Evidence of the growing interest in, and influence of, Political Psychology was apparent at the 2007 APSA Annual Meeting. James N. Druckman of Northwestern University organized an exciting set of panels. In addition to the twelve panels that Political Psychology was granted, he increased the visibility of Political Psychology by co-sponsoring panels with other sections. The Political Psychology panels and round-tables for the 2007 APSA meetings are listed in the section newsletter.

The Political Psychology panels and posters for the 2007 APSA meetings are as listed below. Electronic versions of most of the papers given on these panels are available at APSA PROceedings, which can be found on the web at www.apsanet.org.

At the 2007 meeting, the Political Psychology section held a business meeting. The minutes from that meeting are available here.


Selective Exposure, Self Interest, and Symbolic Politics: Research Inspired by David Sears

Chair: Jack Citrin

Participants: Jon Krosnick, Penny Visser, Richard Lau, Tom Tyler, and Nicholas Valentino


Roundtable: Competing Psychological Perspectives for Political Behavior  

Chair: Rose McDermott

Discussant: Shanto Iyengar

Participants: Lawrence Bobo, Michael Spezio, David Sears, and Reid Hastie


Roundtable: Reasoning and Choice: Retrospective and Future Directions  

Chair: James Kuklinski

Participants: Paul Sniderman, Martin Gilens, James Kuklinski, and James Gibson    


Communication and Competition                

Chair: Nicholas Winter

Discussants: Nicholas Winter and Gabriel Lenz

Panelists: Dennis Chong, James Druckman, Simon Jackman, Shanto Iyengar, Michael Tomz, Paul Sniderman, Robert Van Houweling, Todd Hartman, and Arthur Lupia    


Socialization                                                                            

Chair: Whitt Kilburn

Discussants:  Whitt Kilburn and Nathan Kalmone

Panelists: Eric Groenendyk, Meghan Condon, Joseph Kahne, Susan Sporte, Dannielle Shani, and Simone Abendschon


Opinion Formation in Varying Contexts   

Chair & Discussant: James McCann

Panelists: Melinda Jackson, Christy Aroopala, Rick Wilson, Rune Slothuus, and Lilach Nir    


Information and Intelligence   

Chair: Ira Carmen

Discussants: Ira Carmen and Kevin Costa

Panelists: Yanna Krupnikov, Helene Landemore, Salomon Orellana, Julia Rabinovich, and Benjamin Page    


Emotion and Learning  

Chair & Discussant: Darren Schreiber

Panelists: Thomas Dolan, Tereza Capelos, Sanne Rijkhoff, Raimon Leeuwenburg, Scott Basinger, Rene Lindstaedt, and Beth Miller    


The Psychology of Immigration  

Chair:  Pia Knigge

Discussants:  Darren Davis and Pia Knigge

Panelists: Bethany Albertson, Jane Junn, Natalie Masouka, Gal Ariely, Daphna Canetti-Nisim, Eran Halperin, Marie Courtemanche, and Gallya Lahav    


Who’s To Blame?  

Chair & Discussant: Melanye Price

Discussants:  Neil Malhotra

Panelists: Anke Gosskopf, Nancy Frye, Andrew Bennett, Colleen Barry, Victoria Brescoli, Alexander Kuo, and Neil Malhotra    


The Psychology of Policy Opinions  

Chair: Cindy Kam

Discussants:  Cindy Kam and Christopher Karpowitz

Panelists: Sung-Youn Kim, Milton Lodge, Charles Taber, Toby Bolsen, Hector Perla, and Elizabeth Suhay    


Evaluating Politicians  

Chair & Discussant: Daphna Canetti-Nisim    

Panelists: Dona-Gene Mitchell, David Doherty, Michael Hughes Murakami, and Richard Matland    


Politics and the Brain: New Research Approaches from Neuroscience  

Chair: Kenneth Scheve

Discussants:  Rose McDermott and Howard Nusbaum

Panelists: Joan Chiao, Eric Dickson, Kenneth Scheve, and Antonio Rangel    


Biology, Psychology, and Political Science:  The New Look  

Chair: Charles Taber

Discussants:  Eric Dickson and Charles Taber

Panelists: John Alford, Peter Hatemi, John Hibbing, James Fowler, and Jim Sidanius    


Political Psychology:  A Roundtable on Political Science and Beyond  

Chair:  Leonie Huddy

Panelists:  Paul Sniderman, James Druckman, Jon Krosnick, and Leonie Huddy    


Political Socialization and Early Learned Symbolic Beliefs:  Research Inspired by David Sears  

Chair:  Carolyn Funk   

Panelists: Donald Kinder, Laura Stoker, Adam Berinsky, Tali Mendelberg, P.J. Henry, and Christine Reyna    


Borrowing from Behavioral Economics and Political Psychology  

Chair: Deborah Elms

Discussants:  Rose McDermott

Panelists: Kurt Weyland, Deborah Elms, William Boettcher, Roland Stephen, and Jeffrey Berejikian