Articles
Security Policy and the Word: Applications from Research on Social Judgment and Decision Making — August 18, 2000
IBPP Editor
This article describes the basic findings of and some phenomenological concerns with social judgment and decision-making research applied to developing support for security policies.
The Psychology of Espionage: Contemporary Commentary — August 18, 2000
IBPP Editor
This article provides commentary on some of the common personnel security and counterintelligence criteria employed to minimize espionage within a political organization. The article takes as a point of departure "Security and Motivational Factors in Espionage" by Mr. Terry Thompson in the July 2000 The Intelligencer.
IBPP Research Associates
IBPP Research Associates: Mexico — August 18, 2000
Salvador Plascencia
This article is an interview conducted by IBPP Research Associate, Mr. Gil Grein, with Salvador Plascencia, an executive assistant/buyer living in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. The interview covers conditions in Tijuana as well as opinions about the Vicente Fox administration.
Trends
Trends. Homosexual Politics and Security: The American Psychological Association (APA) Brief of Amicus Curiae No. 99-699 — August 18, 2000
IBPP Editor
This article discusses the American Psychological Association's (APA's) brief of amicus curiae, which the APA submitted in order to provide a context for the Supreme Court of the United States to review the policy of the Boy Scouts of America and Monmouth Council, Boy Scouts of America, which involved the Boy Scouts, homosexuality, and claims about discrimination against homosexuals.
Trends. The Psychology of Human Lie Detectors: Research at the 2000 American Psychological Association Annual Convention — August 18, 2000
IBPP Editor
This article discusses theories pertaining to the psychology of human lie detectors as presented by James Forrest and Robert Feldman (both of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst) at the 2000 American Psychological Association (APA) Annual Convention.
