Distinguished Scientific Contribution Awards: 1969.

The Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contribution are presented by the American Psychological Association at its annual convention. This document presents the awards for this year (1969), along with those for the preceding years since the establishment of the custom, beginning with 1956. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

James Emmett Birren: Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award.

Acknowledges the presentation of the American Psychological Association (APA) 1968 Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award to James Emmett Birren. The citation reads: "For his internationally recognized leadership in the field of behavior gerontology, based upon years of experimental research on neurological, sensory, perceptual, and thinking functions. He has particularly emphasized the analysis of speed and accuracy and their physiological correlates in relation to age in the elderly. His work has contributed support for the hypothesis that reduced input of information is an important key to much apparent intellectual decline in the aged." A biography and a listing of the awardee's scientific writings are also included. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Distinguished Scientific Contribution Awards.

The Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contribution are presented by the Association at the Annual Convention. The awards for this year, along with those for the preceding years since the establishment of the custom are presented here. Citations are presented for Solomon Eliot Asch, Ernest Ropiequet Hilgard and James Olds. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Distinguished Scientific Contribution Awards for 1972.

The Distinguished Scientific Contribution Awards are presented each year by the American Psychological Association at the Annual Convention. The award winners for 1972 are Edwin E. Ghiselli, Dorothea Jameson, Leo Hurvich, and Pattrick Suppes. Each award winner is recognized with a check for $1,000 and an engrossed citation of his or her formal contributions to the development of scientific psychology. Further, these psychologists have agreed, in accordance with established custom, to present addresses on some phase of their scientific work at the 1973 Convention. The award citations, personal biographies, and professional writings of the award winners are presented. Additionally, a listing of award recipients from preceding years is provided. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Distinguished Scientific Contribution Awards: 1970.

Presents the names of the Winners of the American Psychological Association's (APA) Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award. Presentations were made by the Association at the Annual Convention. This year's recipients are Donald T. Campbell, David Krech, and R. Duncan Luce. Also, listed are the names of the preceding years winners since the establishment of the custom. Each of this year's recipients was presented with an engrossed citation of his formal contributions to the development of scientific psychology and a check for one thousand dollars. These psychologists have agreed, in accordance with established custom, to present addresses on some phase of their scientific work at the 1971 Convention. The presentation of awards was made by Richard L. Solomon, Chairman of the Committee on Scientific Awards. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Distinguished Scientific Contribution Awards for 1976.

The Distinguished Scientific Contribution Awards are presented each year by the American Psychological Association at the Annual Convention. The award winners for 1976 are Beatrice C. Lacey, John I. Lacey, Theodore M. Newcomb, and Roger N. Shepard. The personal biographies and the professional writings of the award winners are presented, along with a listing of award recipients from preceding years. Each award winner is recognized with a check for $1,000 and an engrossed citation of his or her formal contributions to the development of scientific psychology. These psychologists have agreed, in accordance with established custom, to present addresses on some phase of their scientific work at the 1977 Convention. The presentation of awards was made by Richard F. Thompson, Chair of the Committee on Scientific Awards. Other members of the Committee are Dorothea Hurvich, Walter Mischel, Lorrin A. Riggs, Janet T. Spence, and Elaine Walster. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

American Psychological Association: Distinguished Scientific Contribution Awards.

Briefly describes the American Psychological Association (APA): Distinguished Scientific Contribution Awards and the recipients for 1966. This is the eleventh annual presentation by the American Psychological Association of awards to a few of the Association's members who have made distinguished theoretical or empirical contributions to scientific psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Distinguished Scientific Contribution Awards for 1978.

Presents the Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contribution presented at the American Psychological Association's annual convention. The awardees for this year, along with those for the preceding years since the establishment of the custom are presented in this article. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Eleanor Jack Gibson: Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award.

Acknowledges the presentation of the American Psychological Association (APA) 1968 Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award to Eleanor Jack Gibson. The citation reads: "For distinguished studies of perceptual learning and perceptual development. Following participation in and guidance of studies which have significantly advanced our understanding of depth perception in infants and young organisms, she has turned to the systematic analysis of reading. Her analysis and experimental study of the discriminatory and decoding aspects, as well as semantic and syntactical features of reading have indicated what must be learned. Her analysis of the learning process itself has delineated how reading is acquired. Always the experimentalist, she has elucidated the steps that must precede application in formal instruction. By so doing, she has imaginatively shown how to bridge the gap from laboratory to classroom." A biography and a listing of the awardee's scientific writings are also included. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Muzafer Sherif: Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award.

Acknowledges the presentation of the American Psychological Association (APA) 1968 Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award to Muzafer Sherif. The citation reads: "For his dedication to objective, quantitative measures in numerous studies of interpersonal behavior. He and his colleagues have shown that methods developed in psychophysics and scaling can be fruitfully applied in the investigation of social judgments and attitudes. His early study of the autokinetic phenomenon in a social context galvanized social psychologists into approaching their problems with the methods and tools used in the study of sensation and judgment, and his later study of formation and characteristics of democratic and authoritarian societies, to mention only these, stand as classics in social psychology. In his devotion to basic research he has contributed importantly to the extension of scientific psychology to the study of group behavior." A biography and a listing of the awardee's scientific writings are also included. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

David Shakow: Distinguished Scientific Contribution Awards for 1975.

This document presents the citation awarded to David Shakow, recipient of the 1975 APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions. A brief biography and a selected bibliography of Shakow's research accompany the citation. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Distinguished Scientific Contribution Awards 1971.

The Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contribution are presented by the American Psychological Association at the annual convention. The awards for 1971, along with those for the preceding years since the establishment of the custom, are listed here. The Award citations, biographies, and scientific publications of the 1971 Award-winners are also provided. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Donald Broadbent: Distinguished Scientific Contribution Awards for 1975.

This document presents the citation awarded to Donald Broadbent, recipient of the 1975 APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions. A brief biography and a selected bibliography of Broadbent's work accompany the citation. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

David Krech: Distinguished Scientific Contribution Awards.

Presents the citation of the 1970 American Psychological Association's Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award winner, David Krech. The award citation reads: "The friends of David Krech will say that his career has been brilliant, varied, and consistently creative. His enemies will say that he has been What happens in the brain when an organism learns? Krech and his colleagues have helped to restate the problem, to mobilize new techniques, and to launch promising studies in the neurophysiology, and neurochemistry of behavior. It should be mentioned that David Krech is much more than just a good scientist. He is also a good member of society, and a good human being. He is always on the right side--which is sometimes the left side--of a controversy. He is always in there lighting. A good man, and true!" Personal biographic information is also included, along with a list of the recipient's scientific writings. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions: 1987.

Provides a list of awardees for 1987, along with those for the preceding years for the American Psychological Association Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

R. Duncan Luce: Distinguished Scientific Contribution Awards.

Presents the citation of the 1970 American Psychological Association's Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award winner, Robert Duncan Luce. The award citations reads: "For his leadership in the development of theories that range from social behavior, to learning and memory, to perception and psychophysics. By his judicious use of mathematical methods he has contributed significantly to the development of psychology as a quantitative science. The hallmark of his research has been to take an extremely simple set of axioms and explore in detail their implications for a wide range of phenomena. For example, in his theory of choice, a general axiom concerning selections from related sets of alternatives is shown to have important applications in such diverse fields as psychophysics, learning, and social utility. Mathematical theory dominates his work, but it is by no means anti-empirical; it has been a stimulus for many important experimental studies. His recent contribution to the theory of measurement has broad ramifications not only for psychology but for the general methodology of all sciences." Personal biographic information is also included, along with a list of the recipient's scientific writings. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Robert R. Sears: Distinguished Scientific Contribution Awards for 1975.

This document presents the citation awarded to Robert R. Sears, recipient of the 1975 APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions. A brief biography and a selected bibliography of Dr. Sears published research accompany the citation. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions.

The Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions are presented to persons who, in the opinion of the Committee on Scientific Awards, have made distinguished theoretical or empirical contributions to basic research in psychology. Award winners from 1956-2005 are listed. Also included here are the citations awarded to the 2005 APA Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions. A brief biography and a selected bibliography of each award winner is included. If an address was delivered, the award winner's address to the 113th annual APA Convention is also published. The award winners were Charles G. Gross, Douglas L. Medin, and Robert S. Siegler. Gross delivered an address entitled Processing the Facial Image: A Brief History (see record 2005-14550-003). Siegler delivered an address entitled Children's Learning (see record 2005-14550-006). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)