Awards for distinguished scientific contributions.

Lists all of the winners of the Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions, and acknowledges the following 1991 winners: Paul Ekman, Patricia S. Goldman-Rakic, and Richard E. Nisbett. For each of these recipients a citation, biography, and selected bibliography of their work are provided. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Susan T. Fiske: Award for distinguished scientific contributions.

The American Psychological Association 2010 Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions was awarded to Susan T. Fiske, for her guiding force in social psychology, and her groundbreaking work, which includes several foundational theories relating to sexism and prejudice. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for distinguished scientific contributions: 1988.

The Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions are presented by the American Psychological Association at the annual convention. The awardees for 1988, along with those for the preceding years since the establishment of the custom, are listed here. The recipients for 1988 were Irving T. Diamond, Frederic M. Lord, Eleanor E. Maccoby, William J. McGuire, Julian B. Rotter, and George Sperling. Diamond, Lord, Maccoby, McGuire, Rotter, and Sperling were each presented with a check for $2,000 and an engrossed citation of his or her contribution to the development of psychology. In accordance with established custom, the award winners have agreed to present addresses on some phase of their scientific work at the 1989 convention. The presentation of awards was made by Brenda Milner, chair of the Committee on Scientific Awards. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for distinguished scientific contributions: Richard S. Lazarus.

Presents the citation, biography, and selected bibliography for Richard S. Lazarus, one of the recipients of the American Psychological Association's Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions (1989). Lazarus received his award for outstanding contributions to the understanding of the dynamic relationships among emotion, cognition, and motivation, especially as they relate to stress, coping, and adaptation. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for distinguished scientific contributions: J. Douglas Carroll.

Presents the citation, biography, and selected bibliography for J. Douglas Carroll, one of the recipients of the American Psychological Association's Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions (1989). Carroll received his award for his development of many of the most effective and widely used methods for uncovering structures hidden in behavioral science data—including similarity, correlation, preference, and multivariate data. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for distinguished scientific contributions: Jon Kaas.

Presents the citation, biography, and selected bibliography of Jon Kaas, one of the recipients of the American Psychological Association's Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions. From the awardee's citation: "For landmark contributions to our understanding of how sensory information is distributed and integrated within the brain. His discovery of multiple visual, somatosensory, and auditory areas, and of their hierarchical arrangement into sensory systems, has illuminated and transformed the study of perception; his specification of homologies among sensory areas across mammals has greatly enriched our knowledge of brain evolution; and his demonstrations of the plasticity of sensory areas in adult animals have revolutionized our appreciation of neural dynamics. He has inspired students and colleagues alike with his enthusiasm and devotion to research, and with his warmth and generosity to others." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for distinguished scientific contributions: Frederic M. Lord.

Presents the citation, biography, and selected bibliography for Frederic M. Lord, one of the 1988 recipients of the American Psychological Association's Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions. Lord was honored for his creative and penetrating contributions to the theory and practice of psychological measurement. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for distinguished scientific contributions: Ledyard R. Tucker.

Presents the citation, biography, and selected bibliography for Ledyard R. Tucker, one of the 1987 recipients of the American Psychological Association's Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for distinguished scientific contributions.

The Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions are presented by the Association at the annual convention. The awardees for this year (1997) are: Ellen S. Berscheid, Edward Smith, and Robert H. Wurtz. Citations, biographies, and selected bibliographies for each of the awardees are presented here. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)     

Jonathan D. Cohen: Award for distinguished scientific contributions.

The American Psychological Association 2010 Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions was awarded to Jonathan D. Cohen, for his seminal contributions to our understanding of cognitive control and the brain basis of executive processes. Jonathan D. Cohen has provided insights into our most cherished mental functions and our most puzzling and debilitating psychiatric disorders, like his pioneering work on cognitive impairment in schizophrenia. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for distinguished scientific early career contributions to psychology.

Presents the citations, biographies, and selected bibliographies of the 2008 recipients of the American Psychological Association's Awards for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology. 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 doctoral degree for more than nine years. For purposes of this award, psychology has been divided into 10 areas: animal learning and behavior, comparative; developmental; health; cognition/human learning; psychopathology; behavioral and cognitive neuroscience; perception/motor performance; social; applied research; and individual differences. Five areas are considered each year, with areas rotated in two-year cycles. The areas considered in 2007 were behavioral and cognitive neuroscience; perception/motor performance; social; applied research; and individual differences. Each year, panels are selected for the areas under consideration, and these panels recommend nominees to the Committee on Scientific Awards. The 2008 recipients are John J. Curtin (psychopathology), Elissa S. Epel (health psychology), Linda C. Gallo (health psychology), Samuel D. Gosling (animal learning and behavior, comparative), Jodi A. Quas (developmental psychology), and Joshua B. Tenenbaum (cognition and human learning). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for distinguished scientific contributions: 1985.

The Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions are presented by the Association at the annual convention. The awardees for 1985, along with those for the preceding years since the establishment of the custom, are listed here. The recipients for 1985 were Clyde H. Coombs, Mortimer Mishkin, and Allen Newell. Coombs, Mishkin, and Newell were each presented with a check for $2,000 and an engrossed citation of his contribution to the development of scientific psychology. In accordance with established custom, the award winners have agreed to present addresses on some phase of their scientific work at the 1986 convention. The presentation of awards was made by Mark Rosenzweig, chair of the Committee on Scientific Awards. Other members of the committee were Marshall Haith, Margaret Intons-Peterson, John Kihlstrom, Lyman Porter, and Mark Zanna. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for distinguished scientific contributions: Irving T. Diamond.

Presents the citation, biography, and selected bibliography for Irving T. Diamond, one of the 1988 recipients of the American Psychological Association's Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions. Diamond was honored for meticulous and imaginative studies of the mammalian brain. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for distinguished scientific contributions: George Sperling.

Presents the citation, biography, and selected bibliography for George Sperling, one of the 1988 recipients of the American Psychological Association's Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions. Sperling was honored for his ground-breaking contributions to visual information processing and attention. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for distinguished scientific contributions: Allen Newell.

Presents the citation, biography, and bibliography for Allen Newell, one of the 1985 recipients of the American Psychological Association's Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions. Newell was honored for his part in formulating a general theoretical framework for artificial intelligence and cognitive science based on the conception of all intelligent function, animate or inanimate, as a property of symbol manipulating systems. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Joseph E. Ledoux: Award for distinguished scientific contributions.

The American Psychological Association 2010 Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions was awarded to Joseph E. LeDoux, for his success in reinvigorating the field of emotion by uncovering the neural mechanisms of emotional learning, particularly with respect to fear. By applying the tools of modern neuroscience to the study of fear, Joseph E. LeDoux revolutionized the way psychologists view emotional learning and the importance of unconscious versus conscious processes. His findings have led to novel ways to treat anxiety disorders through manipulation of extinction and reconsolidation processes. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for distinguished scientific contributions: Mortimer Mishkin.

Presents the citation, biography, and bibliography for Mortimer Mishkin, one of the 1985 recipients of the American Psychological Association's Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions. Mishkin was honored for his brilliant and tenacious study of the functional organization of the primate brain, including the discovery of the role of the inferotemporal cortex in vision and the delineation of functionally specialized areas within the frontal lobe. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for distinguished professional contributions: 1987.

Recognizing the diversity of roles and activities in which many professional psychologists are engaged, beginning in 1979, Professional Awards have been presented to individual members of the Association whose distinguished contributions have served to advance psychology as a profession in the areas of knowledge, public service, and professional practice. In 1987, recipients honored at the annual convention in Washington, DC, were as follows: for "Distinguished Professional Contributions to Public Service," Edwin Shneidman and Lenore Walker; for "Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Psychology as a Professional Practice, "Alfred M. Wellner and Carl N. Zimet; for "Distinguished Professional Contributions to Knowledge," Mary D. S. Ainsworth and Hans H. Strupp. Annette Brodsky, Chair of the Board of Professional Affairs, presented the awards. The members of the BPA Subcommittee on Professional Awards were William Howell and Stanley Schneider. The awardees for all of the years since the establishment of the custom are also presented here. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for distinguished scientific contributions: Eleanor E. Maccoby.

Presents the citation, biography, and selected bibliography for Eleanor E. Maccoby, one of the 1988 recipients of the American Psychological Association's Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions. Maccoby was honored for her wide-ranging and authoritative contributions to developmental and social psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for distinguished professional contributions: 1984.

Recognizing the diversity of roles and activities in which many professional psychologists are engaged, beginning in 1979 Professional Awards have been presented to individual members of the Association whose distinguished contributions have served to advance psychology as a profession in the areas of knowledge, public service, and professional practice. The 1984 recipients, honored at the annual convention in Toronto, were as follows: for "Distinguished Professional Contributions to Public Service," Stephen E. Goldston and Cecil Peck; for "Distinguished Contributions to Applied Psychology as a Professional Practice," Nicholas A. Cummings; for "Distinguished Contributions to Knowledge," Norman Frederiksen. The citations, biographies, and bibliographies are presented here. The awardees for all of the years since the establishment of the custom are also listed here. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)