Karl Florien Heiser (1904–1991): Obituary.

Memorializes Karl Florien Heiser (1904–1991). Heiser was a former Executive Secretary of the American Psychological Association (APA), founder and president of the Connecticut State Society of Psychologists, and one of the authors of the 1st psychology certification law in the US, for which he received a plaque by the Division of State Psychological Association Affairs of APA. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Procès-verbal de l'assemblée générale annuelle.

The Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association was held at the World Trade and Convention Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, on June 7,1985 at 4:00 p.m. The President, Elinor Ames, acted as Chair of the Meeting and the Administrative Officer, Brenda Stoneham, as Secretary. The minutes presented here include: Adoption of Agenda; Approval of Minutes; Report of the President; CPA Awards; Appointments; Finance; By-Laws, Rules, and Procedures; Membership and Journal Circulation; Executive Director's Report; Journal Reports; Division Reports; Annual Meetings; Committee Reports; Affiliations; Other Business; and Adjournment. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Minutes of the CPA Annual General Meeting.

The Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association was held at the World Trade and Convention Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, on June 7,1985 at 4:00 p.m. The President, Elinor Ames, acted as Chair of the Meeting and the Administrative Officer, Brenda Stoneham, as Secretary. The minutes presented here include: Adoption of Agenda; Approval of Minutes; Report of the President; CPA Awards; Appointments; Finance; By-Laws, Rules, and Procedures; Membership and Journal Circulation; Executive Director's Report; Journal Reports; Division Reports; Annual Meetings; Committee Reports; Affiliations; Other Business; and Adjournment. (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)     

APA-approved doctoral programs in clinical and in counseling psychology: 1965.

On the recommendation of the Committee on Evaluation, the Education and Training Board has recommended, and the Board of Directors of the American Psychological Association has approved the doctoral programs in clinical psychology and in counseling psychology that are conducted by the institutions listed below. In the institutions listed, the approved programs are directed by the department of psychology unless otherwise indicated. Programs that have not requested evaluation and programs that have been evaluated but not approved are not included in the list. The criteria for evaluating these programs can be obtained from the Executive Secretary of the Education and Training Board. Inclusion of an institution in these lists indicates approval of doctoral programs in clinical psychology and in counseling psychology only. Inclusion or noninclusion carries no implications for other graduate programs in psychology or for programs of graduate education in other disciplines. The institutions listed below have been reported to the United States Public Health Service, to the Veterans Administration, and to the Surgeon General's Office, Department of the Army, as conducting at the present time approved programs of doctoral training in the areas indicated. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

National Research Council Appoints New Committee.

Item explains that the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council (NRC) established in the fall of 1965 an Advisory Committee on Government Programs in the Behavioral Sciences within the NRC Division of Behavioral Sciences. The creation of this Committee was in response to a long-standing concern in the NRC Division of Behavioral Sciences with problems related to the operational aspects of Government sponsorship of research in the behavioral sciences, both at home and abroad. This concern was brought into sharper focus as a consequence of Project Camelot and its aftermath, but was by no means precipitated by these events alone, it was stated by Peter B. Hammond, the Executive Secretary of the Division of Behavioral Sciences. The Committee members and their affiliations are listed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

1984 CPA Award for Distinguished contributions to psychology as a science.

Presents a citation for Wallace Lambert, the 1984 recipient of the Canadian Psychological Association's Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Science. Wallace Lambert, a professor of psychology at McGill University, has served as the Canadian Psychological Association as president in 1970 and again as honorary president in 1982/83. He was awarded a Queen's Jubilee Medal in 1977, and has been elected to the National Academy of Education of the United States and the Royal Society of Canada. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Minutes of the CPA annual general meeting.

This article reports the minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, which was held at the Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia on June 19th, 1987. The President, Kenneth Craig, acted as Chair of the Meeting and the Associate Executive Director, Brenda Stoneham, as Secretary. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Division 14's Testing Program.

This letter informs that the APA Division of Industrial Psychology (Division 14) appointed an ad hoc committee in 1962 to review the movement to establish a large-scale program for testing college students who might be seeking positions in industry. There has been an increasing interest shown in this by many organizations, and one attempt has been made to establish such a program by the National Industrial Conference Board, Inc. The Executive Committee of Division 14 has voted to accept and endorse the Statement of Principles devised by this committee. It has also voted to circulate the Statement of Principles to certain organizations who have shown interest in developing such a program, including the Psychological Corporation, the Educational Testing Service, Science Research Associates, Inc., College Placement Council, Inc., and Careers, Inc. The Statement of Principles and further considerations are outlined. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

National Training Conference in Community Psychology.

This article describes the National Training Conference in Community Psychology, which marked the culmination of several years of planning, starting in 1970, by the Executive Committee of the Division of Community Psychology (APA Division 27). The Conference was held in Austin, Texas, April 27-May 1, 1975, and was sponsored by the Community Psychology Training Program of the University of Texas at Austin Department of Psychology. The Conference served to bring together for informal meetings and discussions the older and newer community psychologists, especially those who had entered the field during the last 5 years, to critically assess the many problems facing community psychology and to examine community psychology's conceptual independence from both clinical psychology and community mental health. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Distinguished contribution to education and training in psychology: Philip R. Laughlin.

Presents a brief overview of the career of Philip R. Laughlin. Philip R. Laughlin has made an outstanding contribution to the education and training of professional psychologists through his leadership in the Veterans Administration. As Chairperson for the Psychology Representation Training Committee, he has advised the VA on policy, affiliated programs, distribution of funds budgeted for psychology interns, and related matters. As Chair of the Committee on Psychology Training of the Association of VA Chief Psychologists and as a member of a number of VA committees and task forces, he has been a strong and articulate voice for psychology training in the VA system. He has also served as a member of the APA Committee on Accreditation, the Executive Committee of the Association of Psychology Internship Centers, and as recorder at the National Internship Training Conference in 1987. In all these roles, as well as in his work as Executive Officer for the Iowa Psychological Association, he has worked for the strengthening of support for, and excellence of, internship training in psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Earl Clement Brown (1928-2002).

Obituary [Earl Clement Brown; 1928-2002]. Earl Clement Brown was born on July 23, 1928, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and died in Atlanta, Georgia, on December 22, 2002. He attended the University of Denver from 1948 until 1950 and earned the bachelor of arts (1949) and master of arts (1950) degrees. He earned the doctor of philosophy degree from Purdue University in 1953 after having attended that university from 1950 until 1953. His doctoral dissertation was titled "A Factor Analysis of Projective Electroencephalographic and Metabolic Variables." After holding positions at various Veterans Administration hospitals, Brown was appointed associate professor of psychology at Emory University. He was professor, director of clinical studies (1961-1963), acting department head (1962-1963), and head (1963-1965) of psychology at the University of Alabama. He moved to Georgia State College in 1965 to establish a graduate program; a master of arts program was started in 1965, and a doctor of philosophy program was started in 1967. He served as department head from 1965 until 1971 and remained a professor of psychology until his retirement in 1986. In the Southeastern Psychological Association, Brown served on the Executive Committee (1965-1968) and was president (1969 -1970). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Bruce V. Moore: First president of Division 14.

Bruce V. Moore was elected as the first president of Division 14 of the American Psychological Association (APA), after the creation of APA's divisional structure in the post-World War II merger of APA and the American Association of Applied Psychology. Moore's professional career is described, emphasizing his contributions to the development of industrial and organizational (I/O) psychology and to graduate education in professional psychology. Several lessons that can be gleaned from Moore's career that would benefit contemporary I/O psychologists are noted. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Public service: A gift that keeps on giving.

There are many ways a citizen can make a contribution to society. One way is to undertake a career in public service. The author served in such roles twice--first as a senior staff in the Senate and later as an elected official in the Maryland General Assembly. The frustrations and joys of such public service are described. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Paul Randolph Farnsworth (1899-1978).

This obituary for Paul Randolph Farnsworth (1899-1978) notes his accomplishments in the psychology of music at Stanford, his iconoclastic behaviorism, his work on the historical philosophical underpinnings of the various schools of psychology, and his publication with sociologist Richard La Piere of the textbook Social Psychology. After World War II, Farnsworth was elected president of APA Division 10 (Psychology and the Arts), and from 1956 to 1968 he was editor of the Annual Review of Psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Anne Anastasi (1908–2001).

Memorializes Anne Anastasi, an enduring figure in the areas of psychological testing and differential psychology. Anastasi served as president of the American Psychological Association (APA) as well as president of APA Division 1 (General Psychology) and Division 5 (Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics). Other milestones of her career are detailed briefly. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

E. Lowell Kelly (1905–1986).

Presents an obituary for E. Lowell Kelly. Kelly was an innovator, an iconoclast, a public-spirited individual, and an enemy of pretension. He constantly helped people solve their problems, from personal counseling in his early professional years to later work with many graduate students as they labored through their dissertations. Early in World War II, when he learned that lives were lost in night training because naval aviation cadets crashed into the planes ahead of them, he realized that the cadets could not judge their distance from a plane with only one tail light, and he introduced the simple notion of having two lights a standard distance apart. At the organizational level, Lowell worked for the Veterans Administration for a decade, while also carrying out his academic responsibilities at the University of Michigan. His service to the American Psychological Association included chairing the Executive Committee for the Boulder Conference on Graduate Training in Clinical Psychology (1948-1949), a conference that left its mark on the field for decades to come. He served on the Board of Directors for APA for six years and was president of both the Division of Consulting Psychology and the Division of Clinical Psychology. He was elected president of the Association and served in that role from 1954 to 1955. Throughout his career, Kelly's scientific interests and contributions centered on assessment. He tackled the problem of evaluating performance on the job, confronting the difficulty that criterion measures of such performance do not agree well with each other. Longitudinal research was Kelly's other focus. Throughout his scientific career, Kelly studied such varied phenomena as synaesthesia, graphology, pharmacology, and apparent movement. Kelly passed away in 1986. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Annual Report of the C.P.A. Representatives to the International Union of Scientific Psychology (May, 1967).

Presents the annual report of the Canadian Psychological Association representatives to the International Union of Scientific Psychology. Included are brief notes regarding: (1) Summary report of the Moscow Congress; (2) International Directory of Psychologists; (3) The International Review of Psychology; (3) Next international congress; and (4) Next meeting of the Executive Committee. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Rapport des Representants de la S.C.P. Aupres de L'union Internationale de Psychologie Scientifique.

Presents the annual report of the Canadian Psychological Association representatives to the International Union of Scientific Psychology. Included are brief notes regarding: (1) Summary report of the Moscow Congress; (2) International Directory of Psychologists; (3) The International Review of Psychology; (3) Next international congress; and (4) Next meeting of the Executive Committee. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Animal psychology in America as revealed in APA presidential addresses.

The year 1992 marks the centennial of the founding of the American Psychological Association (APA). Through the years, psychologists who were interested in animal behavior processes have actively participated in this organization, and many have been elected president of APA. This article considers some aspects of theory and research in animal psychology during this 100-yr period by examining a selected set of APA presidential addresses. Attention is given to the presidents' evaluations of the state of animal psychology at the time of their presidency and their assessments of its future. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)