Associazione Americana di Psicologia

Historyofdevelopment

TheAmericanPsychologicalAssociationwasestablishedatClarkUniversityinMassachusettsinJuly1892.StanleyHallwasitsfounderandthefirstPresident.TheAmericanPsychologicalAssociationisanorganizationthatrepresentstheAmericanpsychologyprofessionandthescientificdevelopmentofpsychology.Itsmissionistopromotethedevelopmentofpsychologyasascience,aprofession,asameanstopromotehealth,education,andtheprosperityofmankind.TheAmericanPsychologicalAssociationencouragesallbranchesofpsychologytodevelopinthebroadestandmostfreemanner,advocatestheimprovementofpsychologyresearchandresearchmethodsandconditions,improvesthequalificationsofpsychologists,andformulatesandmaintainstheprofessionsthatenablethemembersofthesocietytoreachthehigheststandards.Ethicsandconduct,andincreaseandpromotepsychologyknowledgethroughmeetings,discussions,reports,anddistributionmaterials.

PreviousChairman

  • 2003PhilipG.Zimbardo(Philippus.Zimbardo)

  • 1998MartinEPSeligman

  • In1989JosephDominicMatarazzo(JosephDominicMatarazzo)

  • 1980FlorenceL.Denmark

  • 1974AlbertBandura (AlbertBandura)

  • GeorgeA.Millerin1969

  • AbrahamMaslowin1968

  • In1965,JeromeBruner(JeromeBruner)

  • In1959,WolfgangKeller(W.Kohler)

  • JoyPaulGuilfordin1950

  • Ernestin1949·ErnestR.Hilgard

  • 1947CarlR.Rogers

  • 1939GordonWillardAllport(GordonWillardAllport)

  • 1937EdwardChaceTolman (EdwardChaceTolman)

  • 1924GranvilleStanleyHall(GranvilleStanleyHall)

  • 1915JohnBroadusWatson(JohnBroadusWatson)

  • EdwardLeeThorndikein1912

  • WilliamJamesin1904

  • JohnDeweyin1899

  • Munsterbergin1898

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  • G.Fullertonin1896

  • JamesMcKeanCarterin1895(JamesMcKeenCattell)

  • 1894WilliamJames(WilliamJames)

  • 1893G.Ladd

  • StanleyHall (GranvilleStanleyHall) in1892

AssociationDevelopment

InInthepast110years,theAmericanPsychologicalAssociationhasundergonemanyreformsandchanges.Forexample,itchangedtheearlyrequirementsformembersfrom"aslongastheyareengagedinanyworkthatcanimprovepsychology"totoday'srequirementtoobtainadoctorateinpsychologyorrelateddisciplines.

TheAmericanPsychologicalAssociationhasgonethroughseveralstagesinthedevelopmentprocess:

Thefirststage

Continuouslystandardizeitsrequirementsforrecruitingmembers.Thestandardforrecruitingmembersdidnotbasicallyreachthecurrentscaleuntilafter1920.

Thesecondstage

Continuouslyimprovetheacademicstatusofthesociety.In1925,theAmericanPsychologicalAssociationacquiredsomestablepsychologypublications,suchas"PsychologicalLetters","PsychologicalReview","PsychologicalIndicators",etc.,therebystrengtheningthesociety'sstablepositioninthepsychologycommunity.

Thethirdstage

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.

Thefourthstage

Forthenationalpolicyservice,widelydisseminatepsychologicalknowledgeandinformation.Since1970,theAmericanPsychologicalAssociationhasgraduallypaidattentiontovariouspublicpolicyissuesrelatedtopsychologyintheUnitedStates.Forthisreason,theOfficeofAPANationalPolicyStudieswasestablishedin1979toparticipateinvariousU.S.governmentThedepartmentstudiesandformulatespublicpoliciesonpsychology.After1980,theAmericanPsychologicalAssociationspentalotoftimeandresourcesonthedisseminationofpsychologicalknowledgeandinformation.Duringthisperiod,PsycINFOwasestablished.PsycINFOistheelectronicabstractdatabaseoftheAmericanPsychologicalAssociation,includingmagazinearticles,books,bookchapters,reports,andpapers.TheAmericanPsychologicalAssociationistheorganizationthatpublishesthemostpsychologybooksandmagazinesintheworld."AmericanPsychologist"isitsofficialpublication.

AssociationSystem

Membershipisdividedintothreelevels:

(1) Informatores, maxime illi qui gradum dominicum obtinuerunt;

(2) Membersmusthaveadoctoratedegree;

(3) Seniores, inadditiontoadoctoratedegree,atleast5 years of work experience.

Groupmembership

TheAmericanPsychologicalAssociationhadonly31membersatthebeginningofitsestablishment.ItdevelopedrapidlyafterWorldWarII.By2002,ithadmorethan155,000members.

TherearefourtypesofmembersoftheAmericanPsychologicalAssociation.:

Cooperativemembers

CooperativemembersarerequiredtoobtainpsychologyorrelatedMaster'sdegreeinsubject.

StudentMembership

Anyundergraduateormaster'sdoctoralstudentinpsychologycanapplyforstudentmembership.

Teachermembership

Anypsychologyteachercanapplyforteachermembership.

Internationalmembership

OtherpsychologistswhodonotliveintheUnitedStatesorCanadacanapplyforinternationalmembershipoftheAmericanPsychologicalAssociation.

ProfessionalChapters

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.SocietyforGeneralPsychology

2.SocietyfortheTeachingofPsychologySocietyforExperimentalPsychologyandCognitiveScience

4.No4thsession, seenote1

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.SchoolPsychologyAssociationofSchoolPsychology

17.SocietyofCounselingPsychologyAssociationofCounselingPsychology

18.PsychologistsinPublicServicePsychologistPublicServiceAssociation

19.SocietyforMilitaryPsychology

20.AdultDevelopmentandAgingAssociation

21.AppliedExperimentalandEngineeringPsychologyAssociationforAppliedExperimentalandEngineeringPsychology

22.RehabilitationPsychologyAssociationforRehabilitationPsychology

23.SocietyforConsumerPsychologyAssociationforConsumerPsychology

24.SocietyforTheoreticalandPhilosophicalPsychologyAssociationforTheoreticalandPhilosophicalPsychology

25.BehaviorAnalysisAssociationforBehaviorAnalysis

26.SocietyfortheHistoryofPsychologyAssociationfortheHistoryofPsychology

27.SocietyforCommunityResearchandAction:DivisionofCommunityPsychology:DivisionofCommunityPsychology

28.PsychopharmacologyandSubstanceAbuse

29.SocietyfortheAdvancementofPsychotherapy

30.SocietyofPsychologicalHypnosisPsychologicalHypnosis

31.State,Provincial,andTerritorialPsychologicalAssociationAffairsNational,ProvincialandRegionalAffairsPsychologicalAssociation

32.SocietyforHumanisticPsychology

33.IntellectualandDevelopmentalDisabilities/AutismSpectrumDisordersAutismSpectrumDisorderAssociation

34.SocietyforEnvironmental,PopulationandConservationPsychology

35.SocietyforthePsychologyofWomen

36.SocietyforthePsychologyofReligionandSpiritualityAssociationforReligiousandSpiritualPsychology

37.SocietyforChildandFamilyPolicyandPracticeAssociationforChildandFamilyPolicyandPractice

38.SocietyforHealthPsychologyAssociationforHealthPsychology

39.PsychoanalysisPsychoanalysisAssociation

40.SocietyforClinicalNeuropsychologyClinicalNeuropsychologyAssociation

41.AmericanPsychology-LawSocietyAmericanPsychology-LawSociety

42.PsychologistsinIndependentPractice

43.SocietyforCoupleandFamilyPsychologyAssociationforCoupleandFamilyPsychology

44.SocietyforthePsychologicalStudyofLesbian,Gay, and Bisexual, and TransgenderIssuesLesbian, Hilaris, Bisexual, and TransgenderPsychologicalResearchAssociation

45.SocietyforthePsychologicalStudyofCulture,EthnicityandRaceCulture,RaceandEthnicPsychologyResearchAssociation

46.SocietyforMediaPsychology andTechnology

47.SocietyforSport,ExerciseandPerformancePsychology

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48.SocietyfortheStudyofPeace,Conflict,andViolence:PeacePsychologyDivisionPeace,ConflictandViolentBehaviorResearchAssociation:PeacePsychologyBranch

49SocietyofGroupPsychologyandGroupPsychotherapy

50.SocietyofAddictionPsychologyAddictionPsychologySocietyforthePsychologicalStudyofMenandMasculinity

52.InternationalPsychology

53.SocietyofClinicalChildandAdolescentPsychologyClinicalChildandAdolescentPsychology

54.SocietyofPediatricPsychologyPediatricPsychologyAssociation

55.AmericanSocietyfortheAdvancementofPharmacotherapy

56.TraumaPsychologyAssociationofTraumaPsychology

Notae:

1.Thereisno4thbranchbecauseitwasoriginallyplannedasthe4thbranchin1945.ThePsychometricSocietyrefusedtojoinAPA.

2.Thereisno11thchapter,becausein1946the11thchapter:AbnormalPsychologyandPsychotherapywasmergedintothe12thchapter:SocietyofClinicalPsychology).

settingupawards

Inordertorecognizepsychologistswhohavemadecontributionstopsychology,variouspsychologicalscienceawardsaresetup,whichareselectedonceayear.

TheOutstandingContributionAwardforPsychologicalScience

Statutum est in anno MCMLVI, qui maiorem contributionem fecit in progressione- mento fpsychologiae. Tres populi electi sunt in annum, et praemium 1,000 pupa et certificatorium.

OutstandingContributionAwardfortheApplicationofPsychology

Establishedin1973,itisawardedtothosewhohavemadeoutstandingprogressorthemostexperienceinunderstandingorsolvingmajorpracticalproblems.Aprizeof1,000USdollarsandacertificate.

OutstandingContributionAwardinOccupationalPsychology

Recognizememberswhohavemadecontributionsinthefieldsofknowledge,publicandprofessionalpractice.

OutstandingContributionAwardforthePopularizationofPsychology

Torewardthosewhohavemadecontributionsinpopularizingpsychologyknowledgeandsolvingdifficultsocialproblems,withaprizeof1,000USdollarsandacertificate.

OutstandingContributionAwardforYoungPsychologists

Establishedin1974torewardyoungpsychologistswhohavemadecontributionstopsychologyresearchanddevelopment,andaward500bonusesDollarsandawards.Somewell-knownpsychologistsestablishedtheAmericanPsychologicalAssociation(APS)in1988becausetheyweredissatisfiedwiththetendencyoflearningtoemphasizeapplicationratherthanbasics.Published15publicationsincluding"PsychologicalDigest","PsychologicalReview","AmericanPsychologist","JournalofExperimentalPsychology","PsychologicalBulletin","JournalofPersonalityandSocialPsychology",and"Psychology——Professioninthe21stCentury:ScientificProblemSolverandotherworks.

Conlationes

Inthehistoryofthedevelopmentofmodernpsychology,theAmericanpsychologycommunityhasmadegreatcontributionstothedevelopmentanddevelopmentofworldpsychology.Sincethemid-19thcentury,theUnitedStatesinheritedthetheoriesandresearchofvariousschoolsofEuropeanpsychology,andgraduallyevolvedpsychologytoscientific,professionalandappliedpsychologyintheUnitedStates.

Americanpsychologywilldefinepsychologyasthestudyofthoughtandbehavior.Thisdisciplineincludesthelearningofallaspectsofhumanexperienceandexperience,fromthefunctionofthebraintothebehaviorofthecountry,fromthebirthandgrowthofbabiestotheprocessofgettingold.Psychologyexistsineveryenvironmentandpositionwecanimagine.TheAmericanPsychologicalAssociationbelievesthatpsychologistsshouldtakeunderstandingofhumanbehaviorasthecoreoftheirworkandresearch,andworkinthisdirection.

TheannualmeetingoftheAmericanPsychologicalAssociationisoneofthemajorannualconferencesinthepsychologyfield,withanaverageof10,000to20,000scholars,experts,researchersandstudentsfromallovertheworldparticipatinginthedevelopmentofthedisciplineofpsychology.Talk,discussandresearch,andpushittoanewclimax.

BookCollection

1.PsycBOOKSBookCollectionPsycBOOKSisanelectronicfull-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.PsycARTICLES continet 56journals

journalname

2007Impactfactor

Journalname

2007Impactfactor

AmericanJournalofBehavioralPsychiatry

1.959

JournalofOccupationalHealthPsychology

1.169

"BehaviouralNeuroscience"

2.883

JournalofPersonalityandSocialPsychology

4.505

TheCanadianJournalofBehavioralSciences

JournalofIntegratedPsychotherapy

"CanadianJournalofExperimentalPsychology

0.891

"Neuropsychology"

2.987

《ConsultantPsychologyMagazine:PracticeandResearch

"OccupationalPsychology: ResearchandPractice"

0.89

"CulturalDifferencesandMinorityPsychology》

"PsychoanalyticPsychology"

0.973

"Procul"

3.038

"PsychologicalEvaluation"

2.196

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"DreamStudy"

"PsychologyBulletin"

10.905

Emotion》

3.088

PsychologyLearningMethod"

3.5

"ExperimentalandClinicalPsychopharmacology"

2.035

"PsychologicalReview》

7.803

《 Familia, SystemandHealth"

"PsychologicalService"

"CrowdDynamics:Theoria,Inquisitio etPractice"

0.463

"PsychologyandAging"

2.518

"HealthPsychology"

2.966

"ThePsychologyofAddictiveBehavior"

2.237

"HistoryofPsychology"

"Aesthetics, CreationandArtPsychology"

"InternationalJournalofGameTherapy"

"ManandMalePsychology》

"InternationalJournalofStressManagement"

"Psychotherapy: Curatio, Inquisitio, Practiceand Training"

0.573

JournalofAbnormalPsychology》

4.684

RehabilitationPsychology》

1.07

JournalofAppliedPsychology

3.047

"GeneralPsychologyReview"

2.333

JournalofComparativePsychology

1.793

"SchoolPsychologyQuarterly"

0.488

JournalofConsultantsandClinicalPsychology

4.214

"OccupationalPsychologyTrainingandEducation"

JournalofConsultingPsychology》

2.566

TheAmericanPsychologist

6.967

JournalofEducationalPsychology

2.353

CanadaPsychology

0.457

JournalofExperimentalPsychology:AnimalBehaviorProcesses

2.075

"ClinicianResearchSummary"

JournalofExperimentalPsychology: Applications

1.81

"TheoryandPhilosophicalPsychology"

"JournalofExperimentalPsychology:HumanPerceptionandAction"

5.594

"PsychologicTrauma: Curatio, Inquisitio, Practica et Politica"

"JournalofExperimentalPsychology:HumanPerceptionandAction"

2.58

"Psychologia, PublicPolicyandLaw"

2.4

JournalofExperimentalPsychology: Learning, Memoria and Cognitio"

2.408

"ReligionandSpiritPsychology"

"FamilyPsychologyJournal"

1.728

JournalofDiversityin HigherEducation

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