National Media Awards.

Announces that the American Psychological Foundation (APF) selected four winners in its 1980 National Media Awards Program. The four winners are: Marlene Cimons for a series on Vietnam War veterans, Zick Rubin for Children's Friendships and for "Seeking a Cure for Loneliness," Ellen Frank for producing and hosting a 35-part series called "The Facts of Life", and Daniel Goleman for "1,528 Little Geniuses and How They Grew." Robert J. Trotter received a special APF award for making a sustained contribution in communicating psychology to the general public. Seven entries cited for making distinguished contributions in communicating psychology to the public are also listed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

National Media Awards.

Announces the winners of the 1974 National Media Awards. The National Media Awards program was established by the American Psychological Foundation in 1956 to honor outstanding reporting on psychology by the national media. These awards are offered as a means of recognizing and encouraging the communication of psychology to the general public by reporters, magazine and free-lance writers, television, radio, films, and books. The winners in the five media categories are as follows: Book and monograph: The Brain Changers, by Maya Pines. Television and film: The First Signs of Washoe, produced for WGBH, Boston, by Simon Campbell-Jones. Newspaper: 'Tis the Season to Be--Depressed," by Rose Kushner. Magazine: "Oh, for a Good Night's Sleep!," by Maggie Scarf. Radio: Four programs of the Firing Line series. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

National Media Awards.

The American Psychological Foundation's National Media Award was established in 1956 to recognize and encourage outstanding reporting which increases the public's knowledge and understanding of psychology. This year for the first time awards were made in three categories: (a) television, radio, and movie; (6) book and monograph; and (c) newspaper and magazine. In the television-radio-movie category, the award this year (1971) was presented to David Prowitt, producer and narrator of the film The Mind of Man. In the book-monograph category, the award was given to Richard I. Evans, author of the book Gordon Allport: The Man and His Ideas. In the newspaper-magazine category, the recipient of the award was Emily Hahn for her article On the Side of the Apes. The article first appeared in the New Yorker magazine and has since been published in book form. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

National Media Awards.

The American Psychological Foundation selected winners in five categories in the competition for the 1978 National Media Awards. The awards are presented annually to recognize and encourage outstanding and accurate reporting that contributes to the public's knowledge and understanding of psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

American Psychological Foundation Awards for 1977: National Media Awards.

Presents a list of the recipients of the National Media Awards for 1977. Included are the awards for the following categories: (1) magazine writing; (2) radio; and (3) television/film. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

American Psychological Foundation National Media Awards.

The National Media Awards program was established in 1956 by the American Psychological Foundation to honor outstanding reporting in the national media on psychology. These awards are offered as a means of recognizing and encouraging the communication of psychological topics to the general public by reporters, writers, producers, and others connected with newspapers, magazines, television, radio, films, books, and similar media. The awards are made on the recommendation of the National Media Awards Committee chaired by Julius Segal. Because of the diversity and, hence, the noncomparability of various productions, the media awards are made in several categories. Each one is accompanied by a check for $500, a citation, and a letter of commendation for having served both psychology and the public in this fashion. The 1972 National Media Awards Committee named winners in all three categories of this year's award: The winner of the Television/Radio/Movie category was the film Learning produced by CRM Productions of Beverly Hills, California; The co-winners of the newly formed Books/Magazines/Monographs category are Gay Gaer Luce and Erik Peper for their article in the New York Times Magazine entitled "Biofeedback: Mind Over Body, Mind Over Mind"; The winner of the newspaper award was Ronald Hollander for a series of articles entitled "Hospital Psychiatric Emergency Rooms" which appeared in the New York Post. In addition to the three winners, six honorable mentions are announced. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

American Psychological Foundation: National Media Awards.

Explains that the National Media Awards are offered as a means of recognizing and encouraging the communication of psychology to the general public by magazine and free-lance writers, reporters, television, radio, films, and books. Awards are presented in six categories (only five awards were made this year, however, and next year the television and film categories will be combined). In addition, a Grand Prix winner is selected from the winners of the five categories. Each winner received three days' expenses to the APA's Annual Convention in Montreal and a citation. A record total of 162 entries were received in the six categories this year. The first winner of the Grand Prix award was Gerald Jonas for his two-part series on the work of Neal Miller which appeared in the August 19 and 26, 1972, issues of the New Yorker magazine. Jonas also received the award in the magazine category. Other winners included: Television--"The Masks We Wear," produced by ABC News and Jules Power Productions, narrated by Harry Reasoner; Radio--"The IQ Fallacy," produced by the Great Atlantic Radio Conspiracy and aired on WBJC-FM in Baltimore, Maryland; Newspaper reporting--Christine Darg of the Richmond Times-Dispatch for a series of articles on the human potential movement; and Books/monographs--Elliott Aronson for the book The Social Animal published by W. H. Freeman and Company. In addition to the five winners, honorable mentions and letters of special commendation were awarded to a number of entries in all six categories. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

American Psychological Foundation: National Media Awards.

The National Media Awards program was established in 1956 by the American Psychological Foundation to honor outstanding reporting in the national media on psychology. These awards are offered as a means of recognizing and encouraging the communication of psychology to the general public by reporters, magazine and free-lance writers, television, radio, films, and books. Awards are usually made in five categories: radio, television/film, newspaper reporting, magazine writing, and books/monographs. The winners of the separate media categories competed with each other for the $1,000 Grand Prix, an award for the single outstanding communications effort about psychology in 1976. The winning citations and the Grand Prix were presented at the time of the APA Convention. There was no 1976 winner in the television/film category. Lonnie Carton, a psychologist at Tufts University, won the award in radio for her daily program, "The Learning Center," produced by WEEI Newsradio 59 in Boston and broadcast on all CBS-owned stations. Edward Edelson, science editor of the New York Daily News, won the newspaper reporting category for his three articles on "The Gender Revolution," which appeared in the issues of June 30, July 1, and July 2, 1975. Kenneth L. Woodward, general editor of Newsweek magazine, was the winner of the magazine writing category. With Phyllis Malamud, Woodward authored the September 22, 1975, cover article, "Who's Raising the Kids?: The Parent Gap." Jonathan L. Freedman, professor of psychology at Columbia University, won the books/monograph category for Crowding and Behavior. His book was published by W. H. Freeman and Company in San Francisco (paperbound) and by the Viking Press in New York (hardbound). In 1976 there were two recipients of the Grand Prix Award. Jonathan L. Freedman was recognized for his book, which was cited as "a comprehensive study of the nature of crowding and its effects on human beings." Edward Edelson was acclaimed for "three articles on 'The Gender Revolution,' a thoroughly researched and well-written analysis of recent findings on and changing attitudes toward male and female roles. In addition, there were a number of honorable mentions in each of the media categories. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

National Psychology Awards for Excellence in the Media.

National Psychology Awards for Excellence in the Media are given for outstanding performance in communicating psychology to the public. The winners of the awards in the following categories are presented: sustained contribution, book, magazine, radio, television/film, television/drama/entertainment, and honorable mentions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

National Psychology Awards for Excellence in the Media.

This article lists the winners of the National Psychology Awards for Excellence in the Media. These awards are given for outstanding performance in communicating psychology to the public. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for Distinguished Professional Contributions: Samuel M. Turner.

Discusses the contributions made by Samuel M. Turner, one of four 1997 recipients of the American Psychological Association (APA) Awards for Distinguished Professional Contributions. Turner is recognized for his contributions to the understanding of the nature and treatment of the anxiety disorders, particularly social phobia and obsessive-compulsive disorders. A selected bibliography is appended. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 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 Professional Contributions: Patricia M. Bricklin.

Cites Patricia M. Bricklin for the American Psychological Association's Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions. A pioneer media psychologist and educator in professional psychology she has been Chair of the APA's Insurance Trust, a member of the Committee for the Advancement of Professional Practice, the APA Board of Directors, and the APA Council of Representatives, and has helped to create and strengthen APA's Practice Directorate and enhance the role and development of state psychological associations. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Early Career Awards for 1978: Philip M. Groves.

Philp M. Groves earned an Early Career Award for his outstanding research and theoretical contributions to biological psychology. Groves's early work with Thompson on the neuronal mechanism of habituation and sensitization in the spinal cord and his later empirical and theoretical extensions of this work to the intact animal constitute a major advance in our understanding of the neuronal mechanisms underlying these simple forms of animal learning. His recent conceptualization of a new mechanism of action of amphetamine and the antipsychotic drugs illustrates a high degree of creativity, flexibility, and independence of thought. This work is a significant contribution to our knowledge of the synaptic mechanisms underlying the effects of amphetamine on the brain. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for distinguished education and training contributions: Elizabeth M. Altmaier.

Presents the citation, biography, and selected bibliography for Elizabeth M. Altmaier, one of the recipients of the American Psychological Association's Awards for Distinguished Education and Training Contributions. From the awardee's citation: "Elizabeth M. Altmaier has added a major contribution to psychology as a researcher, scholar, teacher, and administrator. She has played an important role in the area of accreditation, serving on the Executive Committee for several years before being elected as chair. Her concern over the critical roles of education and accreditation and her leadership as chair of the Committee on Accreditation coordinated and introduced new procedures and practices that will have a profound effect on education in psychology for years to come. For her commitment and dedication to ensuring quality education and training programs in professional psychology, we honor Elizabeth M. Altmaier." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Distinguished Scientific Awards for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology: Charles M. Morin.

Cites Charles M. Morin for the American Psychological Association's Distinguished Scientific Awards for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology. Morin is recognized for his clinical research on sleep disorders, including pioneering investigations on the assessment and treatment of insomnia in the elderly. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Distinguished Scientific Awards for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology: David M. Buss.

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 winner in the area of personality is David M. Buss. Buss is cited for the theoretical breadth and empirical depth of his work, which are exemplars of the personological tradition in psychology and for his act-frequency approach to the analysis of personality dispositions, which, by combining a summary interpretation of traits with recent advances in cognitive psychology, has yielded a steadily developing agenda of research in personality and a fresh perspective on central issues of the field. Along with the citation, a biography and selected bibliography of Buss's published works are presented. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

APF Gold Medal Awards and Distinguished Teaching of Psychology Award: M. Brewster Smith.

Presents M. Brewster Smith with the American Psychological Foundation's (APF's) Gold Medal Award for Life Contribution by a Psychologist in the Public Interest. Smith is recognized for exploring controversial and sensitive issues that include student activism, ethical considerations in research involving minors, humanistic psychology and selfhood, racism and anti-Semitism, value dilemmas in mental health services, and population and the environment. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)