Division 10 - Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts

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Division 10 - Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts is committed to interdisciplinary scholarship, both theoretical and empirical, encompassing the visual arts, poetry, literature, music, and dance. Broadly conceived, we study three interrelated topics: creativity (including developmental, motivational, affective, and cognitive processes), the arts (including aesthetic content, form, and function), and audience response to the arts (including preferences and judgments). To this end, we apply personality, clinical, cognitive, perceptual, cultural, and postmodern psychologies to diverse artists, styles, and epochs. Division 10 offers a biannual publicatioin; three annual awards, the Berlyne, Arnheim, and Farnsworth Awards; and discounts on five specialized journals.

Membership Application: www.apa.org/about/division/memapp.html

President: Jonathan Plucker, PhD, Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Bloomington, IN

Secretary-Treasurer: Christine Charyton, PhD, Blacklick, OH

Journal: Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts (one issue in 2006, quarterly beginning in 2007)
Co-Editors: Jeffrey K. Smith, Lisa F. Smith, and James C. Kaufman

• February 2007 (Volume 1, Number 1), arrived March 13, 2007
• May 2007 (Volume 1, Number 2), arrived June 7, 2007
• August 2007 (Volume 1, Number 3), arrived August 30, 2007
• November 2007 (Volume 1, Number 4), arrived December 28, 2007

• February 2008 (Volume 2, Number 1), arrived February 26, 2008
• May 2008 (Volume 2, Number 2), estimated arrival June 7, 2008
• August 2008 (Volume 2, Number 3), estimated arrival August 30, 2008
• November 2008 (Volume 2, Number 4), estimated arrival December 28, 2008

Journals: Division 10 offers members discounted subscriptions to the following journals:

• Creativity Research Journal
  

• Empirical Studies of the Arts
  
• Imagination, Cognition, and Personality
  
• Journal of Creative Behavior
  
• Metaphor and Symbolic Activity

Contact the Division 10 Administrative Office for details. See below.

Division Meeting: APA Annual Convention, Boston, MA, August 14-17, 2008

Awards: www.apa.org/about/division/div10awards.html

For Additional Information Contact: Division 10 Administrative Office, American Psychological Association, 750 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242; Telephone: (202) 216-7602; Fax: (202) 218-3599; Email: Keith Cooke

Homepage: www.apa.org/divisions/div10