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The British Psychological Society is looking to appoint a Chair for our Research Board, to take up office from summer 2024-2027. Championing psychology since 1901, we represent and promote psychology, psychologists and the wider psychological professions. Our membership is diverse, but we all share a passion for psychology and the impact it has ...
What is psychology? | BPS
Clinical Psychology involves the study and assessment of a wide range of mental and physical health problems, including addiction, anxiety, depression, learning difficulties and relationship issues, using a variety of methods such as psychometric tests, interviews and direct observation. View the Clinical psychologist job profile.
BPS Code of Human Research Ethics
Apr 5, 2021 · BPS Code of Human Research Ethics. This code lays out a set of general principles that are applicable to all research contexts and which are intended to cover all research with human participants. The attached document, written by the BPS Working Party on Ethical Guidelines for Psychological Research and updated in April 2021, is designed to ...
Code of Ethics and Conduct - BPS
Dec 8, 2021 · This code, which has been produced by the Ethics Committee of the British Psychological Society, focusses on four primary ethical principles: respect. competence. responsibility. integrity. Each of these principles is described by a statement of key values and accompanied by a set of standards which lay out the precise forms of ethical conduct ...
Find a psychologist | BPS
This directory is designed to help you find a Chartered Psychologist offering services to the public in your area, and can be filtered by specialism and/or clientele as necessary. The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) are the regulator for Practitioner Psychologists in the UK. Search the Directory of Chartered Psychologists.
Time to change the story | BPS
25 June 2018. We all know the story of the Stanford Prison Experiment. It has been a staple of introductory psychology textbooks and lectures for nearly fifty years (see Griggs, 2014). Ordinary young men were randomly divided into Prisoners and Guards; within a short time, the Guards become so brutal and the Prisoners so victimised that the ...
Directory of Chartered Psychologists | BPS
The Directory of Chartered Psychologists is a service provided by the society that makes it easy for you to find a chartered psychologist in your area. Visitors to this directory and other specialist registers should note that the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) are the regulator for Practitioner Psychologists in the UK, and anyone ...
Do women and men talk differently? | BPS
Nov 8, 2018 · Indeed, it is often not asked, simply asserted – 'but, of course, men and women talk differently'. People who raise this topic generally assume I will confirm what they think they already know. We think we already know that women and men talk differently for many reasons. We know it from the thousands of 'pop' psychology and communication ...
Why (almost) everything you know about Milgram is wrong
May 15, 2018 · Why (almost) everything you know about Milgram is wrong. Ella Rhodes reports from a Stephen Reicher keynote at the Society's Annual Conference in Nottingham. Standing in front of a keen psychology audience, Stephen Reicher (University of St Andrews) said he felt like he was at a primary school to tell children why Santa wasn't real.
Good Practice Guidelines on the use of psychological formulation
Good Practice Guidelines on the use of psychological formulation. The guidelines have been developed for the Division of Clinical Psychology to promote best practice in psychological formulation, which is a core competence for clinical psychologists. The guidance is intended to be of benefit to clinical psychologists and clinical psychology ...