Distinguished Contribution for Applications in Psychology Award for 1978.

The Distinguished Contribution for Applications in Psychology Award is presented to a person who has engaged in a program of research that is both systematic and applied in character. This year the award was given to Alphonse Chapanis. He was presented with a check for $1,000 and an engrossed citation of his contribution. The award was presented by John I. Lacey, Chair of the Committee on Scientific Awards. Other members of the committee are Gerald C. Davison, Leon Festinger, Elaine Hatfield, Nancy Hirschberg, and Jerome E. Singer. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Distinguished Contribution for Applications in Psychology Award for 1977.

The Distinguished Contribution for Applications in Psychology Award is presented to a person who has engaged in a program of research that is both systematic and applied in character. This year the award was given to Starke R. Hathaway. He was presented with a check for $1,000 and an engrossed citation of his contribution. The award was presented by Richard P. Thompson, former Chair of the Committee on Scientific Awards. Other members of the committee are Gerald C. Davison, John I. Lacey, Walter Mischel, Lorrin A. Riggs, and Elaine C. Waister. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Distinguished career contribution to education and training in psychology: Donald R. Peterson.

Presents an overview of the career and contributions that Donald R. Peterson has made to psychology. For more than thirty-five years Donald R. Peterson has shown exemplary dedication to the education and training of psychologists. He is recognized, and valued, among his colleagues for his dauntless advocacy in behalf of the highest standards for professional psychology programs. He was dean of the first university-based school to award a professional doctorate in psychology. He may well be the only living person who has directed a research-oriented scientist-practitioner program, directed a professional program in an academic department, and also directed a professional school in a major research university. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology: Juris G. Draguns.

Juris G. Draguns received the 2001 Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology. He was given this award for his pioneering of academic and professional contacts and research in psychology across multiple national boundaries and difficult language barriers. He has authored and co-authored 130 publications on microgenesis, cognitive style, models of psychopathology, and culture and psychology. He has worked with and inspired colleagues worldwide. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)     

Distinguished Contribution for Applications in Psychology Award for 1974.

The Distinguished Contribution for Applications in Psychology Award was given in 1974 for the second time. This award is presented to a person who has engaged in a program of research which is both systematic and applied in character. This year the award was given jointly to Gerald S. Lesser and Edward L. Palmer. Each recipient was presented with an engrossed citation of his contribution. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology: Robert L. Goldstone.

Recognizes Robert L. Goldstone for his receipt of the 2000 Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology. The award was given for his innovative research on interactions between perception and cognition. He has reappraised the conventional distinction between 'low-level' and 'high-level' cognition, finding that perception is sophisticated and flexibly tuned to conceptual needs and that even abstract cognition is fundamentally grounded in our perceptual abilities. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions: Alan D. Baddeley.

Alan D. Baddeley received the 2001 Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions. He was given this award for being a renaissance man in the study of human cognition. His best known work has revealed how working memory is structured to handle processing and active maintenance of task-relevant information. This work has also established the centrality of working memory to cognitive function. More broadly, his research has advanced our understanding of memory in children, young adults, and the elderly and of memory change with brain damage. His many books and review papers have conveyed the insights and excitement of memory research to scholars, students, and lay audiences alike. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)     

Award for Distinguished Career Contributions to Education and Training: Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr.

Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr. received the 2001 Award for distinguished Career Contributions to Education and Training. He was given this award for his passion, dedication, and talent that inspire excellence in students and continuous self-improvement in teachers. His work has enriched the lives of countless students and teachers. He ushered Advanced Placement Psychology examinations into high schools and conducted summer workshops that rejuvenated psychology teachers. His scholarship highlights important psychologists who might otherwise have been forgotten. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)     

Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Public Service: Allan G. Barclay.

Recognizes Allan G. Barclay with the 2000 Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Public Service. The award was given for his lifelong advocacy for the mentally retarded and developmentally disabled, his years of service as a child clinical psychologist, and his efforts on behalf of the profession of psychology at local, state, national, and international levels.He has worked to advance human welfare by establishing public policies and practices that promote humane and meaningful assessment and treatment for children with developmental disabilities. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Sheldon Cohen: Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions.

Provides the biography of Sheldon Cohen and announces that he has received the APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions (2004) for his elegant research in psychoneuroimmunology. The award citation and a selected bibliography are also provided. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Obituary: David Shakow (1901-1981).

This article describes the career and scientific achievements of David Shakow, PhD. Shakow was a major figure of 20th-century American psychology, one of only two persons honored by the American Psychological Association with two of its most prestigious awards: the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award and the Distinguished Professional Contribution Award. These two honors embodied the essence of Shakow's career. The award for scientific activity was given for basic contributions that enlarged our understanding of the processes underlying the psychological deficit manifested by schizophrenic patients. These studies spanned half a century, beginning in 1932 and concluding 50 years later, when his final publication on this subject appeared a year after his death. The award for professional achievement recognized his role as the father of contemporary clinical psychology. Shakow, by precept and example, gave meaning to the Boulder model for training clinical psychologists. He provided leadership in espousing the view that the clinical psychologist's role is that of both scientist and practitioner in the mental health field. He deeply respected both activities but gave primacy to the clinical psychologist as research scientist. His credo was one that, on reflection, was as applicable to the practitioner as it was to the researcher. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Award for Distinguished Contributions to Applied Psychology as a Professional Practice: Reuben J. Silver.

Reuben J. Silver received the 2001 Award for Distinguished Contributions to Applied Psychology as a Professional Practice. He was given this award for his contributions to the field. During his 50 yrs as a practitioner, an educator, and a supervisor, he has been an outstanding advocate for psychology. His contributions as a leader on state and national levels include serving as chair of the New York State Board for Psychology, a member of the Commissioner of Education's Task Force on Training, chair of the New York Health Department's Medical Access Review Committee, and a founder of the Association of Medical School Psychologists. He pioneered opportunities for psychologists nationwide with his appointment as director of a medical school psychiatry clinic. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)     

Obituary: Leonard D. Eron.

Leonard D. Eron, Editor of Journal of Abnormal Psychology (1973-1980), died May 3, 2007, of complications of congestive heart failure, at the age of 87. He also served as associate editor of the American Psychologist (1986-90), and president of the Midwestern Psychological Association (1985-86) and of the International Society for Research on Aggression (1988-90). Dr. Eron's research focused on the causes of aggression, conducting an influential 40-year longitudinal study, as well as many collaborative cross-cultural studies with scholars in Europe. His research on the impact of media violence on children's behavior has been widely recognized. During his years as a professor at Yale University, the University of Iowa, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the University of Michigan, he left his mark on countless students who carry on his tradition of merging research with the public policy applications of psychology. He was a Fulbright Scholar twice, and a member of many professional and governmental panels, including the National Research Council Panel on Understanding and Control of Violence and the American Psychological Association's Commission on Violence and Youth, of which he was the Chair. He was a diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology and a fellow of the Academy of Clinical Psychology, the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1980 he was given the APA award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Knowledge; in 1995 he received the American Psychological Foundation's Gold Medal Award for Lifetime Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest; and in 2003 he received APA's award for Distinguished Lifetime Contributions to Media Psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Distinguished Contribution for Applications in Psychology Award for 1976.

The American Psychological Association's Distinguished Contribution for Applications in Psychology Award was given this year for the fourth time. This award is presented to a person who has engaged in a program of research that is both systematic and applied in character. The recipient is presented with a check for $1,000 and an engrossed citation of their contributions. This year's award was won by Fred S. Keller. The award was presented 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. A listing of previous award winners is also provided. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

William R. Safarjan: Award for Distinguished Contributions to Applied Psychology as a Professional Practice.

Announces William R. Safarjan as the recipient of the Award for Distinguished Contributions to Applied Psychology as a Professional Practice for 2002. A biographical statement is included, along with major works and contributions for the field. Safarjan received this award for his dedication and strong commitment to advancing psychology as a vehicle for improving the quality of life. Through his legislative advocacy, he helped transform the practice of psychology in California by enabling psychologists in public service to join medical staffs and become principal providers of care. He also spearheaded legislation that stopped the proliferation of regionally unaccredited schools of psychology, thereby bringing California in line with model standards. He serves nationally as an expert witness in practice litigation and has advanced litigation against the egregious practices of managed care. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Award for Distinguished Scientific Applications of Psychology: David T. Lykken.

David T. Lyyken received the 2001 Award for Distinguished Scientific Applications of Psychology. He was given this award for his theoretical and methodological contributions to personality, psychopathology, and the assessment of emotional responding. His demonstration of low fear temperament and impulsivity in psychopathy stimulated a vast literature on the nature of that deficit. He developed the Guilty Knowledge Test and criticized traditional lie detection, stimulating public policy debate on that critical topic. His Activity Preference Questionnaire provided an alternative to neuroticism as a conceptualization of anxiety in psychopathy that is represented in current personality measures, and his concept of 'perception' has proved valuable in assessing risk for substance abuse. Using twin studies, he demonstrated high heritability for numerous psychophysiological responses and developed the concept of emergenisis. He published extensive methodological issues on how to record electrodermal activity, culminating in a proposal for standardization that is universally followed today. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)     

Mark R. Rosenzweig: Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions.

Provides the biography of Mark R. Rosenzweig, and announces that he has received the APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions (1982) for his research demonstrating that weight, chemistry, and ultrastructure of brain components are affected by environmental stimulation. The award citation and a bibliography are also provided. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Knowledge: Marvin R. Goldfried.

Marvin R. Goldfried received the 2001 Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Knowledge. He was given this award because of his contributions to the science and practice of clinical psychology. He has written or edited defining works in the areas of Rorschach, cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy, and psychotherapy integration. His contributions to psychotherapy research were recognized by his election to presidency of the Society for Psychotherapy Research. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)     

James B. Maas: Distinguished Contributions to Education in Psychology Awards.

Recognizes James B. Maas as the winner of the American Psychological Association's 1973 Distinguished Contributions to Education in Psychology Award. James Maas delivered his presidential address to Division 2 on the subject of educational innovation--an interest that is reflected in the citation which accompanies this award: "To James Beryl Maas--whose style and ingenuity in teaching have suggested imaginative ways in which media technology can be introduced effectively. He has amply demonstrated significant educational effects in traditional classroom settings." Biographical information and the award citation are included in the article. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Distinguished Scientific Awards for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology: James Patrick Connell.

The Early Career Awards, given for the first time in 1974, recognize the large number of excellent young psychologists. Recipients of this award may not have held a PhD for more than nine years. For purposes of this award, psychology has been divided into nine areas: human learning and cognition, psychopathology, physiological animal learning and behavior, personality, developmental social sensation and perception, and applied research. Three areas are considered each year, with areas rotated in three-year cycles. The areas considered in 1988 were animal learning, behavior, and ethology; personality; and developmental. This year's recipient in the developmental area is James Patrick Connell. Connell is cited for his use of sophisticated analytic procedures to explicate rich, complex representations of developmental changes and individual differences in motivational processes across the life span. He has proposed a reconceptualization of attachment-system functioning and presented a new component-process approach for examining parent-infant attachment data. In addition to the citation, a biography and selected bibliography of Connell's works are included. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)