| Level | File |
| Ref No | BPS/001/11/03/01/11 |
| Title | BPS Press Releases 1992 |
| Date | 1992 |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Physical Description | 1 folder |
| Description | British Psychological Society press releases concerning conferences, publications, policy and events
[May not be complete
22 January 1992 Teaching Styles in the Primary School - press release and copy of BPS discussion paper responding to Secretary of State for Education's call for debate on teaching;
23 January 1992 Subliminal Message Do Not Work - press release for BPS report 'Subliminal Messages in Recorded Auditory Tapes, and other 'Unconscious Learning';
23 January 1992 Impact of Disasters Bills Fails to Get Government Support - press release, draft, correspondence concerning distribution of release on private members bill by BPS sponsored MP Keith Vaz [see BPS/001/6/01/03/03/09 Press Conference for Impact of Disasters Bill during 1991 London Conference]
24 February 1992 Sir Cyril Burt - press release, distribution list and statement by BPS on their revised view of Cyril Burt and announcement of symposium to be held at Annual London Conference. On 14 October 1992 a further press release was issued cancelling the symposium;
13 March 1992 A Level Psychology - press release, draft includes notes on distribution; release launching BPS report 'The Future of A Level Psychology';
25 March 1992 National Assessment - Helping Our Children? A Public Lecture - press release, draft and flyer concerning BPS public lecture to be given by Lea Pearson on 9 April 1992 during the BPS Annual Conference;
9-12 April 1992 BPS Annual Conference, held at the Spa Complex in Scarborough
General release about the conference
1. New British Psychological Society President (Ed Miller) - press release
2. A stranger in the Family (Barbara Wilson) - press release;
3. A Human Model for Screening Treatments for Alzheimers Disease (Keith Wesnes) -press release;
4. Lockerbie: Doctors' Concerns In A Disaster Community (Margaret Mitchell) - press release;
5. Old Age and Happiness: It Depends What Turns You On ( John Browne) - press release;
6. Europeans, Especially Women, Are Getting More Health Conscious (Andrew Steptoe) - press release;
8. A Weight on Their Minds: Body Shape Dissatisfactions Amongst 9-Year-Olds - press release;
9. Putting Dad in The Picture (Margaret O'Brien) - press release;
10. Strategies For Sexual Abuse (Jennifer Kilcoyne) press release;
11. Cosmetic Surgery Really Does Cheer People Up (Tony Carr) - press release;
12. How Bad is Bad (Janet Boddy) press release;
13. Students Blame Stress and Depression For Drug Use (Steven Muncer) - press release;
14. Everyday Ritual Pleasures (Geoff Lowe) - press release;
15. Bad Psychology in Biographies (Michael Howe) - press release;
16. Logical Women Do themselves Down (Halla Beloff) - press release;
17. Stress in the Ambulance Service (Cary Cooper) press release;
18. How Very Prem Babies Function At Primary School (Leonora Harding) - press release;
Incomplete set see BPS/001/6/01/02/03/11 BPS Annual Conference Press 1992 for more releases and summaries of papers mentioned];
11-14 September 1992 Annual Conference of the Developmental Psychology Section, University of Edinburgh -press releases and distribution notes
1. General release about the conference
2. Ignorance Helps Learning (Christine Howe) - press release
3. Learning Difficulty or Learning Differently? (Jennifer Wishart) - press release
4. Listening in the Womb (Peter Hepper and Sara Shahidullah) - press release
5. Children's Perception of Strangers (David Warden) - press release
6. Children Flourish in Quality Day Care (Petri Raham) - press release
7. Naughty But Nice Children's Attitude to Food (Patricia Price and Lalage Sanders) - press release
8. It Hurts Less if the Doctor's Nice (Jacqueline Wiltshire) - press release
See BPS/002/3/12/06/01 for conference programme and abstracts
15-17 September 1992 Annual Conference of the Social Psychology Section, University of Hatfield, Hertfordshire - press releases, drafts, notes on distribution
1. General release about the conference
2. Sizing Up The Snackers (Mark Connor) - press release
3. Why Chocolate is the Flavour of the Month (Peter J Rogers and Pauline Jas) - press release
4.Do Fashion Models Encourage Eating Disorders (Glenn Waller) - press release
5. Giving The Couch Potato Food For Though (Mallory Wober and Geoff Reardon)
6. How Do People Help Themselves to a Green Con (Donald Ridley, Victoria Harrison and Jane Pierson) - press release;
7. Reasons For Drinking: The More The Merrier (David Foxcroft) - press release
8. The Serious Business of the Amusement Arcade (Mark Griffiths) - press release
9. The Importance of Being Understood (Duncan Cramer) - press release
10. Optimism About the Future Connected with Forgetting Unhappy Childhood Events - press release
11. Picking Up Your Partner's Bad Day At The Office (Fiona Jones) - press release
[See BPS/002/3/06/06/02 Social Section Conferences for programme and abstracts of this conference]
18-19 September 1992 6th Annual Conference of the Health Psychology Section (in conjunction with the Psychophysiology Society) held at St Andrews University - press releases
1. general release about the conference
2. How to Cope With Caring For Dementia (Caroline Logan) - press release
3. Feeling Old and Feeling Healthy (Kevin Morgan) - press release
4. Managing Epilepsy (Ruth Gillham) - press release
5. Altered Brain Activity in HIV and AIDs (John Gruzelier) - press release
6. Is A Doctor's Style of Dress Imports? (Roly Gosling) - press release
7. Maximising The uptake of Health Screening (Theresa Marteau) - press release
8. Family Life Links to Teenage Drinking and Drug Use (Geoff Lowe) - press release
9. Increased Appetite After Quitting Smoking (Jane Ogden) - press release
10. Reduced Anxiety in Patients Awaiting A Medical Procedure - press release
[See BPS/002/4/02/06/01 for more information on this conference]
2-4 October 1992 Scottish Branch Annual Conference, Station Hotel, Perth
1. General release about the conference
2. Part Time Jobs For School Children (David Cornwall, Sandy Hobbs and James McKechnie) - press release
3. Setting Up In Business How Do Women Cope With The Stress (Hazel Knox) - press release
4. A Crisis in Social Psychology? (Gerry Finn) - press release
5. Psychology Promotes Competence in Health Professionals (Andrina Mc Cormack, Alex Gardner) - press release
6. Psychologists Help Children to Testify in Court (Graham Davies) - press release;
7. Learning to Be A Good Parent (Mary Macaulay) - press release
8. How To Stop Smoking (Noelle Robertson) - press release
9. Dieting in Adolescence - Worrying Implications (Renee Bleau) - press release
[See BPS/002/1/03/06/01 for programme and abstracts for this conference
16 October 1992 Choice and Diversity and Special Educational Needs - press release on BPS response to White Paper Choice and Diversity particularly in relation to children with special educational needs;
9 November 1992 Clinical Psychologists and the GP Fund-Holding Scheme - press release concerning Division of Clinical Psychology conference;
19 November 1992 Clinical Psychology Under Threat - press release on changing funding for trainee clinical psychologists
26 November 1992 Clinical Psychology Waiting List Survey - press release and copy of Division of Clinical Psychology report on waiting lists
[See BPS/001/11/04/01/12 BPS Sponsored MPs for correspondence relating to this]
27 November 1992 Impression of Wealth Count (Helga Dittmar) - press release concerning article 'Perceived material wealth and first impressions' published in the Journal of Social Psychology
15-16 December 1992 BPS London Conference held at City University press releases
General release about the conference
1. Is Chocolate Addictive? (Jenny MacDiarmid and Marion Hetherington) - press release;
2. Work Stress Can Strain Your Marriage (Fiona Jones) - press release;
3. The Young Still Don't Often Use Condoms (Annette Karmiloff-Smith) - press release;
4. Who Remembers Thatcher's Resignation? (Dan Wright) - press release;
5. Mastermind Contestants: Youth Versus Experience (Elizabeth Maylor) - press release;
6. Race and Attractiveness of Defendants in Rape Trials (Neil Rector) - press release;
7. Harming Children - Harming Grown-Ups (Catherine Helpworth) - press release;
8. Child Minded Children (Helen Barrett) - press release;
9. Born Nice, Turned Nasty (Jim Stevenson) - press release
10. If You Catch A Cold, You've Probably Been Stressed (Andrew Smith) - press release;
11. Box Clever and Score More Goals With Psychology (Hans Eysenck) - press release';
12. Lineker-Level Footballers Score on Personality (George Sik and Stephen Smith) press release;
13. Sweet Memories (David Benton) press release;
14. Television As Therapy (Chris Barker) - press release;
15. Victims of the Purley Train Crash (Graham Powell) press release;
16. Male Infertility - Even More Negative (Leslie Glover) - press release';
17. I've Never Been The Same Again (Rosemary Telford) - press release';
18. The AIDS Epidemic and Bereavement - A Lasting Disaster (Lorraine Sherr) - press release;
19. New Evidence Links Heart Rate to Gambling (Mark Griffiths) - press release';
20. Origins of Children's Fear of Water (Ross Menzies) press release;
21. Here's Looking With You Kid (George Butterworth) press release';
22. Integrating People With Disabilities Into The Community (John Barrett and Glyn Hudson) - press release'.
[see BPS/001/6/01/03/03/10 BPS London Conference Press for abstracts and summaries of the papers]
18 December 1992 press releases for Annual Occupational Psychology Conference to be held on 3-5 January 1993 at Brighton Metropole Hotel
General release about the conference
1. Do Prison-Linked Jobclubs Work? (Jo Rick) - press release
2. Ethics in Business: Beyond The Factory Gate - press release
3. Practice Makes Fair Test (Rainer Kurz) - press release
4. Stress in Social Services Employees (Jennifer Bradfield and Valerie Sutherland) - press release
5. People in Space - The Need for Flight Stimulation (Jeurgen Sauer and Bob Hockey) - press release
6. Winners and Losers in the High Performance Company (Sharon Parker) - press release |
| Format | File |
| Notes | The History of Psychology Centre is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our users. Be aware that our catalogue contains historic terminology relating to mental health which could be considered offensive. The terminology exists within the original record and has been retained to inform users on viewpoints at the time. It in no way reflects the attitudes of the cataloguers or the British Psychological Society. |
| File of Stephen White BPS Director of Information |
| Language | English |
| Related Material | BPS/001/11/04/03 BPS Consultations and Responses
BPS/001/11/04/02 BPS Lobbying and Briefings
BPS/001/11/04/02/05/08 Teaching Styles in the Primary School 1992
BPS/001/11/04/01/12 BPS Sponsored MPs
BPS/002/3/03/02/05 Occupational Section Conferences
BPS/002/3/12/06 Developmental Psychology Section Conferences
BPS/002/3/06/06/02 Social Section Conferences
BPS/002/1/03/06/01 Scottish Branch Conferences
BPS/001/11/01/04/06 Press Committee Papers
BPS/001/11/02/04 Press and Communications Correspondence
BPS/001/11/04/01/12 Press Conference for Impact of Disasters Bill
BPS/001/6/01/02/03/10 Annual Conference Press - includes also some paper summaries
BPS/001/6/01/03/03/09 London Conference Press - includes also some paper summaries
BPS/004/03 The Burt Affair 1974-1995
BPS/001/11/04/03/05/04 Special Educational Needs Reports, Inquiry and White Paper 1991-1993
BPS/001/11/04/02/05/01 Psychological Aspects of Disaster Report and Proposed Legislation 1987-1991
PHO/003/2/31/11/09 George Sik - Photograph
BPS/001/11/04/02/05/09 Subliminal Messages 1991-1992 |
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| AccessConditions | Registered Users by Appointment Only. |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Location | 13: BPS History of Psychology Centre, London |
| Term | Developmental psychology |
| Child psychology |
| Trauma |
| Occupational psychology |
| Educational testing |
| Disasters |
| Psychological trauma |
| Health Psychology |
| Clinical psychology |
| Public Relations |
| Epilepsy |
| HIV Infections |
| AIDS |
| AdminHistory | The first report on public relations was in 1946 by T H Pear [see BPS Council Papers 25 May 1946]. A public relations committee was founded in 1955 and was a short lived working party.
The first press releases was for the BPS Occupational Psychology Section Conference in Cambridge, held 3-4 January 1970.
In 1971 Nicholas Georgiades and Professor Arthur Summerfield arranged a press conference at Brown's Hotel to draw attention to the BPS response to Sir John Foster's report on Scientology [See BPS/001/4/01/03/01]. After advice from Mr Christopher Hall, Barbara Castle's Information officer on setting up a press function - a Standing Press Committee was formed in October 1971 under the Chairmanship of Dr Georgiades - they produced press releases and started recruiting spokespeople and setting up a media training courses for them - the first of which was held in June 1972. Early press efforts were concentrated on promoting the conferences and journal articles but later encompassed promoting BPS policy, positions, activities and the profession of psychology.
In 1973 Susan Best PA to the Secretary General took on the additional role of 'Public Relations Secretary', this was later held by Mrs M Clark, the post existed until 1976. A dedicated press officer was recruited in 1991.
Stephen White joined the BPS staff as Director of Communications in 1985 and started organising regular media training from 1986 onwards. Press releases were regularly issued from this time.
By October 1991 the Press Committee was no longer a standing committee but a subcommittee of the Information Committee (which itself took over from the Standing Committee on Communications SCCOMS 1984-1990). The Information Committee became the Communications Committee in 1998 as part of the Society's strategic plan. This became the Publications and Communications Board in 2000. |
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| Rules | Description compiled in line with the following: ISAD (G) General International Standard Archival Description MAD3 Third Edition 2000 |
| ArchNote | Compiled by Claire Jackson BPS Archivist History of Psychology Centre. |