Society of Experimental Social Psychology
- Society of Experimental Social Psychology
The Society of Experimental Social Psychology (SESP) is a scientific professional organization of social psychologists. SESP has over 700 members worldwide.
History
The organization was founded in 1965 with a goal of advancing and communicating theories in social psychology. Its first chairperson was Edwin P. Hollander.[cite journal |last=Hollander |first=Edwin P. |year=1968 |title=The Society of Experimental Social Psychology: An Historical Note |journal=Journal of Personality and Social Psychology |volume=9 |issue=3 |pages= |id=280-282 |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4875328 |accessdate=2008-08-25] ]Membership
Membership is by nomination only and is typically exclusive. Nominees are limited to psychologists who are at least five-years post-PhD and have authored at least five papers in top social psychology journals (e.g., the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology).[cite web |url=http://www.sesp.org/meminfo.htm |title=Membership Information |accessdate=2008-08-24] Notable early members included Solomon Asch, Leon Festinger, Harold Kelley, and Stanley Schachter.][cite web |url=http://www.sesp.org/disting.htm |title=Distinguished Scientist Award Recipients |accessdate=2008-08-24] Its current executive officer is Charles Stangor.][cite web |url=http://www.sesp.org/officers.htm |title=Officers and Committees |accessdate=2008-08-24] ]Activities
The official journal of SESP is the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, one of the field's top journals.[cite web |url=http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/622874/description |title=Journal of Experimental Social Psychology |accessdate=2008-08-24] ][cite web |url=http://www.psych.uw.edu.pl/doktoranckie/n2/pliki/impact_factor.pdf |title=2001 Journal Impact Factor (Psychology) |format=pdf |accessdate=2008-08-24] It is published by Elsevier and its current editor is Joel Cooper. ]SESP also holds an annual conference.
ee also
*Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
*Society for Personality and Social Psychology
External links
* [http://www.sesp.org/ Society of Experimental Social Psychology]
References
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