This is a list of the addresses given by the various presidents of the American Psychological Association. Some of the addresses can be read directly; they have highlighted titles that can be clicked and will take the viewer to a copy of the document. Currently, the addresses that can be read are located on web page Classics in the History of Psychologyopens in new window provided courtesy of York University in Toronto.
A related page on the subject can be found at the Directory of Annual Meetings of the American Psychological Association 1892-2006. Clicking on the highlighted text will take you to the directory.
1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
| 1892 | G. Stanley Hall - History and Prospects of Experimental Psychology in American. Apparently Not Published. The following Appears as an abstract in the separately Published Proceedings of the first three meetings of the APA: "This Paper consisted of an abstract of an extensive history of Psychology in this country beginning with Jonathan Edwards and coming up to the present time. The history is intended to include an account of all the important investigations and in anticipation of the final paper any more detailed account is omitted." |
| 1893 | George Trumbull Ladd - Address of the President. Psychological Review, 1894, 1, 1-21opens in new window. |
| *1894 | William James - The Knowing of Things Together. Psychological Review, 2, 105-124opens in new window. |
| *1895 | J. Mckeen Cattell - Address of the President. Psychological Review, 1896, 3, 134-148opens in new window. |
| 1896 | G.S. Fullerton - The Knower in Psychology. Psychological Review, 1897, 4, 1-26. |
| 1897 | J.M. Baldwin - On Selective Thinking. Psychological Review, 1898, 5, 1-24opens in new window. |
| 1898 | Hugo Munsterberg - Psychology and Historyopens in new window. Psychological Review, 1899, 5, 1-24opens in new window. |
| *1899 | John Dewey - Psychology and Social Practice. Psychological Review, 1900, 7, 105-124opens in new window. |
| 1900 | Joseph Jastrow - Currents and Undercurrents in Psychology. Psychological Review, 1901, 8, 1-26opens in new window. |
| 1901 | Josiah Royce - Recent Logical Inquiries and Their Psychological Bearings. Psychological Review, 1902, 9, 105-133opens in new window. |
| 1902 | E.C. Sanford - Psychology and Physics. Psychological Review, 1903, 10, 105-119opens in new window. |
| 1903 | William L. Bryan - Theory and Practice. Psychological Review, 1904, 11, 71-82opens in new window. |
| 1904 | William James - The Experience of Activity. Psychological Review, 1905, 12, 1-17opens in new window. |
| 1905 | Mary W. Calkins - A Reconciliation of Structural and Functional Psychology. Psychological Review, 1906, 13, 61-81opens in new window. |
| *1906 | James R. Angell - The Province of Functional Psychology. Psychological Review, 1907, 14, 61-91. |
| 1907 | Henry R. Marshall - The Methods of The Naturalist and Psychologist. Psychological Review, 1908, 15, 1-24. |
| 1908 | George M. Stratton - Toward the Correction of Some Rival Methods in Psychology. Psychological Review, 1909, 16, 67-84opens in new window. |
| 1909 | Charles H. Judd - Evolution and Consciousness. Psychological Review, 1910, 17, 77-97opens in new window. |
| 1910 | Walter B. Pillsbury - The Place of Movement in Consciousness. Psychological Review, 1911, 18, 83-99opens in new window. |
| 1911 | Carl E. Seashore - The Measure of A Singer. Science, Feb. 9, 1912, 35, 201-212opens in new window. |
| *1912 | Edward L. Thorndike - Ideo-Motor Action. Psychological Review, 1913, 20, 91-106opens in new window. |
| 1913 | Howard C. Warren - The Mental and the Physical. Psychological Review, 1914, 21, 79-100opens in new window. |
| *1914 | R.S. Woodworth - A Revision of Imageless Thought. Psychological Review, 1915, 22, 1-27opens in new window. |
| *1915 | John B. Watson - The Place of the Conditioned-Reflex in Psychology. Psychological Review, 1916, 23, 89-116opens in new window. |
| 1916 | Raymond Dodge - The Laws of Relative Fatigue. Psychological Review, 1917, 24, 89-113opens in new window. |
| *1917 | Robert M. Yerkes - Psychology in Relation to the War. Psychological Review, 1918, 25, 85-115opens in new window. |
| 1918 | J.W. Baird - No presidential address was given. Because of the War this was an abbreviated meeting. |
| 1919 | Walter Dill Scott - Changes in Some of our Conceptions and Practices of Personnel. Psychological Review, 1920, 27, 81-94opens in new window. |
| 1920 | S.I. Franz - Cerebral-Mental Relations. Psychological Review, 1921, 28, 81-95opens in new window. |
| 1921 | Margaret Floy Washburn - Introspection as an Objective Method. Psychological Review, 1921, 28, 81-95opens in new window. |
| 1922 | Knight Dunlap - The Foundation of Social Psychology. Psychological Review, 1923, 30, 81-102opens in new window. |
| *1923 | Lewis M. Terman - The Mental Test as a Psychological Method. Psychological Review, 1924, 31, 93-117opens in new window. |
| 1924 | G. Stanley Hall - Died before giving address. W.H. Burnham delivered a tribute - The Man G. Stanley Hall. Psychological Review, 1925, 32, 89-102opens in new window. |
| 1925 | Madison Bentley - The Major Categories of Psychology. Psychological Review, 1926, 33, 71-105opens in new window. |
| 1926 | Harvey Carr - The Interpretation of the Animal Mind. Psychological Review, 1927, 34, 87-106opens in new window. |
| 1927 | H.L. Hollingworth - Sensuous Determinants of Psychological Attitude. Psychological Review, 1928, 35, 93-117opens in new window. |
| *1928 | Edwin G. Boring - The Psychology of Controversy. Psychological Review, 1929, 36, 97-121opens in new window. |
| *1929 | Karl S. Lashley - Basic Neural Mechanisms in Behavior. Psychological Review, 1930, 37, 1-24opens in new window. |
| 1930 | Herbert S. Langfeld - A Response Interpretation of Consciousness. Psychological Review, 1931, 38, 87-108opens in new window. |
| 1931 | Walter S. Hunter - The Psychological Study of Behavior. Psychological Review, 1932, 39, 1-24opens in new window. |
| 1932 | Walter R. Miles - Age and Human Ability. Psychological Review, 1933, 40, 99-123opens in new window. |
| *1933 | L.L. Thurstone - The Vectors of Mind. Psychological Review, 1934, 41, 1-32opens in new window. |
| 1934 | Joseph Peterson - Aspects of Learning. Psychological Review, 1935, 42, 1-27opens in new window. |
| 1935 | Albert T. Poffenberger - Psychology and Life. Psychological Review, 1936, 43, 9-31opens in new window. |
| *1936 | Clark L. Hull - Mind, Mechanism, and Adaptive Behavior. Psychological Review, 1937, 44, 1-32opens in new window. |
| *1937 | Edward C. Tolman - The Determiners of Behavior at a Choice Point. Psychological Review, 1938, 45, 1-41opens in new window. |
| 1938 | John Frederick Dashiell - Some Rapprochements in Contemporary Psychology. Psychological Bulletin, 1939, 36, 1-24opens in new window. |
| 1939 | Gordon W. Allport - The Psychologist's Frame of Referenceopens in new window. Psychological Bulletin, 1940, 37, 1-28opens in new window. |
| 1940 | Leonard Carmichael - The Experimental Embryology of Mind. Psychological Bulletin, 1941, 38, 1-28opens in new window. |
| 1941 | Herbert Woodrow - The Problem of General Quantitative Laws in Psychology. Psychological Bulletin, 1942, 39, 1-27opens in new window. |
| 1942 | Calvin P. Stone - Multiply, Vary, Let the Strongest Live and the Weakest Die. Charles Darwin. Psychological Bulletin, 1944, 41, 1-29. (no speech) |
| 1943 | John E. Anderson - Freedom and Constraint or Potentiality and Environment. Psychological Bulletin, 1944, 41, 1-29opens in new window. (no speech) |
| 1944 | Gardner Murphy - The Freeing of Intelligence. Psychological Bulletin, 1945, 42, 1-19opens in new window. |
| 1945 | Edwin R. Guthrie - Psychological Facts and Psychological Theory. Psychological Bulletin, 1946, 43, 1-20opens in new window. |
| 1946 | Henry E. Garrett - A Developmental Theory of Intelligence. American Psychologist, 1946, 1, 372-378opens in new window. |
| *1947 | Carl R. Rogers - Some Observations on the Organization of Personality. American Psychologist, 1947, 2, 358-368opens in new window. |
| 1948 | Donald G. Marquis - Research Planning at the Frontiers of Science. American Psychologist, 1948, 3, 430-438opens in new window. |
| 1949 | Ernest R. Hilgard - Human Motives and the Concept of the Self. American Psychologist, 1949, 4, 374-382opens in new window. |
| 1950 | J.P. Guilford - Creativity. American Psychologist, 1950, 5, 444-454opens in new window. |
| 1951 | Robert R. Sears - A Theoretical Framework for Personality and Social Behavior. American Psychologist, 1951, 6, 476-483opens in new window. |
| 1952 | John McVickers Hunt - Psychological Services in the Tactics of Psychological Science. American Psychologist, 1952, 7, 608-622opens in new window. |
| 1953 | Laurence F. Shaffer - Of Whose Reality I Cannot Doubt. American Psychologist, 1953, 8, 608-623opens in new window. |
| 1954 | O. Hobart Mowrer - The Psychologist Looks at Language. American Psychologist, 1954, 9, 660-694opens in new window. |
| 1955 | E. Lowell Kelly - Consistency of the Adult Personality. American Psychologist, 1955, 10, 659-681opens in new window. |
| 1956 | Theodore M. Newcomb - The Prediction of Interpersonal Attraction. American Psychologist, 1956, 11, 575-586opens in new window. |
| *1957 | Lee J. Cronbach - The Two Disciplines of Scientific Psychology. American Psychologist, 1957, 12, 671-684opens in new window. |
| *1958 | Harry F. Harlow - The Nature of Love. American Psychologist, 1958, 13, 673-685opens in new window. |
| *1959 | Wolfgang Kohler - Gestalt Psychology Today. American Psychologist, 1959, 14, 727-734opens in new window. |
| 1960 | D.O. Hebb - The American Revolution. American Psychologist, 1960, 15, 735-745opens in new window. |
| *1961 | Neal E. Miller - Analytical Studies of Drive and Reward. American Psychologist, 1961, 16, 739-754opens in new window. |
| 1962 | Paul E. Meehl - Schizotaxia, Schizotypy, Schizophrenia. American Psychologist, 1962, 17, 827-838opens in new window. |
| 1963 | Charles E. Osgood - On Understanding and Creating Sentences. American Psychologist, 1963, 18, 735-751opens in new window. |
| 1964 | Quinn McNemar - Lost: Our Intelligence? Why? American Psychologist, 1964, 19, 871-882opens in new window. |
| *1965 | Jerome S. Bruner - The Growth of Mind. American Psychologist, 1965, 20, 1007-1017. |
| 1966 | Nicholas Hobbs - Helping Disturbed Children: Psychological and Ecological Strategies. American Psychologist, 1966, 21, 1105-1115opens in new window. |
| 1967 | Gardner Lindzey - Some Remarks Concerning Incest, the Incest Taboo and Psychoanalytic Theory. American Psychologist, 1967, 22, 1051-1059. |
| 1968 | Abraham H. Maslow - No written address. |
| 1969 | George A. Miller - Psychology as a Means of Promoting Human Welfare. American Psychologist, 1969, 24, 1063-1075. |
| 1970 | George W. Albee - The Uncertain Future of Clinical Psychology. American Psychologist, 1970, 25, 1071-1080opens in new window. |
| 1971 | Kenneth B. Clark - The Pathos of Power: A Psychological Perspective. American Psychologist, 1971, 26 1047-1057. |
| 1972 | Anne Anastasi - The Cultivation of Diversity. American Psychologist, 1972, 27, 1091-1099opens in new window. |
| 1973 | Leona E. Tyler - Design for a Hopeful Psychology. American Psychologist, 1973, 28, 1021-1029opens in new window. |
| 1974 | Albert Bandura - Behavior Theory and the Models of Man. American Psychologist, 1943, 29, 859-869opens in new window. |
| 1975 | Donald T. Campbell - On the Conflicts Between Biological and Social Evolution and Between Psychology and Moral Tradition. American Psychologist, 1975, 30, 1103-1126opens in new window. |
| 1976 | Wilbert J. McKeachie - Psychology in America's Bicentennial Year. American Psychologist, 1976, 31, 819-833. |
| 1977 | Theodore H. Blau - Torque and Schizophrenic Vulnerability: As the World Turns. American Psychologist, 1977, 32, 997-1005opens in new window. |
| 1978 | M. Brewster Smith - Perspectives on Selfhood. American Psychologist, 1978, 33, 1053-1063opens in new window. |
| 1979 | Nicholas A. Cummings - Turning Bread Into Stones: Our Modern Antimiracle. American Psychologist, 1979, 34, 1119-1129. |
| 1980 | Florence L. Denmark - Psyche: From Rocking the Cradle to Rocking the Boat. American Psychologist, 1980, 35, 1057-1065opens in new window. |
| 1981 | John J. Conger - Freedom and Commitment: Families, Youth and Social Change. American Psychologist, 1981, 36, 1475-1484opens in new window. |
| 1982 | William Bevan - A Sermon of Sorts in Three Parts. American Psychologist, 1982, 37, 1303-1322opens in new window. |
| 1983 | Max Siegel - Crime and Violence in America: The Victims. American Psychologist, 1983, 38, 1267-1273opens in new window. |
| 1984 | Janet T. Spence - Achievement American Style: The Rewards and Costs of Individualism. American Psychologist, 1985, 40, 1285-1295opens in new window. |
| 1985 | Robert Perloff - Self-Interest and Personal Responsibility Redux. American Psychologist, 1987, 42, 3-11opens in new window. |
| 1986 | Logan Wright - The Type A Behavior Pattern and Coronary Artery Disease: Quest for the Active Ingredients and the Elusive Mechanism. American Psychologist, 1988, 43, 2-14opens in new window. |
| 1987 | Bonnie R. Strickland - Internal-External Control Expectancies: From Contingency to Creativity. American Psychologist, 1989, 44, 1-12opens in new window. |
| 1988 | Raymond D. Fowler - Psychology: The Core Discipline. American Psychologist, 1990, 45, 1-6opens in new window. |
| 1989 | Joseph D. Matarazzo - Psychological Assessment Versus Psychological Testing. American Psychologist, 1990, 45, 999-1017opens in new window. |
| 1990 | Stanley R. Graham - What Does a Man Want? American Psychologist, 1992, 47, 837-841opens in new window. |
| 1991 | Charles D. Spielberger - Type-A President Gives Type-A Presidential Talk. APA Monitor, 1992, 23(10), 8opens in new window. |
| 1992 | Jack G. Wiggins - Would You Want Your Child to Be a Psychologist? American Psychologist, 1994, 49, 485-492. |
| 1993 | Frank Farley - From The Heart. American Psychologist, 1996, 51, 772-776opens in new window. |
| 1994 | Ronald E. Fox - Charlatanism, Scientism, and Psychology's Social Contract. American Psychologist, 1996, 51, 777-784opens in new window. |
| 1995 | Robert J. Resnick - A Brief History of Practice—Expanded. American Psychologist, 1997, 52, 463-468opens in new window. |
| 1996 | Dorothy W. Cantor - A Paradigm Shift: Moving Organized Psychology Into the World. American Psychologist, 1997, 780-786. |
| 1997 | Norman Abeles - President's Report (Annual Report). American Psychologist, 1998, 53, 854-857. |
| 1998 | Martin E.P. Seligman - The President's Address (Annual Report). American Psychologist, 1999, 54, 559-562opens in new window. |
| 1999 | Richard M. Suinn - The President's Address (Annual Report). American Psychologist, 2000, 55, 807-810. |
| 2000 | Patrick H. Deleon - Presidential Reflections: Past and Future. American Psychologist, 2002, 57, 425-430. |
| 2001 | Norine G. Johnson - Building a Healthy World: Breaking Down Barriers and Building Bridges. American Psychologist, 2002, 57, 502-504opens in new window. |
| 2002 | Philip G. Zimbardo - Psychology in the Public Service. American Psychologist, 2002, 57, 431-433. |
| 2003 | Robert J. Sternberg - Culture and Intelligence. American Psychologist, 2004, 59, 325-338opens in new window. |
| 2004 | Diane F. Halpern - Psychology at the Intersection of Work and Family: Recommendations for Employers, Working Families and Policymakers. American Psychologist, 2005, 60, 397-409opens in new window. |
| 2005 | Ronald F. Levant - Making Psychology a Household Name. American Psychologist, 2006, 61, 383-395opens in new window. |
| 2006 | Gerald P. Koocher - Twenty-first Century Ethical Challenges for Psychology. American Psychologist, 2007, 62, 375-384opens in new window. |
| 2007 | Sharon S. Brehm - Looking Ahead: The Future of Psychology and APA. American Psychologist. Vol 63(5), Jul-Aug 2008, 337-344opens in new window. |
| 2008 | Alan E. Kazdin - Psychological science's contributions to a sustainable environment: Extending our reach to a grand challenge of society. American Psychologist, Vol 64(5), Jul-Aug 2009, 339-356opens in new window. |
| 2009 | James H. Bray - The future of psychology practice and science. American Psychologist, Vol 65(5), Jul-Aug 2010, 355-369opens in new window. |
| 2010 | Carol D. Goodheart - Psychology practice: Design for tomorrow. American Psychologist, Vol 66(5), Jul-Aug 2011, 339-347opens in new window. |
| 2011 | Melba J.T. Vasquez - Psychology and social justice: Why we do what we do. American Psychologist, Vol 67(5), Jul-Aug 2012, 337-346opens in new window. |
| 2012 | Johnson, Suzanne Bennett - Increasing psychology's role in health research and health care. American Psychologist, Vol 68(5), 311-321opens in new window. |
| 2013 | Donald N. Bersoff - Protecting Victims of Violent Patients While Protecting Confidentiality. American Psychologist, Vol 68(5), Jul-Aug 2014, 461-467opens in new window. |
*–Hilgard, Ernest R. American Psychology in Historical Perspective: Addresses of the Presidents of the American Psychological Association. APA (Addresses reprinted in full in the text.)