James E Maddux

James E Maddux

University Professor Emeritus
Department of Psychology Senior Scholar
Center for the Advancement of Well-Being
George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA

The Social and Cognitive Psychology of Clinical Perception and Judgement: The Inconvenient Truth.

Summary

Research suggests that most mental health professionals believe that their training and experience make them less likely to commit the common errors in perceiving and judging their clients that are routinely committed by people without professional training and experience. This talk will present research that also indicates that this belief is a „positive illusion” or myth and will discuss the inconvenient implications of this belief and ways to overcome it.

“My major scholarly interest is the interface of social, clinical, and health psychology, which is concerned with the ways that theory and research from social psychology can help us understand psychological adjustment, psychological disorders, and health-related behavior. My professional mission is to enhance well-being around the world through the promotion of psychological science.”

Learn more about professor Maddux at http://psychology.gmu.edu/people/jmaddux.