BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID: 1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-TIMEZONE: America/Los_Angeles DTSTAMP: 20260531T131757 BEGIN:VEVENT UID: info@vconferenceonline.com SUMMARY:International Psychology Papers PRIORITY:0 CATEGORIES:SESSION CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART:20200617T110000 DTEND:20200617T122000 URL: https://event.vconferenceonline.com DESCRIPTION:CHAIR: NILOFER NAQVI

11:00am - 11:15am
STUDYING DISLOCATED LIVES: A COMPARATIVE EXAMINATION OF ESTABLISHED AND EVOLVING RESEARCH APPROACHES
PADMINI BANERJEE (DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY)
Refugees and displaced populations have acquired new urgency and salience in recent times and across borders precipitated by geo-political, socio-cultural and environmental realities and concerns. There is an articulated need to understand the larger implications of these developments. Research studies have proliferated, crossing disciplines and methodological traditions, begging closer scrutiny and examination of their approaches. Some of these trends are examined here, with examples, and implications explored for researchers and the field as a whole.

11:20am - 11:35am
HIGH VALUE AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SIGNIFICANCE: SPEECH OF THE SUFFERING SOUL
CHRIS STEED (WINCHESTER UNIVERSITY UK)
‘Psychopathology,' diseases of the mind, derives from ‘psyche’, ‘pathos’ and ‘logos’: literally, ‘speech of the suffering soul’. Amidst multi-dimensional complexity of human behaviour, private as well as public worlds demonstrate that we are not just interest-led. Human action is shaped by the desire to sustain our value and protest when breached. What is the energy for this? Where can we locate in psychological literature the role that a valuable self plays in mental architecture?

11:40am - 11:55am
PROTECTING ANIMALS, SAVING SPECIES: A PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE TO SUPPORT GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY
DIANE P. GENEREUX (BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD)
Our 200 Mammals Project, an international collaboration, is pioneering data-collection strategies to inform species conservation using DNA samples collected during veterinary care --- with minimal impact on the sampled individual. In doing so, we are establishing new standards to protect both individual animals and entire species, addressing a moral imperative in this era of anthropogenic extinction.

12:00pm - 12:15pm
INCREASING AUTISM AWARENESS IN TANZANIA THROUGH A MOBILE PHONE TRAINING PROGRAM
NILOFER NAQVI, LEIGH KONAK, MEGAN RICCI, CASSIDY MAHONEY (IONA COLLEGE)
Educators in Mwanza, Tanzania currently have access to a free training on Autism via their mobile devices. The content of the training includes etiology, assessment, teaching strategies and behavior modification and is available in English and Swahili. A total of 118 users have accessed the training with a completion rate of approximately 30%. Results will highlight demographic information of users, pre and post-test learning outcomes, and an exploration into the content areas with highest usership. LOCATION: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR