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Ref NoBPS/001/6/01/03/03/10
TitleBPS London Conference - Press Releases 1992
Date1992
Extent1 file
Physical Description1 file
DescriptionPress Releases and drafts of press releases from British Psychological Society London Conference held 15-16 December 1992 at City University includes:

List of delegates, speakers and programme, correspondence concerning which papers should have a media release, press release concerning cancelling Cyril Burt symposium

Press releases, drafts, contacts, abstracts and summaries
General press release about the conference - release and drafts;

1. Is Chocolate Addictive? (Jenny MacDiarmid and Marion Hetherington) - contact sheet and coverage notes; press release, drafts, abstract and summary of paper;

2. Work Stress Can Strain Your Marriage (Fiona Jones) - contact sheet and coverage notes; press release, drafts, abstract and summary of paper 'Transmission of Occupational Stress: A Study of Daily Fluctuations in Work Stressors and Strains and Their Impact on Marital Partners';

3. The Young Still Don't Often Use Condoms (Annette Karmiloff-Smith) - contact sheet and coverage notes; press release, drafts, abstract and summary of paper I'd Rather Die of AIDS than Get Pregnant Heterosexual Students Justifications for Unsafe Sex';

4. Who Remembers Thatcher's Resignation? (Dan Wright) - press release and drafts, contact sheet and coverage notes, abstracts and summary of paper;

5. Mastermind Contestants: Youth Versus Experience (Elizabeth Maylor) - contact sheet and coverage notes; press release, drafts, abstract and summary of papers given at symposium 'Aspects of Everyday Memory';

6. Race and Attractiveness of Defendants in Rape Trials (Neil Rector) - contact sheet and coverage notes; press release, drafts, abstract and summary of paper 'Race and Prejudice in the Canadian Legal System: An Experimental Analysis of Jury Decision-Making';

7. Harming Children - Harming Grown-Ups (Catherine Helpworth) - contact sheet and coverage notes; press release, drafts, abstract and summary of papers given a symposium 'Long-Term Cognitive and Behavioural Sequelae of Maltreatment in Childhood';

8. Child Minded Children (Helen Barrett) - contact sheet and coverage notes; press release, drafts, abstract and summary of paper 'The Passivity of Childminded: Fact, Fiction or Simply A Red Herring?;

9. Born Nice, Turned Nasty (Jim Stevenson) - contact sheet and coverage notes; press release, drafts, abstract and copy of paper 'Born Nice, Turned Nasty: Individual Differences In Prosocial Behaviour';

10. If You Catch A Cold, You've Probably Been Stressed (Andrew Smith) - contact sheet and coverage notes; press release, drafts, abstract and summary of papers at symposium 'Stress, Coping and Infection' including 'Stress, Health-Related Behaviour and Susceptibility To Experimentally Induced Colds'

11. Box Clever and Score More Goals With Psychology (Hans Eysenck)- contact sheet and coverage notes; press release, drafts, abstract and summary of papers from symposium 'Psychological Determinants of Success in Exercise and Sport';

12. Lineker-Level Footballers Score on Personality (George Sik and Stephen Smith) contact sheet and coverage notes; press release, drafts, abstract and summary of paper 'It's A Game of Split-Halves, Brian: Players, Personality and Psychometrics';

13. Sweet Memories (David Benton) contact sheet and coverage notes; press release, drafts, abstract and summary of paper 'Blood, Glucose and Memory';

14. Television As Therapy (Chris Barker) - contact sheet and coverage notes; press release, drafts, symposium summary 'The Mass Media As A Psychological Intervention'

15. Victims of the Purley Train Crash (Graham Powell) contact sheet and coverage notes; press release, drafts, abstract and summary of paper 'Psychological Outcome of the Purley Train Crash';

16. Male Infertility - Even More Negative (Leslie Glover) - contact sheet and coverage notes; press release, drafts, abstract and summary of papers given at symposium 'Loss in the 90s';

17. I've Never Been The Same Again (Rosemary Telford) - contact sheet and coverage notes; press release, drafts, abstract and summary of paper 'Is A Minor Head Injury A Trivial Head Injury';

18. The AIDS Epidemic and Bereavement - A Lasting Disaster (Lorraine Sherr) - contact sheet and coverage notes; press release, drafts, [see 16. above for abstract and summary of paper 'Unique Patterns of Bereavement in HIV and AIDS - A Challenge for the New Decade';

19. New Evidence Links Heart Rate to Gambling (Mark Griffiths) - contact sheet and coverage notes; press release, drafts, abstract and summary of paper 'Tolerance in Gambling: An Objective Measure Using The Psychophysiological Analysis of Male Fruit Machine Gamblers';

20. Origins of Children's Fear of Water (Ross Menzies) contact sheet and coverage notes; press release, drafts, abstract and summary of paper 'The Acquisition of Childhood Water Phobias';

21. Here's Looking With You Kid (George Butterworth) contact sheet and coverage notes; press release, drafts, abstract and summary of papers given at symposium 'Early Development: Research Under The Auspices of the ESRC' as well as copy of Butterworth's paper 'Foundation of Referential Communication in Human Infancy';

22. Integrating People With Disabilities Into The Community (John Barrett and Glyn Hudson) - contact sheet and coverage notes; press release, drafts, abstract and summary of paper 'Peoples Perception of Other People's Disabilities: A Research Paradigm'.

See also BPS/001/6/01/03/01/01 for programme and abstracts.
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NotesThe 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.
Stephen White - Director of Information File.
LanguageEnglish
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AccessConditionsRegistered Users by Appointment Only. Personal data on contact sheet not to be available to researcher.
AccessStatusOpen
Location13: BPS History of Psychology Centre, London
TermHealth Psychology
HIV Infections
AIDS
Disasters
RulesDescription compiled in line with the following: ISAD (G) General International Standard Archival Description MAD3 Third Edition 2000
ArchNoteCompiled by Claire Jackson BPS Archivist History of Psychology Centre.

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BPS/GB/121Eysenck; Hans Jurgen (1916-1997); Professor; Psychologist1916-1997
BPS/GB/500White; Stephen Grant (1949-2010); Director of Information1949-2010
BPS/GB/328Economic and Social Research Council; 1965-; ESRC1965-
BPS/GB/249Karmiloff-Smith; Annette Dionne (1938-2016); Professor; CBE, HonFBPsS, CPsychol.FBA, FMedSci, MAE.1938-2016
BPS/GB/01Burt; Sir; Cyril Lodowic (1883-1971); Professor1883-1971
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