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)     

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)     

Peter M. Bentler: Award for Distinguished Scientific Applications of Psychology.

Presents the citation, biography, and selected bibliography for Peter M. Bentler, one of the 2007 recipients of the American Psychological Association's Award for Distinguished Scientific Applications of Psychology. 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, is also presented. (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)     

1998/1999 Award Winners: Award for Distinguished Scientific Applications of Psychology.

This article presents a citation and biography of the recipients of the 1998/1999 American Psychological Association Award for Distinguished Scientific Applications of Psychology (Loren J. Chapman and Jean P. Chapman). This award is presented to persons who, in the opinion of the Committee on Scientific Awards, have made distinguished theoretical or empirical advances leading to the understanding or amelioration of important practical problems. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Award for Distinguished Scientific Applications of Psychology.

Presents the 2003 APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Applications of Psychology. A list of the members of the APA committee who selected the recipients for this year and a list of the previous recipients of this award from 1973 through 2003 are provided. The award recipients for 2003 are Stephen J. Ceci and Elizabeth F. Loftus. The award citation, biography, selected bibliography and the award addresses for both award recipients are included. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for Distinguished Scientific Applications of Psychology.

Presents the 2004 APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Applications of Psychology. This award 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. A list of the members of the APA committee who selected the recipient for this year and a list of the previous recipients of this award from 1973 through 2004 are provided. The award recipient for 2004 is Edward Taub. Taub's award citation, biography, selected bibliography, and award address are included. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Award for distinguished scientific applications of psychology.

The American Psychological Association's 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 2010 award was given to David M. Clark. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

2007 Award winners: Distinguished Professional Contributions.

Presents the citations, biographies, and selected bibliographies for the 2007 recipients of the American Psychological Association's Awards for Distinguished Professional Contributions. These awards include the Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research; the Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Independent or Institutional Practice in the Private Sector; the Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Practice in the Public Sector; and the APA/APAGS Award for Distinguished Graduate Student in Professional Psychology. Also presented are articles based on some of the recipients' award addresses delivered at the APA's 115th annual meeting, held August 17-20, 2007, in San Francisco, California. The 2007 recipients of these awards are Bruce E. Wampold, Melba J. T. Vasquez, Thomas W. Miller, and Gabriela Livas Stein. (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)     

Distinguished Scientific Contributions.

This article lists the previous winners of APA's Distinguished Scientific Contributions awards, and recognizes the 2001 recipients. Alan D. Baddeley, Irving I. Gottesman, and Michael M. Merzenich received the Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions. David T. Lykken received the Award for Distinguished Scientific Applications of Psychology. Marlene Behrmann, Stephen A. Maren, Norman B. Schmidt, Duane T. Wegener, Andrew J. Elliot, James J. Gross, and Paul A. S. Breslin received the Early Career Awards. In addition, the winners of the Edwin B. Newman Graduate Research Award are listed, and this year's winner, Su Yeong Kim, is recognized. A citation, biography, and selected bibliography are provided for each recipient, as well as the award address that some of the recipients presented at APA's annual convention. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 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)     

Award for Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training.

The Award for Distinguished Career Contributions to Education and Training and the Award for Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training are recognition of the efforts of psychologists who have made distinguished contributions to education and training, who have produced imaginative innovations, or who have been involved in the developmental phases of programs in education and training in psychology. The recipient of the 2000 Award for Distinguished Career Contributions to Education and Training is Sylvia Rosenfield. The recipient of the 2000 Award for Distinguished Contributions of Applications of Psychology to Education and Training is Roger P. Weissberg. The recipients biographies, selected bibliographies, and their award addresses are presented. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Karl G. J?reskog: Award for Distinguished Scientific Applications of Psychology.

Presents the citation, biography, and selected bibliography for Karl G. J?reskog, one of the 2007 recipients of the American Psychological Association's Award for Distinguished Scientific Applications of Psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Award for Distinguished Contributions of Applications of Psychology to Education and Training.

The Award for Distinguished Contributions of Applications of Psychology to Education and Training acknowledges psychologists who contribute to new teaching methods or solutions to learning problems through the use of research findings or evidence-based practices. The recipient of the 2000 Award for Distinguished Contributions of Applications of Psychology to Education and Training is Roger P. Weissberg. A recipient's biography, selected bibliography and award address are presented. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

2007 Award winners: Distinguished International Contributions.

Presents the citations, biographies, and selected bibliographies for the 2007 recipients of the American Psychological Association's Awards for Distinguished International Contributions. Also presented are articles based on the authors' award addresses delivered at the APA's 115th annual meeting, held August 17-20, 2007, in San Francisco, California. These awards include the Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology and the International Humanitarian Award. The 2007 recipients of these awards are Rubén Ardila, Frederick T. L. Leong, and Gerard A. Jacobs. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

2007 Award Winners: Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training.

Presents the citations, biographies, and selected bibliographies for the 2007 recipients of the American Psychological Association's Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training. These awards include the Award for Distinguished Career Contributions to Education and Training, the Award for Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training, and the Award for Distinguished Contributions of Applications of Psychology to Education and Training. The 2007 recipients of these awards are Thomas R. Kratochwill, Sheila M. Eyberg, and Lauren B. Resnick. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Psychology: 1980.

The Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Psychology is presented to a person who, in the committee's opinion, has made the most distinguished theoretical or empirical advance(s) in understanding or ameliorating an important practical problem. In accordance with established custom, the award winner will present an address on some phase of his scientific work at the 1981 Convention. This year's winner, Edwin A. Fleishman, was presented with a check for $1,000 and an engrossed citation of his contribution. A citation and brief biography for Edwin A. Fleishman are presented. (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)