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 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)     

American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Contribution Awards, 1965.

Presents the 1965 award winners and a listing of the previous winners of the American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award. The stated purpose of the awards is to honor "outstanding contributions to the science of psychology." Three award winners were announced for 1965: Floyd Henry Allport, Fritz Heider, and Paul Thomas Young. The Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contribution are presented by the Association at the Annual Convention. Each winner was presented with an engrossed citation of his formal contribution to the development of scientific psychology and a check for one thousand dollars. These psychologists have agreed, in accordance with what is established custom, to give addresses on some phase of their scientific work at the convention in 1966. The presentation of the awards was made by James J. Gibson, Chairman of the Committee for Selecting the Recipients of Awards for Outstanding Contribution to Scientific Psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Nancy Bayley: American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award.

Notes that Nancy Bayley is one of the recipients of the 1966 American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award. Her citation reads: "For the enterprise, pertinacity, and insight with which she has studied human growth over long segments of the life cycle. With consummate skill in the use of available but imperfect instruments and with respect and sensitiveness for her subjects, she has rigorously recorded their physical, intellectual, emotional, and social development from birth to middle life. Her studies have enriched psychology with enduring contributions to the measurement and meaning of intelligence, and she traced important strands in the skein of factors involved in psychological development. Her participation in a number of major programs of developmental research is a paradigm of the conjoint efforts which are essential in a field whose problems span the generations." A personal biography is also included, along with a listing of her scientific writings. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

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)     

Clarence Henry Graham: American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award.

Reports that Clarence Henry Graham is one of the recipients of the 1966 American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award. His citation reads: "For his studies of afferent and central mechanisms of behavior and of psychological methods. His early work with collaborators led to the first recording of electrical activity in single nerve fibers in the visual system. His behavioral analyses of the psychophysical methods, his quantitative measurements of the acquisition, extinction, and spontaneous recovery of the simple running response, his studies of area-intensity and intensity-time relations in visual psychophysics, his investigations of space perception, particularly stereoscopic cues and monocular movement parallax, and, most recently, his research on color vision and color blindness are models of effective, quantitative research. Singly they are important; in toto they are an impressive contribution to human enlightenment." A personal biography is also included, along with a listing of his scientific writings. (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: 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)     

Richard Lester Solomon: American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award.

Reports that Richard Lester Solomon is one of the recipients of the 1966 American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award. His citation reads: "For his incisive and insistent inquiry into fundamental problems of discrimination, of word recognition thresholds, and of conditioning. His studies give us deep insights into the way the nervous system relates the organism to its world. At his side, colleagues and students have learned dignity and persistence, as well as master craftsmanship in research, responding warmly to his quietly contagious enthusiasm. And while he prefers for himself a measured and manageable framework, he has given steady encouragement to others' views and efforts." A personal biography is also included, along with a listing of his scientific writings. (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)     

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)     

Solomon Eliot Asch: Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award.

It is the pleasant and impressive custom of the American Psychological Association each year to present distinguished scientific contribution awards to three of its outstanding members. A Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award was given to Solomon Eliot Asch in 1967 for the research he has inspired, his independence, and his view of man. His work on forming impressions of personality and on group conformity pressures have each been among the most imitated research designs of our generation. A dozen other of his diverse studies have stood a chance of being comparably seminal. It took the least conformant of social psychologists to defend conformity and to point out that an essential feature of social life is the willingness to trust the observations and reports of others. Without sentimentality, he consistently has cautioned psychology against deliberately oversimplifying its theoretical models and denying the existence of data which is inconvenient to tally, insisting always that there be humanity in psychology's image of man. A brief biography is provided followed by a list of scientific publications. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Award for distinguished professional contributions to knowledge: Paul E. Meehl.

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, professional practice, and public service. In 1993, the recipient of the Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Knowledge was Paul E. Meehl. Meehl's citation, biography, and selected bibliography are presented here. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Distinguished Scientific Contribution Awards: 1968.

Presents the Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contribution, given by the American Psychological Association at the annual convention. The 1968 award recipients are James E. Birren (behavioral gerontology), Eleanor J. Gibson (perceptual learning and development) and Muzafer Sherif (interpresonal behavior and psychophysics). Included for each recipient are the citation text, biography and bibliography of scientific publications. The recipients for 1956 through 1967 are listed. (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.

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 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)