President’s column.

In this President's Column, the current president of the Division announces that he is at the end of his term and would like to express his appreciation to the membership for the honor of being president. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Margaret E. Donnelly (1911-2006).

Margaret Extitus Donnelly died on July 16, 2006, at the age of 95. A member of the American Psychological Association (APA) for 64 years, Margaret worked behind the scenes in several APA divisions and was probably best known for an edited book published when she was 81 years old, a tribute to her vitality and lifetime commitment to psychology. Margaret played an important role in the establishment of APA Division 36 (originally called Psychologists Interested in Religious Issues, or PIRI, and now called Psychology of Religion). She was also active in APA Division 1 (General Psychology) and Division 24 (Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology). Margaret made many contributions to the New York State Psychological Association (NYSPA). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Shelley E. Taylor.

Acknowledges Shelley E. Taylor for outstanding contributions to social psychology and health psychology. Her fundamental contributions to basic social psychology have identified the importance of people's positive illusions, synthesized social comparison research in natural settings, and documented the asymmetrical impact of positive and negative events. In health psychology, she has brilliantly analyzed people's responses to intensely stressful negative events and created cognitive adaptation theory. A citation, biography, and selected bibliography of Taylor's work are presented. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology: Robert E. Ployhart.

Robert E. Ployhart, recipient of the Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology, is cited for innovative work in examining reactions to staffing practices and efforts to enhance the acceptability of recruitment and staffing practices; for exemplary use of applied statistical models in examining multilevel effects and longitudinal hypotheses; and for leadership in promoting the use of multilevel models in selection research and in providing informative examples of such efforts. Ployhart’s conceptual models of the manner in which individual differences might be aggregated and affect outcomes at different levels of analysis than are usually evaluated in validation research have been groundbreaking. In addition to the citation, a biography and selected bibliography of Ployhart's works are presented. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Counsel on Counseling.

American Psychological Association members will probably be interested in knowing that the popular press is publicizing the idea that the ability to administer a shot of antibiotics is not a necessary prerequisite for working with people who have some emotional problems. A paragraph from the February 1965 Good Housekeeping is provided to prove this point. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Psychological professional gold medal award: E. Lowell Kelly.

Presents the citation and biography for E. Lowell Kelly, the 1985 recipient of the American Psychological Association's Psychological Professional Gold Medal Award. Kelly was honored for his role in the development of clinical and professional psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Bruce E. Wampold: Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research.

Presents the citation, biography, and selected bibliography for Bruce E. Wampold, the 2007 recipient of the American Psychological Association's Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research. 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)     

Doctoral training programs in clinical psychology and in counseling.

"On recommendation of the Committee on Evaluation, the Education and Training Board with the concurrence of the Board of Directors of the American Psychological Association has approved the doctoral training programs in clinical and in counseling psychology that are conducted by the institutions listed." 56 institutions are in the clinical psychology list; 12 of these have received interim approval while the others have full approval. 27 institutions are in the counseling psychology list; 4 of these have interim approval. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Education and Training Board. Doctoral training programs in clinical psychology and in counseling psychology.

"On recommendation of the Committee on Evaluation, the Education and Training Board with the concurrence of the Board of Directors of the American Psychological Association has approved the doctoral training programs in clinical psychology and in counseling psychology that are conducted by the institutions listed… ." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Christine A. Courtois.

Acknowledges Christine A. Courtois, who has achieved national recognition for her contributions to understanding and treating incest and other forms of sexual victimization. She has provided insight and guidance in studying and treating the delicate and critical area of interpersonal victimization and posttraumatic responses. A citation, biography, and selected bibliography are provided. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

News and notes.

Provides news and notes for APA members. Specifically: books published; conference information and news on various APA divisions and members. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)     

Policy and Planning Board: Report for 1966 and proposed amendments to APA bylaws.

Presents the Report for 1966 and Proposed Amendments to American Psychological Association (APA) Bylaws. The APA Policy and Planning Board met twice during 1966, on January 14 and 15 and again on May 27 in Washington. Part of the meeting in May was held jointly with the special Commission on Composition of Council. The Chairman of the Policy and Planning Board presented proposals of the Board to the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors in January, to the Special Meeting of the Council in March, and to the Board of Directors and the Council in September. This report to the membership will perforce be a somewhat abbreviated account of those discussions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Report of the Treasurer.

Provides a report from the Treasurer of the American Psychological Association. Main topics discussed include the following: (1) Revenues and Expenses; (2) Financial Condition; (3) Looking Forward; and (4) Finance Committee Recommendation. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Report of the Executive Officer: 1966. Year of self-appraisal, renewal, and decision.

Presents the Report of the Executive Officer of the American Psychological Association (APA) entitled "1966: Year of Self Appraisal, Renewal, and Decision." The author submits that there are six issues which we must try to resolve. These are basic issues which constitute a continuing agenda for psychology, psychologists, and APA: (1) Support for Psychological Research; (2) Scientific and Professional Information Exchange, Storage, and Retrieval (3) Manpower; (4) The Autonomy or "Ball Park" Problem; (5) Psychology and Public Affairs; and (6) Social Responsibility. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Participation in A[merican] P[sychological] A[ssociation] voting.

"Our study is limited to the ballots distributed in the Spring of 1954: the presidential nomination ballot, the presidential election ballot, and a ballot proposing changes in the bylaws… . While a somewhat higher percentage of the Fellows vote than do Associates, nevertheless the Associates are so much more numerous that the great majority of the votes in each election came from this membership class." Approximately half of the respondents on each poll consisted of persons who had no divisional affiliation. Four tables are presented, one indicating the percentage of members of each division returning ballots and another indicating the percentage of voters belonging to each division. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Charles D. Spielberger.

As author, coauthor, or editor of more than 300 publications, Spielberger has advanced the theoretical and empirical foundations of professional psychology through his research on personality and learning; stress and emotion; assessment of anxiety, anger, and curiosity; and lifestyle factors that influence the etiology of hypertension, cardiovascular disorders, and cancer. This journal article contains a citation and biography of Charles D. Spielberger. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

John C. Colletti.

John C. Colletti has used his empathy and leadership skills to develop programs and interventions focused on serving populations who are generally overlooked and consequently underserved. He has worked with men's issues in older people and serves as a leading advocate of group therapy with older adults. As an intern at Howard University Hospital, he recognized the psychological needs of minorities and educated high school students in Washington, DC, about the medical risks and psychological issues confronting African Americans with end stage organ disease. His strong affiliation with the American Psychological Association (APA) and his research have reflected his commitment to disenfranchised populations. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

An argument against the reorganization of APA.

Article discussing the reorganization of the American Psychological Association. The proposed reorganization is essentially a way of allowing conflicting interests to live side by side each other without resolving them. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Being in It and Looking at It.

Presents an argument against the American Psychological Association's doctrine that a single organization can properly function in promoting psychology as three separate things, (a) a science, (b) a profession, and (c) a human welfare movement. According to the very natures of these three endeavors, a single organization with the motive of promoting each of them tends to become more of an umbrella than something that would be clear-cut in furthering the interests of a single one of them. We cannot afford to continue lumping an endless variety of facts, principles, and concerns under the broad label of psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)