The Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Who We Are
The Society for Personality and Social Psychology, comprised of more than 7,500 members, strives to advance the science, teaching, and application of personality and social psychology.
The core focus of SPSP is to serve its members through educational events, networking opportunities, resources, science funding, publication and promotion of research, and mentoring the next generation of personality and social psychologists.
Character & Context
Character & Context explores the latest findings from research in personality and social psychology. By exploring forces within the person as well as forces within the situation, personality and social psychologists seek to unravel the mysteries of individual and social life.
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Member Spotlight: Wind Goodfriend
Wind Goodfriend is a full professor of psychology and assistant dean of liberal arts at Buena Vista University in Iowa. Her research focuses on understanding and preventing intimate relationship violence, the effects of gender- and sexuality-based prejudice, and social psychological topics in popular culture.