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Poster Submission Information and Requirements
Poster submissions for SPSP 2010 are closed.
The Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology will be held on January 28-30, 2010, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The SPSP Program Committee invites proposals for both symposia and posters.
Deadline
The deadline for submitting a poster or symposium is 5:00 pm PST, on July 20, 2009. Poster submissions for SPSP 2010 are now closed.
Submission Requirements
Membership Requirement
The first author for each poster submission must be a SPSP member or student member and have paid his or her dues for the 2009 calendar year. Co-authors of a poster are not required to be SPSP members.
If you are not yet a member and wish to join, please see the SPSP Membership page, where you can join SPSP or renew your membership online.
One Submission Rule
An individual may be FIRST AUTHOR on only ONE poster submission OR may serve only ONCE as a symposium speaker. Individuals may, however, be co-authors on more than one paper (symposium and poster).
Registration Requirement
The first author for each poster submission must register to attend the meeting. Co-authors of a poster are not required to register, if they are not attending the meeting.
Presentation Requirement
The first author must attend the meeting and be present at least one full hour during the assigned session to present the poster. Other authors should be present during the remaining time. If the first author is unable to attend the meeting, see our Substitute Presenter policy.
Withdrawals and Substitute Presenters
Please see Abstract Withdrawals.
Presentation Format
Standard poster presentations, printed as poster abstracts in the Proceedings. Poster submissions must include title, authors’ affiliations, and an abstract not to exceed 250 words. For additional information, see the Poster Guidelines.
Submission Content
- Abstracts must contain the specific goals of the study, the methods used, a summary of the results, and a conclusion.
- Data must be collected prior to abstract submission. We will not consider abstracts for studies that have not been conducted.
- The title of the abstract should clearly define the work discussed.
- Use only standard abbreviations.
- All submissions must be in final form, ready for publication in the convention program. Please check your work carefully. No typos or other errors will be corrected.
Submissions will be reviewed with regard to scholarly/theoretical merit, soundness of methodology, relevance to social and personality psychology, clarity of presentation, significance, and originality. Final selection among submissions deemed meritorious will be made with an eye toward achieving a balanced and broadly representative program.
Confirmation
At the end of the submission process, you will see a page confirming completion of your submission. You can print this page for your records. A copy of your submission will also be emailed to you. If you do not receive a submission confirmation email, please .
Submission Revisions
After starting the submission process you will receive an email that contains the login information to your submission. You can login and revise your submission up to the submission deadline of 5:00 pm PST, on July 20, 2009. No revisions will be allowed after the submission deadline.
Poster submissions for SPSP 2010 are now closed.
Communication
All communication between submitters and SPSP is done via email. It's important that the email address in your submission remain a current and active email address or you will not receive important communications about the SPSP meeting and your submission.