Association for the Advancement of Psychology: 1977.

The Association for the Advancement of Psychology (AAP) is a nonprofit corporation founded in 1974 under the auspices of the Council of Representatives of the American Psychological Association. In the interest of psychology and the public, AAP interacts with Congress, the executive branch, and the judicial branch of the federal government. AAP is governed by a 24-member Board of Trustees selected equally, by mail ballot of AAP members, from the professional, public-social, and scientific sectors of psychology. Some major public-policy activities in 1977 included confirmation hearings on the new director of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration; Psychology-Medicare bills; the equal rights amendment; research, training, and service funding in the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute of Education, the National Science Foundation, the Veterans Administration, the Office of Naval Research, etc.; welfare reform; antidiscrimination amendments in employee insurance plans; President Carter's Commission on Mental Health; a complaint to the Federal Trade Commission against the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals and the American Medical Association; services and provider status in CHAMPUS, the Veterans Administration, the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, and the military; governmental reorganization; the "Child Health Assessment Plan"; development of national health insurance proposals; the Community Mental Health Centers Act; rights of institutionalized persons; the Health Planning Act; educational and industrial testing; evaluation of persons with access to nuclear materials; the Professional Standards Review Organizations Act; the Consumer Protection Agency; federal workers' compensation; zero-based budgeting of federally funded programs; disability determination procedures in the Social Security Administration; protection of human subjects; and copyright law revision. AAP officials and staff also worked informally on a continuous basis with individual Representatives, Senators, and their staffs, as well as with the staffs of various committees in both Houses. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Association for the Advancement of Psychology: 1980.

Founded in 1974 under the auspices of the Council of Representatives of the American Psychological Association, the Association for the Advancement of Psychology (AAP) is a nonprofit corporation that interacts with all branches of the federal government in the interest of psychology and the public. AAP's public policy activities in Congress and the federal agencies in 1980 continued to focus on the elimination of discrimination with regard to the treatment of mental illness and to mental health professionals; opportunities for funding in research and training; the protection of constitutional rights without exception; and fairness in government regulations. The cumulative effect of the advocacy effort, the constant monitoring of annual congressional appropriations and authorization processes, and the greater sophistication of AAP's interaction with the American Psychological Association resulted in significant gains for mental health in federal health programs. The AAP convention program featured a panel of psychologists who entered into a lively debate on the role of AAP and its interaction with state psychological associations. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Association for the Advancement of Psychology: 1978.

Discusses the recent activities of the Association for the Advancement of Psychology. Founded in 1974 under the auspices of the Council of Representatives of the American Psychological Association, the Association for the Advancement of Psychology (AAP) is a nonprofit corporation that interacts with all branches of the federal government in the interest of psychology and the public. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Who Should Belong to AAP?

Many psychologists do not belong to the Association for the Advancement of Psychology (AAP) because it does not seem to represent their interests--and, if it doesn't represent them, it is at least in part because they do not belong. Clearly, one way to resolve this sort of "chicken versus egg" controversy is to examine not what AAP now does, but rather what it would do if it were mandated to serve the interests and concerns of the members of all of the American Psychological Association (APA) divisions. The results from a modest survey suggest that there is a great community of concerns among the responding divisions of APA. Potentially, representation of one is representation of many. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Association for the Advancement of Psychology: 1984.

The Association for the Advancement of Psychology (AAP) serves as the public policy arm of the American Psychological Association (APA). This article discusses the AAP's public policy activities as well as providing recognition for psychologists in public law and information on AAP internal affairs. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Association for the Advancement of Psychology: 1985.

This article discusses a merger between the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Association for Advancement of Psychology (AAP), 1985. That "merger of certain AAP and APA functions" (Fox, 1985), as it came to be officially called, was accomplished on February 1, 1986. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Association for the Advancement of Psychology: 1981.

The Association for the Advancement of Psychology (AAP) is the advocacy arm of American psychology, representing the interests of psychology in the public policy arena. A nonprofit corporation, AAP was founded under the auspices of the Council of Representatives of the American Psychological Association in 1974 and is supported by both APA contributions and individual membership dues. The AAP's Board, various committees, and public policy activities for 1981 are discussed in this article. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Association for the Advancement of Psychology: 1975.

This article outlines the activities of the Association for the Advancement of Psychology (AAP) in its first year of activity. In its first full calendar year of operation, AAP and the Washington operations of the Council for the Advancement of the Psychological Professions and Sciences moved decisively ahead in promoting the public policy objectives of American psychology on Capitol Hill and in the executive agencies--working toward still greater organizational strength and accomplishments in 1976 and the years beyond. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Association for the Advancement of Psychology: 1983.

This article describes the public policy activities in Congress of the Association for the Advancement of Psychology (AAP), which is the recognized independent national advocacy arm of American psychology, representing the interests of psychology in the public policy arena. AAP's public policy activities in Congress continued to focus on the elimination of discrimination with regard to the treatment of mental illness and mental health professionals, increased federal funding of behavioral and social science research and research training, and the protection of constitutional rights without exception. AAP activities included working with other mental health advocacy groups to urge Congress to enact fiscal 1984 appropriations measures favorable to psychology, lobbying for various child-related federal programs in 1983, and legislation drafted by the AAP to eliminate current discrimination between physical and mental health benefits for the 10 million federal employees, annuitants, and families. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Officers, boards, committees, and representatives of the American Psychological Association, 2002.

Lists members of the Council of Representatives, officers, boards, committees, and representatives of the American Psychological Association, 2002. Other organizations of interest to APA members are also included. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Officers, Boards, Committees, and Representatives of the American Psychological Association, 2001.

Lists members of the Council of Representatives, officers, boards, committees, and representatives of the American Psychological Association, 2001. Other organizations of interest to APA members are also included. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Reactions to two versions of affirmative action action among Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics.

Houston-area Whites (n?=?414), Blacks (n?=? 392), American-born Hispanics (n?=?162), and Hispanic immigrants (n?=?177) evaluated a self-defined "typical" affirmative action plan (AAP) and a tiebreak AAP that applies under conditions of equal qualifications and underrepresentation. Whites preferred Tiebreak; Blacks and Hispanics preferred the typical AAP. The groups differed in beliefs about the procedures and fairness of affirmative action (AA), perceptions of workplace discrimination, and political orientations. Perceived fairness predicted support for both AAPs in all American-born groups, but the impact of other predictors varied greatly across AAPs and ethnic groups. The results clarify the bases for Whites' opposition to AA as they construe it. The results also underscore the importance of specifying the AAP procedures, of uncovering the predictors of AA attitudes among target-group members, and of conducting separate analyses in each ethnic community. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Work preferences of clinical psychologists.

An interest inventory that described 25 functions of clinical psychologists was administered to 104 students in 3 clinical psychology graduate programs and 246 members of the American Psychological Association Division of Clinical Psychology. Principal component analyses revealed 2 statistically independent factors, one of interest in clinical practice, the other of interest in research, which were reflected by the employment or training conditions of Ss. (8 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Rapport Du Secretaire-Tresorier M. E. P. Sloan.

Presents the June, 1968 report of the Secretary-Treasurer of the Canadian Psychological Association. During the year, the various committees of the Association continued their high level of activity in spite of severely limited financial support for committee meetings. The President and the Secretary-Treasurer represented the Association at a number of special meetings arranged by Canada Council and the Social Science Research Council. Due to shortage of funds and other commitments, the Secretary-Treasurer did not attend the annual meetings of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO or the Canadian Citizenship Council. As mentioned in last year's Report, the Association would be pleased to hear from members who would be prepared to represent the Association at these or other meetings in which they have special interest. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Report of the Secretary-Treasurer.

Presents the June, 1968 report of the Secretary-Treasurer of the Canadian Psychological Association. During the year, the various committees of the Association continued their high level of activity in spite of severely limited financial support for committee meetings. The President and the Secretary-Treasurer represented the Association at a number of special meetings arranged by Canada Council and the Social Science Research Council. Due to shortage of funds and other commitments, the Secretary-Treasurer did not attend the annual meetings of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO or the Canadian Citizenship Council. As mentioned in last year's Report, the Association would be pleased to hear from members who would be prepared to represent the Association at these or other meetings in which they have special interest. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Public interest activities of APA members.

Surveyed public interest activities of 990 American Psychological Association (APA) members. Activities are presented in terms of the percentage of Ss performing them, the amount of time invested during a 12-mo period, and the extent to which they were uncompensated. Results show that (1) slightly more than half of the activities were primarily uncompensated, (2) 4% of the Ss did no public interest work during the past year, and (3) 9% reported doing public interest work on almost a full-time basis. The median APA member reported spending nearly 300 hrs a year on public interest activity. (18 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

News & notes.

Presents information that may be of interest to Division 26 members. Included are a link to the Division's website, as well as instructions for subscribing to the electronic mail list; a draft of Division 26's program at the 2000 American Psychological Association Annual Convention; and information about the 31st annual meeting of Cheiron. Also included are a report on the fourth colloquium of the Groupe d'études Pluridisciplinaires d'Historie de la Psychologie, which focused on the history of child psychology, and notes about personal accomplishments of several Division members. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Officers, boards, committees, and representatives of the American Psychological Association, 2000.

Reports the names of the officers, boards, committees, and representatives of the American Psychological Association (APA). The lists of members presented include the Council of Representatives, the Board of Directors, Policy Planning Board, Committee on Structure and Function of Council, Standing Boards and Committees, Continuing Committees, and Ad Hoc Committees and Task Forces. In addition, a list of organizations that by be of interest to APA members, the list of the officers of APA divisions (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Psychologists and societal concerns.

Analyzed the session topics of the American Psychological Association (APA) convention from the 1950s to the 1970s. Topics generally addressed scientific and professional matters, although there was a trend from almost exclusive focus on nonsocietal topics in the 1950s to a greater concern for societal problems in the 1970s. Even with this increased responsiveness to societal issues, the predominant interest of APA members is defined in scientific and professional terms. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Chronic staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome

The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of the measurement of urinary excretion of the brush-border enzyme gamma glutamyl-transferase (GGT), in comparison with that of alanine aminopeptidase (AAP), as a marker for tubular toxicity due to contrast media (CM). Urinary activities of AAP and GGT were measured prior to the administration of CM and 1, 3 and 5 days after in forty-nine adult renal patients undergoing a radiological examination with intravascular administration of CM. The behavior of GGT was similar to that of AAP. In fact, urinary activities of both AAP and GGT increased greatly after CM. This effect was maximal on the 1st day and statistically significant for both enzymes. Furthermore, on the 1st day a relevant increase of enzyme activity (at least +50% over the basal value) was observed in the same number of patients (67%) for AAP and GGT. The concordance between GGT and AAP variations was high and statistically significant. Finally, different variables (osmolarity, dose of CM, and baseline renal function of the patients) had a similar effect on urinary excretion of AAP and GGT. The repeatability of duplicated determinations of GGT resulted better than that of AAP. In conclusion, the good concordance of the results of GGT with those of AAP justifies the use of GGT as a marker for tubular effects due to CM. Furthermore, the measurement of GGT has a better repeatability than that of AAP.