| Abstract: | Based on their visit to the twelfth annual Science Talent Search, the authors note that few, if any, exhibits could be classified as psychology and suggest two hypotheses: (1) that psychology is of little interest (or is not challenging) to bright students; and (2) that they have had no opportunity to become acquainted with the science outside of Sunday supplement sob columns. The authors reject the first hypothesis and suggest that the second hypothesis has much greater attraction and likelihood. They believe that it is high time that the whole membership of the American Psychological Association (APA) consider seriously the problem of training and recruitment at the high school level. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
