Kehityshistoria
TheAmericanPsychologicalAssociationwasestablishedatClarkUniversityinMassachusettsinJuly1892.StanleyHallwasitsfounderandthefirstPresident.TheAmericanPsychologicalAssociationisanorganizationthatrepresentstheAmericanpsychologyprofessionandthescientificdevelopmentofpsychology.Itsmissionistopromotethedevelopmentofpsychologyasascience,aprofession,asameanstopromotehealth,education,andtheprosperityofmankind.TheAmericanPsychologicalAssociationencouragesallbranchesofpsychologytodevelopinthebroadestandmostfreemanner,advocatestheimprovementofpsychologyresearchandresearchmethodsandconditions,improvesthequalificationsofpsychologists,andformulatesandmaintainstheprofessionsthatenablethemembersofthesocietytoreachthehigheststandards.Ethicsandconduct,andincreaseandpromotepsychologyknowledgethroughmeetings,discussions,reports,anddistributionmaterials.
Edellinen puheenjohtaja
- 2003 PhilipG.Zimbardo (PhilipG.Zimbardo) 
- 1998 MartinEPSeligman 
- In1989JosephDominicMatarazzo(JosephDominicMatarazzo) 
- 1980 Firenze, Tanska 
- 1974 AlbertBandura (AlbertBandura) 
- George A. Millerin 1969 
- Abraham Maslow vuonna 1968 
- Vuonna 1965, JeromeBruner (JeromeBruner) 
- Vuonna 1959, WolfgangKeller (W. Kohler) 
- JoyPaulGuilford vuonna 1950 
- Ernestin1949·ErnestR.Hilgard 
- 1947 Carl R. Rogers 
- 1939 GordonWillardAllport (GordonWillardAllport) 
- 1937 EdwardChaceTolman (EdwardChaceTolman) 
- 1924GranvilleStanleyHall (GranvilleStanleyHall) 
- 1915 JohnBroadusWatson (JohnBroadusWatson) 
- EdwardLeeThorndike vuonna 1912 
- WilliamJamesin 1904 
- JohnDewey vuonna 1899 
- Münsterbergin 1898 li>
- G. Fullertonin 1896 
- JamesMcKeanCarterin1895 (JamesMcKeenCattell) 
- 1894 WilliamJames (WilliamJames) 
- 1893G.Ladd 
- StanleyHall (GranvilleStanleyHall) vuonna 1892 
Yhdistyksen kehittäminen
InInthepast110years,theAmericanPsychologicalAssociationhasundergonemanyreformsandchanges.Forexample,itchangedtheearlyrequirementsformembersfrom"aslongastheyareengagedinanyworkthatcanimprovepsychology"totoday'srequirementtoobtainadoctorateinpsychologyorrelateddisciplines.
TheAmericanPsychologicalAssociationhasgonethroughseveralstagesinthedevelopmentprocess:
Ensimmäinen vaihe
Continuouslystandardizeitsrequirementsforrecruitingmembers.Thestandardforrecruitingmembersdidnotbasicallyreachthecurrentscaleuntilafter1920.
Nämä toinen vaihe
Continuouslyimprovetheacademicstatusofthesociety.In1925,theAmericanPsychologicalAssociationacquiredsomestablepsychologypublications,suchas"PsychologicalLetters","PsychologicalReview","PsychologicalIndicators",etc.,therebystrengtheningthesociety'sstablepositioninthepsychologycommunity.
Kolmas vaihe
Graduallyevolvedintoanorganizationbasedonappliedpsychology,graduallyregulatingthestandardsofpsychologyatalllevels.
BeforetheoutbreakoftheSecondWorldWar,someclinicalappliedpsychologistsweredissatisfiedwiththeAmericanPsychologicalAssociation.Theyfeltthatthissocietyunderestimatedappliedpsychology,sotheywereindependentfromtheAmericanPsychologicalAssociationandestablishedtheAmericanApplicationAssociationofPsychologicalSocieties.
AftertheSecondWorldWar,theAmericanPsychologicalAssociationchangeditsfocusandincreaseditsrecognitionofthebranchofclinicalappliedpsychologyinordertomeetthemassivedemandforclinicalpsychologytalentsintheUnitedStates.TheU.S.governmentprovidedlargesumsoffundingtouniversitiestotrainclinicalpsychologytalentsinordertomeettheneedsinthisregard,whichhassincechangedthefocusoftheAmericanPsychologicalAssociation.Ithasgraduallyevolvedfromanorganizationfocusingonpsychologicaltheoryandresearchwhenitwasestablishedtoanorganizationfocusingonappliedpsychology.ThebranchstructureoftheAmericanPsychologicalAssociationwasalsoformedaftertheSecondWorldWar.TheAmericanPsychologicalAssociationhas54branches,eachofwhichisarepresentativebranchofpsychologyaftercarefuldivision(seetheattachedtable).
Afterthe1950s,someresearchersintheAmericanPsychologicalAssociationgraduallyfeltthatthesocietynolongerrepresentstheinterestsofscienceandexperimentalpsychology,andsplitfromtheAmericanPsychologicalAssociationandestablishedtheAmericanPsychologicalAssociationseparately.Association(AssociationforPsychologicalScience,formerlyknownasAmericanPsychologicalSociety,abbreviatedasAPS).
TheAmericanPsychologicalAssociationhasestablishedtheAmericanProfessionalPsychologyExaminerCommittee,whichsetstheregulationsforprofessionallicensesandisresponsibleforadministeringvariousexaminations.Inaddition,thesocietyhasbecomethefilinginstitutionfortheDoctorofClinicalPsychology,theDoctorofSchoolPsychology,andtheDoctorofPsychologicalCounselorProgram.
Neljäs vaihe
Forthenationalpolicyservice,widelydisseminatepsychologicalknowledgeandinformation.Since1970,theAmericanPsychologicalAssociationhasgraduallypaidattentiontovariouspublicpolicyissuesrelatedtopsychologyintheUnitedStates.Forthisreason,theOfficeofAPANationalPolicyStudieswasestablishedin1979toparticipateinvariousU.S.governmentThedepartmentstudiesandformulatespublicpoliciesonpsychology.After1980,theAmericanPsychologicalAssociationspentalotoftimeandresourcesonthedisseminationofpsychologicalknowledgeandinformation.Duringthisperiod,PsycINFOwasestablished.PsycINFOistheelectronicabstractdatabaseoftheAmericanPsychologicalAssociation,includingmagazinearticles,books,bookchapters,reports,andpapers.TheAmericanPsychologicalAssociationistheorganizationthatpublishesthemostpsychologybooksandmagazinesintheworld."AmericanPsychologist"isitsofficialpublication.
Yhdistysjärjestelmä
Jäsenyys on jaettu kolmeen tasoon:
(1) Epäviralliset jäsenet, pääasiassa ne, joilla on damasterin tutkinto;
(2)Jäsenillä on oltava tohtorin tutkinto;
(3) Vanhemmat jäsenet,tohtorin tutkinnon lisäksi,vähintään 5 vuoden työkokemus.
Ryhmän jäsenyys
TheAmericanPsychologicalAssociationhadonly31membersatthebeginningofitsestablishment.ItdevelopedrapidlyafterWorldWarII.By2002,ithadmorethan155,000members.
TherearefourtypesofmembersoftheAmericanPsychologicalAssociation.:
Osuuskunnan jäsenet
Osuuskunnan jäsenetarerequiredtoobtainpsychologyorrelatedMaster'sdegreeinsubject.
Opiskelijajäsenyys
Anyundergraduateormaster'sdoctoralstudentinpsychologycanapplyforstudentmembership.
Opettajan jäsenyys
Kuka tahansa psykologian opettaja voi hakea opettajajäsenyyttä.
Kansainvälinen jäsenyys
OtherpsychologistswhodonotliveintheUnitedStatesorCanadacanapplyforinternationalmembershipoftheAmericanPsychologicalAssociation.
Ammattimaiset luvut
Asof1996,therewere53professionalchapters,includingtheGeneralPsychologyAssociation,thePsychologyTeachingAssociation,theExperimentalPsychologyAssociation,thePhysiologyandComparativePsychologyAssociation,andtheDevelopmentalPsychologyAssociation.7Regionalchapters:EasternPsychologicalAssociation(1930),MidwesternPsychologicalAssociation(1938),NewEnglandPsychologicalAssociation(1963),SoutheasternPsychologicalAssociation(1955),WesternPsychologicalAssociation(1938),SouthwesternPsychologicalAssociation(1954),LosAngelesPsychologicalSociety(1930).Therearealso53localchapters.AnacademicannualmeetingisheldinAugustandSeptembereachyearforacademicexchangesandthegeneralelectionofthechairmanofthesociety.
Thereare54professionalchaptersoftheAmericanPsychologicalAssociation:
1. Societyfor General Psychology
2.SocietyfortheTeachingofPsychologySocietyforExperimentalPsychologyandCognitiveScience
4.No4thsession,seenoote1
5.QuantitativeandQualitativeMethodsAssociationforQuantitativeandQualitativeMethods
6.SocietyforBehavioralNeuroscienceandComparativePsychologyAssociationforBehavioralNeuroscienceandComparativePsychology
7.DevelopmentalPsychologyAssociationforDevelopmentalPsychology
8. SocietyforPersonalityandSocialPsychology
9.SocietyforthePsychologicalStudyofSocialIssues(SPSSI)SocietyforthePsychologicalStudyofSocialIssues(SPSSI)
10.SocietyforthePsychologyofAesthetics,CreativityandtheArts
11.No11thsession,seenote2
12.SocietyofClinicalPsychologyAssociationofClinicalPsychology
13.SocietyofConsultingPsychologyPsychologicalCounselingAssociation
14.SocietyforIndustrialandOrganizationalPsychologyAssociationforIndustrialandOrganizationalPsychology
15.EducationalPsychologyAssociationofEducationalPsychology
16.SchoolPsychology AssociationofSchoolPsychology
17.SocietyofCounselingPsychologyAssociationofCounselingPsychology
18.PsychologistsinPublicServicePsychologistPublicServiceAssociation
19. Societyfor MilitaryPsychology
20.AdultDevelopmentand Aging Association
21.AppliedExperimentalandEngineeringPsychologyAssociationforAppliedExperimentalandEngineeringPsychology
22.RehabilitationPsychologyAssociationforRehabilitationPsychology
23.SocietyforConsumerPsychologyAssociationforConsumerPsychology
24.SocietyforTheoreticalandPhilosophicalPsychologyAssociationforTheoreticalandPhilosophicalPsychology
25. BehaviorAnalysisAssociationfor BehaviorAnalysis
26.SocietyfortheHistoryofPsychologyAssociationfortheHistoryofPsychology
27.SocietyforCommunityResearchandAction:DivisionofCommunityPsychology:DivisionofCommunityPsychology
28. Psykofarmakologia ja aineiden väärinkäyttö
29. Psykoterapian edistämisyhdistys
30.SocietyofPsychologicalHypnosisPsychologicalHypnosis
31.State,Provincial,andTerritorialPsychologicalAssociationAffairsNational,ProvincialandRegionalAffairsPsychologicalAssociation
32. Humanistisen psykologian yhteiskunta
33.IntellectualandDevelopmentalDisabilities/AutismSpectrumDisordersAutismSpectrumDisorderAssociation
34.SocietyforEnvironmental,PopulationandConservationPsychology
35. Naispsykologian yhteiskunta
36.SocietyforthePsychologyofReligionandSpiritualityAssociationforReligiousandSpiritualPsychology
37.SocietyforChildandFamilyPolicyandPracticeAssociationforChildandFamilyPolicyandPractice
38.SocietyforHealthPsychologyAssociationforHealthPsychology
39.PsykoanalyysiPsykoanalyysiAssociation
40.SocietyforClinicalNeuropsychologyClinicalNeuropsychologyAssociation
41.AmericanPsychology-LawSocietyAmericanPsychology-LawSociety
42.PsykologitIndependent Practice
43.SocietyforCoupleandFamilyPsychologyAssociationforCoupleandFamilyPsychology
44. Lesbo-, homo-, biseksuaali- ja transsukupuolisten asioiden psykologisen tutkimuksen yhteiskunta
45.SocietyforthePsychologicalStudyofCulture,EthnicityandRaceCulture,RaceandEthnicPsychologyResearchAssociation
46. Society for MediaPsychologyand Technology
47.SocietyforSport,ExerciseandPerformancePsychology
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48.SocietyfortheStudyofPeace,Conflict,andViolence:PeacePsychologyDivisionPeace,ConflictandViolentBehaviorResearchAssociation:PeacePsychologyBranch
49SocietyofGroupPsychologyandGroupPsychotherapy
50.SocietyofAddictionPsychologyAddictionPsychologySocietyforthePsychologicalStudyofMenandMasculinity
52. Kansainvälinen psykologia
53.SocietyofClinicalChildandAdolescentPsychologyClinicalChildandAdolescentPsychology
54.SocietyofPediatricPsychologyPediatricPsychologyAssociation
55.AmericanSocietyfortheAdvancementofPharmacotherapy
56. TraumaPsychology Association of TraumaPsychology
Huomautuksia:
1.Thereisno4thbranchbecauseitwasoriginallyplannedasthe4thbranchin1945.ThePsychometricSocietyrefusedtojoinAPA.
2.Thereisno11thchapter,becausein1946the11thchapter:AbnormalPsychologyandPsychotherapywasmergedintothe12thchapter:SocietyofClinicalPsychology).
Asetapawards
Inordertorecognizepsychologistswhohavemadecontributionstopsychology,variouspsychologicalscienceawardsaresetup,whichareselectedonceayear.
TheOutstandingContributionAwardforPsychologicalScience
Perustettu vuonna 1956, se palkitsee niitä, jotka ovat antaneet merkittävän panoksen psykologian kehittämiseen.Joka vuosi valitaan kolme henkilöä ja palkintona 1 000 dollaria ja todistus.
OutstandingContributionAwardfortheApplicationofPsychology
Establishedin1973,itisawardedtothosewhohavemadeoutstandingprogressorthemostexperienceinunderstandingorsolvingmajorpracticalproblems.Aprizeof1,000USdollarsandacertificate.
OutstandingContributionAwardinOccupationalPsychology
Recognizememberswhohavemadecontributionsinthefieldsofknowledge,publicandprofessionalpractice.
OutstandingContributionAwardforthePopularizationofPsychology
Torewardthosewhohavemadecontributionsinpopularizingpsychologyknowledgeandsolvingdifficultsocialproblems,withaprizeof1,000USdollarsandacertificate.
Erinomaisen panoksen palkinto nuorille psykologeille
Establishedin1974torewardyoungpsychologistswhohavemadecontributionstopsychologyresearchanddevelopment,andaward500bonusesDollarsandawards.Somewell-knownpsychologistsestablishedtheAmericanPsychologicalAssociation(APS)in1988becausetheyweredissatisfiedwiththetendencyoflearningtoemphasizeapplicationratherthanbasics.Published15publicationsincluding"PsychologicalDigest","PsychologicalReview","AmericanPsychologist","JournalofExperimentalPsychology","PsychologicalBulletin","JournalofPersonalityandSocialPsychology",and"Psychology——Professioninthe21stCentury:ScientificProblemSolverandotherworks.
Avustukset
Inthehistoryofthedevelopmentofmodernpsychology,theAmericanpsychologycommunityhasmadegreatcontributionstothedevelopmentanddevelopmentofworldpsychology.Sincethemid-19thcentury,theUnitedStatesinheritedthetheoriesandresearchofvariousschoolsofEuropeanpsychology,andgraduallyevolvedpsychologytoscientific,professionalandappliedpsychologyintheUnitedStates.
Americanpsychologywilldefinepsychologyasthestudyofthoughtandbehavior.Thisdisciplineincludesthelearningofallaspectsofhumanexperienceandexperience,fromthefunctionofthebraintothebehaviorofthecountry,fromthebirthandgrowthofbabiestotheprocessofgettingold.Psychologyexistsineveryenvironmentandpositionwecanimagine.TheAmericanPsychologicalAssociationbelievesthatpsychologistsshouldtakeunderstandingofhumanbehaviorasthecoreoftheirworkandresearch,andworkinthisdirection.

TheannualmeetingoftheAmericanPsychologicalAssociationisoneofthemajorannualconferencesinthepsychologyfield,withanaverageof10,000to20,000scholars,experts,researchersandstudentsfromallovertheworldparticipatinginthedevelopmentofthedisciplineofpsychology.Talk,discussandresearch,andpushittoanewclimax.
Kirjakokoelma
1.PsycBOOKSKirjakokoelmaPsycBOOKSisanelectronicfull-textdatabaseoftheAmericanPsychologicalAssociation(APA)seriesofhigh-levelbooksandchapters.ThedatabaseisupdatedeverymonthwiththeclassicbookinformationofAPSandotherpublishers.FulltextPDFfilesof1,682academicbooksand25,899chapterbooks,767bookspublishedbyAPA,includingthefulltextof100booksoutofprintfrom1950to2002,and915classicresourcesofpsychology.
2,PsycCRITIQUESbookreviewcollection,mainlyincludingreviewsofthelatestbooks.Thedatabaseincludesavarietyofimportantresources:alargenumberofupdateddocumentshelpacademicstafftofindforteaching.Alargenumberofupdateddocumentshelplibrarianstocollectdocuments.Studentscanusethedatabaseforscientificresearch.CanprovidethelatestpracticalguidePsycCRITIQUESincludesAsearchabledatabaseofweeklyreviewsofbooksandmovies;thefulltextofnewbooks,popularmovies,videosandsoftwarereviews,aswellascomparativereviewsofbooks,thelatestcopyrightyearreviewsreleasedweekly;PsycCRITIQUESincludesmorethan38,000entriesSearchablebookreviews,datingbackto1956,andincludingnewreviewentrieseveryweek.Morethan900reviewsarepublishedeveryyear.
3.PsycEXTRAgrayliteraturedatabasePsycEXTRAisagrayliteraturedatabaseandapartnerdatabaseofPsycINFO.Itsmaincontentiswrittenbyexpertsandcomesfrompeer-reviewedjournals.PsycEXTRArecordsincludeabstracts,citations,andlinkstothefulltext,whicharenotduplicatedwithPsycINFO.Morethan150,000records,70%havefulltextwith30,000+newrecordsaddedeveryyear
4.PsycINFOabstractdatabasePsycINFOisapsychologyabstractdatabasefromthe19thcenturytothepresent.Asanimportantresearchtoolforpsychologicalresearchers,PsycINFOpresentsawealthofdataandinformationinaconcisesearchmode,whichcanbeusedasaconvenientandfastdocumentsourceforresearchers.PsycINFOincludesbibliography,abstracts,citationsanddescriptiveinformation,whichcanhelpusersfindtheinformationtheyneedconvenientlyandquicklyfromalargenumberofbehavioralandsociologicalliterature.
5.PsycARTICLESsisältää56 päiväkirjaa
| lehden nimi | 2007Impactfactor | Lehden nimi | 2007Impactfactor | 
| American Journalof BehavioralPsychiatry | 1,959 | Journalof OccupationalHealthPsychology | 1.169 | 
| "Käyttäytymishermotiede" | 2,883 | JournalofPersonalityandSocialPsychology | 4.505 | 
| The Canadian Journalof BehavioralSciences | JournalofIntegratedPsychotherapy | ||
| "Canadian Journalof ExperimentalPsychology | 0,891 | "Neuropsykologia" | 2,987 | 
| 《ConsultantPsychologyMagazine:PracticeandResearch | "Työpsykologia: tutkimus ja käytäntö" | 0,89 | |
| "Cultural Differencesand MinorityPsychology" | "Psykoanalyyttinen psykologia" | 0,973 | |
| "Kehityspsykologia" | 3,038 | "Psykologinen arviointi" | 2.196td> | 
| "DreamStudy" | "Psychology Bulletin" | 10.905 | |
| 《Tunteet》 | 3,088 | "Psykologian oppimismenetelmä" | 3.5 | 
| "Kokeellinen ja kliininen psykofarmakologia" | 2,035 | "Psychological Review" | 7.803 | 
| "Perhe, järjestelmä ja terveys" | "Psykologinen palvelu" | ||
| "CrowdDynamics: teoria, tutkimus ja käytäntö" | 0,463 | "Psykologia ja ikääntyminen" | 2.518 | 
| "Terveyspsykologia" | 2,966 | "Addiktiivisen käyttäytymisen psykologia" | 2.237 | 
| "Psykologian historia" | "Estetiikka, luominen ja taidepsykologia" | ||
| "International Journalof GameTherapy" | "ManandMalePsychology" | ||
| "International Journalof StressManagement" | "Psykoterapia: hoito, tutkimus, harjoittelu ja koulutus" | 0,573 | |
| 《JournalofAbnormalPsychology》 | 4.684 | 《Kuntoutuspsykologia》 | 1.07 | 
| Journalof AppliedPsychology | 3,047 | "YleinenPsychology Review" | 2.333 | 
| Journalof ComparativePsychology | 1,793 | "SchoolPsychology Quarterly" | 0,488 | 
| Journal of Consultantsand ClinicalPsychology | 4.214 | "Ammattipsykologian koulutus ja koulutus" | |
| 《JournalofConsultingPsychology》 | 2,566 | Amerikkalainen psykologi | 6,967 | 
| JournalofEducationalPsychology | 2.353 | Kanadan psykologia | 0,457 | 
| JournalofExperimentalPsychology:AnimalBehaviorProcesses | 2,075 | "ClinicianResearchSummary" | |
| Journalof ExperimentalPsychology: Applications | 1.81 | "Teoria ja filosofinen psykologia" | |
| "JournalofExperimentalPsychology:HumanPerceptionandAction" | 5,594 | "Psykologinen trauma: hoito, tutkimus, käytäntö ja politiikka" | |
| "JournalofExperimentalPsychology:HumanPerceptionandAction" | 2.58 | "Psykologia, julkinen politiikka ja laki" | 2.4 | 
| Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition" | 2.408 | "Uskonto ja henkipsykologia" | |
| "FamilyPsychologyJournal" | 1,728 | JournalofDiversityin HigherEducation | 
