APA Presidential Addresses

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, 1-21.

*1894

William James - The Knowing of Things Together. Psychological Review, 2, 105-124

*1895

J. Mckeen Cattell - Address of the President. Psychological Review, 1896, 3, 134-148.

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, 1-24.

1898

Hugo Munsterberg - Psychology and History. Psychological Review, 1899, 5, 1-24

*1899

John Dewey - Psychology and Social Practice. Psychological Review, 1900, 7, 105-124

1900

Joseph Jastrow - Currents and Undercurrents in Psychology. Psychological Review, 1901, 8, 1-26

1901

Josiah Royce - Recent Logical Inquiries and Their Psychological Bearings. Psychological Review, 1902, 9, 105-133.

1902

E.C. Sanford - Psychology and Physics. Psychological Review, 1903, 10, 105-119.

1903

William L. Bryan - Theory and Practice. Psychological Review, 1904, 11, 71-82.

1904

William James - The Experience of Activity. Psychological Review, 1905, 12, 1-17.

1905

Mary W. Calkins - A Reconciliation of Structural and Functional Psychology. Psychological Review, 1906, 13, 61-81.

*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, 67-84.

1909

Charles H. Judd - Evolution and Consciousness. Psychological Review, 1910, 17, 77-97

1910

Walter B. Pillsbury - The Place of Movement in Consciousness. Psychological Review, 1911, 18, 83-99.

1911

Carl E. Seashore - The Measure of A Singer. Science, Feb. 9, 1912, 35, 201-212.

*1912

Edward L. Thorndike - Ideo-Motor Action. Psychological Review, 1913, 20, 91-106.

1913

Howard C. Warren - The Mental and the Physical. Psychological Review, 1914, 21, 79-100

*1914

R.S. Woodworth - A Revision of Imageless Thought. Psychological Review, 1915, 22, 1-27.;

*1915

John B. Watson - The Place of the Conditioned-Reflex in Psychology. Psychological Review, 1916, 23, 89-116.

1916

Raymond Dodge - The Laws of Relative Fatigue. Psychological Review, 1917, 24, 89-113.

*1917

Robert M. Yerkes - Psychology in Relation to the War. Psychological Review, 1918, 25, 85-115.

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, 81-94.

1920

S.I. Franz - Cerebral-Mental Relations. Psychological Review, 1921, 28, 81-95.

1921

Margaret Floy Washburn - Introspection as an Objective Method. Psychological Review, 1921, 28, 81-95.

1922

Knight Dunlap - The Foundation of Social Psychology. Psychological Review, 1923, 30, 81-102.

*1923

Lewis M. Terman - The Mental Test as a Psychological Method. Psychological Review, 1924, 31, 93-117

1924

G. Stanley Hall - Died before giving address--W.H. Burnham delivered a tribute--The Man G. Stanley Hall. Psychological Review, 1925, 32, 89-102

1925

Madison Bentley - The Major Categories of Psychology. Psychological Review, 1926, 33, 71-105

1926

Harvey Carr - The Interpretation of the Animal Mind. Psychological Review, 1927, 34, 87-106.

1927

H.L. Hollingworth - Sensuous Determinants of Psychological Attitude. Psychological Review, 1928, 35, 93-117.

*1928

Edwin G. Boring - The Psychology of Controversy. Psychological Review, 1929, 36, 97-121.

*1929

Karl S. Lashley - Basic Neural Mechanisms in Behavior. Psychological Review, 1930, 37, 1-24. 

1930

Herbert S. Langfeld - A Response Interpretation of Consciousness. Psychological Review, 1931, 38, 87-108.

1931

Walter S. Hunter--The Psychological Study of Behavior. Psychological Review, 1932, 39, 1-24.

1932

Walter R. Miles - Age and Human Ability. Psychological Review, 1933, 40, 99-123.

*1933

L.L. Thurstone - The Vectors of Mind. Psychological Review, 1934, 41, 1-32.

1934

Joseph Peterson - Aspects of Learning. Psychological Review, 1935, 42, 1-27.

1935

Albert T. Poffenberger - Psychology and Life. Psychological Review, 1936, 43, 9-31.

*1936

Clark L. Hull - Mind, Mechanism, and Adaptive Behavior. Psychological Review, 1937, 44, 1-32.

*1937

Edward C. Tolman - The Determiners of Behavior at a Choice Point. Psychological Review, 1938, 45, 1-41

1938

John Frederick Dashiell - Some Rapprochements in Contemporary Psychology. Psychological Bulletin, 1939, 36, 1-24.

1939

Gordon W. Allport - The Psychologist's Frame of Reference. Psychological Bulletin, 1940, 37, 1-28. 

1940

Leonard Carmichael - The Experimental Embryology of Mind. Psychological Bulletin, 1941, 38, 1-28.

1941

Herbert Woodrow - The Problem of General Quantitative Laws in Psychology. Psychological Bulletin, 1942, 39, 1-27.

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, 1-29 (no speech).

1944

Gardner Murphy - The Freeing of Intelligence. Psychological Bulletin, 1945, 42, 1-19.

1945

Edwin R. Guthrie - Psychological Facts and Psychological Theory. Psychological Bulletin, 1946, 43, 1-20.

1946

Henry E. Garrett - A Developmental Theory of Intelligence. American Psychologist, 1946, 1, 372-378.

*1947

Carl R. Rogers - Some Observations on the Organization of Personality. American Psychologist, 1947, 2, 358-368.

1948

Donald G. Marquis - Research Planning at the Frontiers of Science American Psychologist, 1948, 3, 430-438.

1949

Ernest R. Hilgard - Human Motives and the Concept of the Self. American Psychologist, 1949, 4, 374-382.

1950

J.P. Guilford - Creativity. American Psychologist, 1950, 5, 444-454.

1951

Robert R. Sears - A Theoretical Framework for Personality and Social Behavior. American Psychologist, 1951, 6, 476-483.

1952

John McVickers Hunt - Psychological Services in the Tactics of Psychological Science. American Psychologist, 1952, 7, 608-622.

1953

Laurence F. Shaffer - Of Whose Reality I Cannot Doubt. American Psychologist, 1953, 8, 608-623.

1954

O. Hobart Mowrer - The Psychologist Looks at Language. American Psychologist, 1954, 9, 660-694

1955

E. Lowell Kelly - Consistency of the Adult Personality. American Psychologist, 1955, 10, 659-681.

1956

Theodore M. Newcomb - The Prediction of Interpersonal Attraction. American Psychologist, 1956, 11, 575-586.

*1957

Lee J. Cronbach - The Two Disciplines of Scientific Psychology. American Psychologist, 1957, 12, 671-684.

*1958

Harry F. Harlow - The Nature of Love. American Psychologist, 1958, 13, 673-685.

*1959

Wolfgang Kohler - Gestalt Psychology Today. American Psychologist, 1959, 14, 727-734.

1960

D.O. Hebb - The American Revolution. American Psychologist, 1960, 15, 735-745.

*1961

Neal E. Miller - Analytical Studies of Drive and Reward. American Psychologist, 1961, 16, 739-754.

1962

Paul E. Meehl - Schizotaxia, Schizotypy, Schizophrenia. American Psychologist, 1962, 17, 827-838.

1963

Charles E. Osgood - On Understanding and Creating Sentences. American Psychologist, 1963, 18, 735-751.

1964

Quinn McNemar - Lost: Our Intelligence? Why? American Psychologist, 1964, 19, 871-882.

*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, 1105-1115.

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, 1071-1080.

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, 1091-1099.

1973

Leona E. Tyler - Design for a Hopeful Psychology. American Psychologist, 1973, 28, 1021-1029.

1974

Albert Bandura - Behavior Theory and the Models of Man. American Psychologist, 1943, 29, 859-869.

1975

Donald T. Campbell - On the Conflicts Between Biological and Social Evolution and Between Psychology and Moral Tradition. American Psychologist, 1975, 30, 1103-1126.

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, 997-1005.

1978

M. Brewster Smith - Perspectives on Selfhood. American Psychologist, 1978, 33, 1053-1063.

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, 1057-1065.

1981 

John J. Conger -  Freedom and Commitment: Families, Youth and Social Change.  American Psychologist, 1981, 36, 1475-1484.

1982 

William Bevan - A Sermon of Sorts in Three Parts.  American Psychologist, 1982, 37, 1303-1322.

1983 

Max Siegel - Crime and Violence in America: The Victims. American Psychologist, 1983, 38, 1267-1273.

1984 

Janet T. Spence - Achievement American Style: The Rewards and Costs of Individualism.  American Psychologist, 1985, 40, 1285-1295.

1985 

Robert Perloff - Self-Interest and Personal Responsibility Redux. American Psychologist, 1987, 42, 3-11.

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, 2-14. 

1987 

Bonnie R. Strickland -  Internal-External Control Expectancies: From Contingency to Creativity.  American Psychologist, 1989, 44, 1-12. 

1988 

Raymond D. Fowler - Psychology: The Core Discipline. American Psychologist, 1990, 45, 1-6.

1989 

Joseph D. Matarazzo - Psychological Assessment Versus Psychological Testing. American Psychologist, 1990, 45, 999-1017.

1990 

Stanley R. Graham - What Does a Man Want? American Psychologist, 1992, 47, 837-841.

1991

Charles D. Spielberger - Type-A President Gives Type-A Presidential Talk. APA Monitor, 1992, 23(10), 8. 

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, 772-776.

1994

Ronald E. Fox -  Charlatanism, Scientism, and Psychology's Social Contract. American Psychologist, 1996, 51, 777-784.

1995

Robert J. Resnick -   A Brief History of Practice—Expanded. American Psychologist, 1997, 52, 463-468.

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, 559-562.

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, 502-504.

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, 325-338.

2004

Diane F. Halpern - Psychology at the Intersection of Work and Family: Recommendations for Employers, Working Families and Policymakers. American Psychologist, 2005, 60, 397-409.

2005

Ronald F. Levant - Making Psychology a Household Name. American Psychologist, 2006, 61, 383-395.

2006

Gerald P. Koocher - Twenty-first Century Ethical Challenges for Psychology. American Psychologist, 2007, 62, 375-384.

*--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.)