2003 Award Winners.

Presents the 2003 APA Awards. Awards are given in the following categories: Distinguished Scientific Contributions, Distinguished Scientific Applications of Psychology, Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology, the Edwin B. Newman Award, Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest, Distinguished Contributions to Research in Public Policy, Contributions to Applications of Psychology in Education and Training, and Contributions to Applied Research. Included are lists of members of the various APA committees who selected the award recipients, lists of previous awardees, and award citations, biographies, selected bibliographies and award addresses for the 2003 award winners. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

2004 Award Winners.

Presents the 2004 APA Awards. Awards are given in the following categories: Distinguished Scientific Contributions, Distinguished Scientific Applications of Psychology, Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology, Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest, Distinguished Contributions to Research in Public Policy, Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training, Distinguised Contributions of Applications of Psychology to Education and Training, Psi Chi/APA Edwin B. Newman Graduate Research Award, Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research, Distinguished Professional Contributions to Independent or Institutional Practice in the Private Sector, Distinguished Professional Contributions to Practice in the Public Sector, APA/APAGS Award for Distinguished Graduate Student in Professional Psychology, Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology, and the International Humanitarian Award. Included are lists of members of the various APA committees who selected the award recipients, lists of previous awardees, and award citations, biographies, selected bibliographies and award addresses for the 2004 award winners. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

2006 Award Winners: Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions.

Presents the American Psychological Association 2006 Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions. Highlighted are the 2006 winners of the Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions, Michael Davis, Marcia K. Johnson, and Martin E. P. Seligman; the 2006 winner of the Award for Distinguished Scientific Applications of Psychology, Joseph Campbell; and the 2006 winners of the Awards for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology, Mark G. Baxter, Theodore P. Beauchaine, Angela Bryan, Seth D. Pollak, Brian J. Scholl, and Anthony D. Wagner. Citations, brief profiles, and selected bibliographies of the award winners are included. If an award winner presented an address at the 114th APA Convention, the address is also included. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions.

Presents the citations and biographies of the 2007 recipients of the American Psychological Association's Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions. Selected bibliographies and articles written by the recipients are also presented. 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. The 2007 recipients are Marilynn B. Brewer, Jean M. Mandler, and Paul Rozin. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

2002 Award winners: Distinguished Scientific Contributions.

Presents the 2002 recipients of the APA Scientific Contributions Awards, who were recognized by the 2001 Board of Scientific Affairs and selected by the 2001 Committee on Scientific Awards. 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. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

2005 Award Winners.

Gathers together all of the 2005 American Psychological Association Awards, presented at the 113th APA Convention in Washington, DC. The five groups of awards are: the Distinguished Scientific Contributions; the Distinguished Contributions to the Public Interest; the Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training; the Distinguished Professional Contributions; and the Distinguished International Contributions. Citations given to award winners for the specific Awards under each 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)     

2010 award winners: Distinguished scientific contributions.

The American Psychological Association 2010 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. The 2010 winners are Jonathan D. Cohen, Susan T. Fiske, and Joseph E. LeDoux. The Award for Distinguished Scientific Applications of Psychology is presented to a person who, in the opinion of the Committee on Scientific Awards, has made distinguished theoretical or empirical advances leading to the understanding or amelioration of important practical problems. The winner for 2010 is David M. Clark. The Awards for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology recognize the large number of excellent young psychologists. The 2010 winners are Stanley B. Floresco, Peter J. Gianaros, Mara Mather, Simona Ghetti, Larissa K. Samuelson, Benjamin L. Hankin, and Matthew K. Nock. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

2009 award winners: Distinguished Scientific Contributions.

Lists the 2009 winners of the Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions (Susan E. Carey, Alica H. Eagly, and Steven F. Maier). Also included are the winners of the Award for Distinguished Scientific Applications of Psychology (Nancy E. Adler) and Awards for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology (Adam K. Anderson, Daniel J. Bauer, Ahmad R. Hariri, Christian N. L. Olivers, Robert E. Ployhart, and Jennifer A. Richeson). For each winner a citation, biography, and selected bibliography are provided. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

2004 award winners: Distinguished Scientific Contributions.

Presents the citations, biographies, and selected papers of the 2004 recipients of the APA Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions (Sheldon Cohen, E. Mavis Hetherington, and Richard M. Shiffrin), the Award for Distinguished Scientific Applications of Psychology (Edward Taub), and the Awards for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology (Edith Chen, Gregory E. Miller, Elena L. Grigorenko, Thomas G. O'Connor, Jenny R. Saffran, Eric Stice, and Klaus Zuberbühler). 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. The Award for Distinguished Scientific Applications of Psychology is presented to a person who, in the opinion of the Committee on Scientific Awards, has made distinguished theoretical or empirical advances leading to the understanding or amelioration of important practical problems. 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 2004 were animal learning and behavior, comparative; developmental; health;. cognition/human learning; and psychopathology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

2006 Award Winners.

Presents the 2006 American Psychological Association Awards, which were given at the 114th APA Convention in Washington, DC. The following awards categories were presented: Distinguished Scientific Contributions; Distinguished Scientific Applications of Psychology; Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology; Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest; Distinguished Contributions to Research in Public Policy; Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training in Psychology; Psi Chi/APA Edwin B. Newman Graduate Research Award; Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research; Distinguished Professional Contributions to Independent or Institutional Practice in the Private Sector; Distinguished Professional Contributions to Practice in the Public Sector; Distinguished Graduate Student in Professional Psychology; Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology; and the International Humanitarian Award. Citations given to winners of each award are offered here, and 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)     

2007 Award winners: Distinguished Scientific Contributions.

Presents the citations and biographies of the 2007 recipients of the American Psychological Association's Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions. Selected bibliographies and articles written by the recipients are also presented. 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. The award recipients for 2007 are Marilynn B. Brewer, Jean M. Mandler, Paul Rozin, Karl G. J?reskog, Peter M. Bentler, J?rn Diedrichsen, R. Chris Fraley, Robert D. Gray, Matthew Dylan Lieberman, and Patrik O. Vuilleumier. (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. Listed here are all of the recipients of the Awards, from 1956 through 2001. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 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)     

Awards for distinguished scientific contributions.

Announces the American Psychological Association 2010 Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions, which 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. The winners are: Jonathan D. Cohen, Susan T. Fiske, and Joseph E. LeDoux. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions: 1987.

Provides a list of awardees for 1987, along with those for the preceding years for the American Psychological Association Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions. (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.

Announces the winners of the 2000 Distinguished Scientific Contributions Awards. These awards 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 year's winners are Richard J. Davidson, E. Tory Higgins, and Elizabeth S. Spelke. Also announced is the winner of the Award for Distinguished Scientific Applications of Psychology, which is presented to persons who have made distinguished theoretical or empirical advances leading to the understanding or amelioration of important practical problems. This year's winner is David H. Barlow. Finally, the winners of the Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology are announced. This award recognizes the large number of excellent young psychologists. The winners are Alan J. Christensen, Robert L. Goldstone, Thomas E. Joiner, Dario Maestripieri, Jeffrey G. Parker, and Karen Wynn. For each winner a citation, biography, and selected bibliography are provided. In some cases the award address the recipient delivered at APA's annual meeting in 2000 is also provided. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions.

Questions whether psychologists within specializations other than experimental, comparative and physiological, and personality and social psychology make scientific contributions that merit major recognition by American Psychological Association awards, and why these psychologists rarely are honored by Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions or Awards for an Early Career Contribution in Psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions: 1986.

The Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions are presented by the Association at the annual convention. In 1986 the awardees were: Robert P. Abelson, Gunnar Johansson and Robert A. Rescorla. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

2002 Award Winners: Distinguished Contributions to the Public Interest.

Presents the 2002 winners of the American Psychological Association (APA) Awards for Distinguished Contributions to the Public Interest. The 2002 recipients of the APA Awards for Psychology in the Public Interest were selected by the Board for the Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest (BAPPI). These awards include Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest and Distinguished Contributions to Research in Public Policy. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)