Archive
December 1999
Towards the new millennium
The new millennium does not, strictly speaking, begin until 1 January 2001. But it’s clear that in the public’s view the change in the calendar from 1999 to 2000 is the big psychological event. So here we present some thoughts from various perspectives on why many people see the year 2000 as so significant …
November 1999
October 1999
Speaking clearly before the tone...
Richard Hammersley describes some recorded message styles.
September 1999
Music — where cognition and emotion meet
John Sloboda gave the Presidents’ Award Lecture at the Society’s Annual Conference in Belfast, April 1999. He argued that millions of people could discover the joys of music making if we created modern equivalents of the village brass band and stopped focusing on the need to be best.
August 1999
In the presence of a great psychologist - Boris Semeonoff
Tommy MacKay recorded what may have been the last interview with Boris Semeonoff; on the first anniversary of his death, we publish part of that interview here.
July 1999
Education and the disadvantaged: Is there any justice?
Tommy MacKay argues for radical change in the principles and funding of the British educational system. This article is based on his Award for Challenging Inequality of Opportunity Lecture given at the Society’s Annual Conference, March 1998.
June 1999
Eyewitness testimony and the Oklahoma bombing
Amina Memon and Daniel B. Wright ask what psychological studies can tell us about the search for the shadowy ‘John Doe 2’.
May 1999
An invisible morbidity?
Helen Prosser argues that the detection and diagnosis of mental health problems in adults with learning disabilities can be greatly improved.
April 1999
The horrors' of scientific research
Sally Johnson gives an account of her attempts to deal with the methodological problems of a qualitative study.
March 1999
Why I study...Social skills
Michael Argyle
February 1999
Variations on a theme
Associate Editor for Conference reports Fiona Jones introduces the reports from the London
January 1999
Shame in the workplace
Sue Walsh presents the case that linking psychodynamic and organisational perspectives can offer new insights into emotional experiences at work.
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ISSN: 0952-8229 (Print), 2398-1529 (online)