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The IBPP editor shares professional announcements pertaining to recently published books; calls for papers for July 2001-November 2002 conferences, and online journals. URLS for online journals Eras and Athenaea Digital were updated on 10-19-2018.


Testing Testing In The Education Wars: Still A Test With No Key, Ibpp Editor Apr 2001

Testing Testing In The Education Wars: Still A Test With No Key, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes contentious Issues in the quest to develop human resources in the service of the body politic.


Trends. Psychology And False Consciousness: 2001 Update, Ibpp Editor Mar 2001

Trends. Psychology And False Consciousness: 2001 Update, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

A recent study in the prestigious Journal of Personality and Social Psychology reports that what makes people happy is not money, luxury, influence, or popularity. Instead, feelings of autonomy, competence, closeness to others, and self-esteem are the primary happiness pathways. Although one might applaud findings that suggest that material well-being is not a stairway to heaven, there is much in these findings that maintain exploitive relations in various social contexts.


Trends. Education And National Security In The 21st Century, Ibpp Editor Feb 2001

Trends. Education And National Security In The 21st Century, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses the release of a report written by the Project on Government Secrecy of the Federation of American Scientists, related to the U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century. The report discusses the importance of education to the fields of security and intelligence.


Trends. Red Blues: The Psychology Of National Anthems, Ibpp Editor Dec 2000

Trends. Red Blues: The Psychology Of National Anthems, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses the political and psychological aspects of music using the Russian national anthem as an example.


Trends. Social Violence: The Jigsaw Classroom As A Piece Of The Puzzle, Ibpp Editor Dec 2000

Trends. Social Violence: The Jigsaw Classroom As A Piece Of The Puzzle, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses the "jigsaw technique" developed by social psychologist Elliot Aronson as a partial way of addressing school-related violence.


Scholastic Aptitudes And The Future Of An Illusion, Ibpp Editor Nov 2000

Scholastic Aptitudes And The Future Of An Illusion, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes basic problems with how the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is conceived and employed in the United States (US).


Trends. When Is A Psychological Profile Not A Psychological Profile? The Fbi And School Violence, Ibpp Editor Oct 2000

Trends. When Is A Psychological Profile Not A Psychological Profile? The Fbi And School Violence, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses the difficulties of predicting and preventing school violence. Though the FBI does have a list of "warning signs" by which to evaluate potential perpetrators of lethal school violence, they do not consider this list to be a profile. This is especially true given that no reliable predictors of lethal school violence have been found.


The Evaluation Of Education Systems: Insecurity Through Testing?, Ibpp Editor Jul 2000

The Evaluation Of Education Systems: Insecurity Through Testing?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes some fallacies in a common approach to employing the testing of students in evaluating education systems.


Ibpp Research Associates: Botswana, Ditso Anneleng Mar 2000

Ibpp Research Associates: Botswana, Ditso Anneleng

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses educational and legal issues surrounding students from Botswana enrolled in an alleged fake educational institution - African Media University in South Africa.


The Professional Academic And Hubris: The Case Of Yongyi Song, Ibpp Editor Jan 2000

The Professional Academic And Hubris: The Case Of Yongyi Song, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes a reification of academic activities in a world where there may be many kings. This reification is often employed as a vehicle to support human and civil rights initiatives. Unfortunately, this vehicle may mitigate against such rights.


The Politics Of Scholastic Aptitude Testing, Ibpp Editor Sep 1999

The Politics Of Scholastic Aptitude Testing, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes political features of scholastic aptitude testing--some of which are infrequently addressed in educational- problem identification and in policy development, implementation, and evaluation.


A Bias Of Intelligence Testing, Ibpp Editor Oct 1997

A Bias Of Intelligence Testing, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes a bias of intelligence testing that is explicated less often, yet is more profound than the biases commonly presented in psychology textbooks.


Ebonics: The Political Process Through A Glass Darkly, Ibpp Editor Jan 1997

Ebonics: The Political Process Through A Glass Darkly, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the ebonics (black English) controversy.