Gary B. Melton: Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology.

This document presents the citation awarded to Gary B. Melton, recipient of the 2005 APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology. A brief biography and a selected bibliography of Melton accompany the citation. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Charles D. Spielberger: Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology.

This document presents the citation awarded to Charles D. Spielberger, recipient of the 2005 APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology. A brief biography and a selected bibliography of Spielberger accompany the citation. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest.

The Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest recognize persons who have advanced psychology as a science and/or profession by a single extraordinary achievement or a lifetime of outstanding contributions in the public interest. Two awards are given: one to a psychologist who has made a significant contribution to the public interest in the early stages of his or her career, and the second to a senior psychologist. Award winners from 1978-2005 are listed. This document includes the citations presented to the 2005 APA Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest. A brief biography and a selected bibliography of each award winner is included. If an address was delivered, the award winners' address to the 113th annual APA Convention is also published. The award winners Margaret Beale Spencer and Daniel Dodgen. Beale delivered an address entitled "Crafting Identities and Accessing Opportunities Post-Brown" (see record 2005-14550-019). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

2006 Award Winners: Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology.

The Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology is given to individuals who have made sustained and enduring contributions to international cooperation and the advancement of knowledge in psychology. This document lists the winners of this award from 1991 to 2006, and provides the citation, brief profile, and selected bibliography for the 2006 recipient, Michael Cole. Cole's award address, entitled Internationalism in Psychology: We Need It Now More Than Ever (see record 2006-21079-044), is also included. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

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. The specific areas considered in 2005 were behavioral and cognitive neuroscience; perception/motor performance; social; applied research; and individual differences. Award winners from 1974-2005 are listed. This document includes the citations awarded to the 2005 APA Awards for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology. A brief biography and a selected bibliography of each award winner accompany each citation. The award winners were Albert Jan (Ap) Dijksterhuis, Günther Knoblich, Robert F. Krueger, Hendree E. Jones, Fredrick P. Morgeson, and Russell A. Poldrack. (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)     

2005 Award Winners: Distinguished International Contributions.

Gathers together all of the 2005 American Psychological Association Awards for Distinguished International Contributions that were presented at the 113th APA Convention in Washington, DC. Citations given to award winners for the specific Awards under this group are published together here. Brief biographies and selected bibliographies of each award winner accompany the citations. If an address was delivered by the award winner at the APA Convention it is also published here. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Rubén Ardila: Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology.

Presents the citation, biography, and selected bibliography for Rubén Ardila, one of the 2007 recipients of the American Psychological Association's Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology. Also presented is an article based on the author's award address delivered at the APA's 115th annual meeting, held August 17-20, 2007, in San Francisco, California. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest.

The Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest recognize persons who have advanced psychology as a science and/or profession by a single extraordinary achievement or a lifetime of outstanding contributions in the public interest. Two awards are given: one to a psychologist who has made a significant contribution to the public interest in the early stages of his or her career, and the second to a senior psychologist. The 2009 recipients are Keith N. Humphreys (Early Career Award) and Beverly Greene. For each recipient, a citation, biography, and selected bibliography are presented. In addition, a version of the award address that the recipient presented at the American Psychological Association's annual convention is also provided. (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 2007 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 2007 recipients are J?rn Diedrichsen (perception/motor performance); R. Chris Fraley (individual differences); Robert D. Gray (applied psychology); Matthew D. Lieberman (social); and Patrik O. Vuilleumier (behavioral and cognitive neuroscience). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology.

Presents the citations, biographies, and selected bibliographies for the 2007 recipients of the American Psychological Association's Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology. Also presented are articles based on the authors' award addresses delivered at the APA's 115th annual meeting, held August 17-20, 2007, in San Francisco, California. This award is given to individuals who have made sustained and enduring contributions to international cooperation and the advancement of knowledge in psychology. The 2007 recipients of this award are Rubén Ardila and Frederick T. L. Leong. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

2006 Award Winners: Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest.

The Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest recognize persons who have advanced psychology as a science and/or profession by a single extraordinary achievement or a lifetime of outstanding contributions in the public interest. Two awards are given: one to a psychologist who has made a significant contribution to the public interest in the early stages of his or her career, and the second to a senior psychologist. This document lists the winners of these awards from 1978 to 2006, and provides the citations, brief profiles, and bibliographies for the 2006 recipients, Rose L. Clark and McCay Vernon. Vernon's award address The APA and Deafness (see record 2006-21079-030) is also included. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for Distinguished Career Contributions to Education and Training.

These awards are given by the Board of Educational Affairs in recognition of the efforts of psychologists who have made distinguished contributions to education and training, who have produced imaginative innovations, or who have been involved in the developmental phases of programs in education and training in psychology. Each year one of these two awards is presented. The Distinguished Career Contributions Award recognizes continuous significant contributions made over a lifelong career in psychology; the Distinguished Contributions Award recognizes a more specific contribution to education and training. Award winners from 1987-2005 are listed. This year the Education and Training Awards Committee nominated two psychologists for the Award for Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training. This document includes the citations presented to the award winners of the 2005 APA Award for Distinguished Career Contributions to Education and Training. A brief biography and a selected bibliography of the award winners accompany each citation. If an address was delivered, the award winner's address to the 113th annual APA Convention is also published. The award winners were John C. Norcross and Irma Serrano-García. Norcross delivered an address entitled The Psychotherapist's Own Psychotherapy: Educating and Developing Psychologists (see record 2005-14550-025). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Frederick T. L. Leong: Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology.

Presents the citation, biography, and selected bibliography for Frederick T. L. Leong, one of the 2007 recipients of the American Psychological Association's Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology. Also presented is an article based on the author's award address delivered at the APA's 115th annual meeting, held August 17-20, 2007, in San Francisco, California. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Distinguished International Contributions.

The recipients of the 2001 Distinguished International Contributions Awards are provided. The winner of the Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology is Juris G. Draguns, and the winner of the International Humanitarian Award is Karen L. Hanscom. Each author's award address is provided, along with a citation and biography. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology.

Presents the 2002 winners of the American Psychological Association 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 2002 were animal learning and behavior, comparative; developmental; health; cognition/human learning; and psychopathology. Each year, panels are selected for the areas under consideration, and these panels recommend nominees to the Committee on Scientific Awards. (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. This document lists the winners of these awards from 1956 to 2006, and provides the citations, brief profiles, and bibliographies for the 2006 recipients, Michael Davis, Marcia K. Johnson, and Martin E. P. Seligman. The award addresses, Neural Systems Involved in Fear and Anxiety Measured With Fear-Potentiated Startle (see record 2006-21079-027), Memory and Reality (see record 2006-21079-028), and Positive Psychotherapy (see record 2006-21079-029), are also included. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Thomas D. Oakland: Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology.

Provide the biography of Thomas D. Oakland and announces that he has won the Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology for creating or assisting in the creation of most of the current literature on international school psychology, as well as that relating to test use with children and youth internationally. A selected bibliography is also provided. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology.

Presents a citation for Juris G. Draguns, who received the 2001 Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology, which is given to an individual who has made sustained and enduring contributions to international cooperation and the advancement of knowledge in psychology. Draguns is recognized for "his tireless pioneering of academic and professional contacts and research in psychology across multiple national boundaries and difficult language barriers." Accompanying the citation are a biography and selected bibliography, as well as Draguns' award address, entitled "Toward a Truly International Psychology: Beyond English Only." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)     

Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology.

Presents a citation, biography, and selected paper of the 2002 recipient of APA's Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology (Stanley C. Krippner). This award is given to an individual who has made sustained and enduring contributions to international cooperation and the advancement of knowledge in psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)