Council Policy Manual: B. Awards

The APA Policy Manual is a collection of policy actions taken by the APA Council of Representatives. This edition includes actions taken after 1960 and up to but not including August 2001. The texts included in the Manual are the texts of the actual motions passed by Council.

I. APA AWARDS CRITERIA

1. 1956

Council approved the following rule regarding awards:

In any one year an award should be given to not more than one person primarily identified with work in the same specialized topic (such as sensory, socialization, or learning); or with the same specialized material (such as animals, children, or abnormals); or with the same specialized technique (such as projective tests, mathematical models, physiological analysis); or with the same particular application (such as educational, industrial, clinical).

Council Policy Manual: Table of Contents | Introduction | A. Elections | B. Awards | C. Membership | D. Human Resources | E. Ethics | F. Board of Directors | G. Divisions and State and Provincial Associations | H. Organization of APA | I. Publications and Communcations | J. Convention Affairs | K. Educational Affairs | L. Professional Affairs | M. Scientific Affairs | N. Public Interest - Part 1 | N. Public Interest - Part 2 | N. Public Interest - Part 3 | N. Public Interest - Part 4 | N. Public Interest - Part 5 | O. Ethnic Minority Affairs | P. International Affairs | Q. Central Office | R. Financial Affairs