American Psychological Association Division 1:The Society for General Psychology
American Psychological Association Division 1:
The Society for General Psychology
Call for Nominations for Awards for Year 2012
Deadline: February 15, 2012
The Society for General Psychology, Division One of the American Psychological Association is conducting its Year 2012 awards competition, including the William James Book Award for a recent book that serves to integrate material across psychological subfields or to provide coherence to the diverse subject matter of psychology, the Ernest R. Hilgard Award for a Lifetime Career Contribution to General Psychology, the George A. Miller Award for an Outstanding Recent Article on General Psychology, and the Arthur W. Staats Lecture for Unifying Psychology, which is an American Psychological Foundation Award managed by the Society for General Psychology.
In addition, there are two student awards: The Anne Anastasi Student Poster Award for the best poster presented in the Division One poster session, and The Anne Anastasi General Psychology Graduate Student Award, based on the student’s past performance and proposed research.
All nominations and supporting materials for each award must be received on or before February 15, 2012.
There are no restrictions on nominees, and self-nominations as well as nominations by others are encouraged for these awards.
The Society for General Psychology encourages the integration of knowledge across the subfields of psychology and the incorporation of contributions from other disciplines. The Society is looking for creative synthesis, the building of novel conceptual approaches, and a reach for new, integrated wholes. A match between the goals of the Society and the nominated work or person will be an important evaluation criterion. Consequently, for all of these awards, the focus is on the quality of the contribution and the linkages made between diverse fields of psychological theory and research.
Winners of the William James Book Award, the Ernest R. Hilgard Award, and the George A. Miller Award will be announced at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association the year of submission. They will be expected to give an invited presentation at the subsequent APA convention and also to provide a copy of the award presentation for inclusion in the newsletter of the Society (The General Psychologist). They will receive a certificate and a cash prize of $1000 to help defray travel expenses for that convention.
I. For the William James Book Award, nominations materials should include: a) three copies of the book (dated post-2006 and available in print; b) the vitae of the author(s); and c) a one-page statement that explains the strengths of the submission as an integrative work and how it meets criteria established by the Society. Click here to view the award criteria. Textbooks, analytic reviews, biographies, and examples of applications are generally discouraged. Nomination letters and supporting materials should be sent to Wade Pickren, PhD, Dept of Psychology, Pace University, 41 Park Row, New York, NY 10038. (wpickren@pace.edu).
II. For the Ernest R. Hilgard Award, nominations packets should include the candidate's vitae along with a detailed statement indicating why the nominee is a worthy candidate for the award and supporting letters from others who endorse the nomination. Nomination letters and supporting materials should be sent electronically to Nancy Russo, PhD (nancy.russo@asu.edu).
III. For the George A. Miller Award, nominations packets should include four copies of: a) the article being considered (which can be of any length but must be in print and have a post-2006 publication date); b) the curriculum vitae of the author(s); and c) a statement detailing the strength of the candidate article as an outstanding contribution to General Psychology. They should be sent electronically to Dean Keith Simonton, PhD, (dksimonton@ucdavis.edu).
IV. The 2013 Arthur W. Staats Lecture for Unifying Psychology is to be announced in 2012 and given at APA’s 2013 Annual convention. Nominations materials should include the nominee’s curriculum vitae along with a detailed statement indicating why the nominee is a worthy candidate for the award including evidence that the nominee would give a good lecture. Nomination letters and supporting materials should be sent electronically to John D. Hogan, PhD (hoganjohn@aol.com).
V. Nomination for The Anne Anastasi Student Poster Award nominations should be submitted for the Division One Posters upon call for the APA Convention Programs.
VI. The Anne Anastasi Graduate Student Research Award Nomination must be submitted electronically to Harold Takooshian, PhD (takoosh@aol.com). Please send
I. The Following Cover Sheet
Candidates for the Anne Anastasi General Psychology Graduate Student Award should submit the following:
1. There are 2 levels of the Anastasi Award: Students with 2 years or less of graduate study and those with more than 2 years of graduate study. Circle the one that best applies to you:
a. Two years or less of study beyond the baccalaureate.
b. More than two years beyond the baccalaureate.
2. I completed my masters’ degree in year: ______. Did not complete a masters’ degree ______.
3. Include:
a. Name + email:
b. Institution:
c. A mentor + email:
d. Focus of research, title:
II. Send the next three as attachments:
1. Research statement on your past/present/future work (2-3 pages, with limited number of important citations)
2. Your Curriculum Vitae
3. Supporting letter from one mentor, either attached or sent separately
These materials should be sent electronically to the 2012 Chair of the committee, Harold Takooshian, PhD, (takoosh@aol.com ).
General Comments on all of the awards may be made to Josephine Tan, PhD., Awards Coordinator, (jtan@lakeheadu.ca ).
The following awards were announced at the American Psychological Association meeting held in Washington, DC, August 4–7, 2011:
William James Book Award:
Paul Bloom for his book, How pleasure works: The new science of why we like what we like. New York: W. W. Norton & Company.
The Ernest R. Hilgard Lifetime Achievement Award:
John C. Norcross
The George A. Miller Award for an Outstanding Recent Article in General Psychology:
Ariel Knafo, Carolyn Zahn-Waxler, Carol Van Hulle, JoAnn L. Robinson, & Soo Hyun Rhee, The developmental origins of a disposition toward empathy: Genetic and environmental contributions, Emotion, 8(6), 737-752.
Arthur W. Staats Lecture for Unifying Psychology:
Ellen Langer
Anna Anastasi Graduate Student Research Award:
Under 2 years of graduate work:
Luis D. Medina, Individualism, collectivism, and cognitive fluency: How self-construals affect cognition
2 or more years of graduate work:
Michael K. Scullin, MA, What is the role of sleep in cognition, health, and aging?
Recognition Awards:
Kristy E. Benoit, MS, Interpretation bias in anxious mothers and their children
Rachel G. Higier, MA, Neurocognitive functioning in twins with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: An etiological perspective
Theresa A. Morgan, Links between temperament and function of problem behavior
Michael L. Sulkowski, MEd, Violence prevention and school crisis management
Anne Anastasi Student Poster Award:
Megan E. McFarland, BS, Negative social exchange as a mediator of the relation between interpersonal relationship style and psychological distress
Recognition Awards:
Amy M. Racanello, MS, Too few symptoms to diagnose? A managed-Ccare ethical dilemma
Nicole L. Fischer, MS, Acculturation and life satisfaction among west African immigrants in the United States
Arti Sarma, BA, Self-esteem, valuing of education, and academic stress among undergraduates in Thailand
Vanessa B. Watts, BS, Effect of harmful family dynamics on continuous dating violence: A meditational model
Ba Ole Choi, MA, Relationship between maladaptive perfectionism and suicidal ideation: The mediating effects of hopelessness, depression, and psychache
Alan Boneau Award:
MaryLou Cheal
Harold Takooshian
Presidential Citations:
The IAAP Handbook of Applied Psychology
Editors: Paul R. Martin, Fanny M. Cheung, Michael Kyrios, Lyn Littlefield, Michael Knowles, J. Bruce Overmier & José M. Prieto
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Handbook of Adult Resilience
Editors: John W. Reich, John Stuart Hall, & Alex J. Zautra
Publisher: The Guilford Press
The following awards were announced at the American Psychological Association meeting held in San Diego, CA, August 12–15, 2010:
William James Book Award:
Harry C. Triandis for his book, Fooling Ourselves: Self-Deception in Politics, Religion, and Terrorism.Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers (2009).
The Ernest R. Hilgard Lifetime Achievement Award:
Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr., Professor of Psychology, Texas A & M University
The George A. Miller Award for an Outstanding Recent Article in General Psychology:
Bruce J. Ellis, Aurelio Jose Figueredo, Barbara H. Brumbach, and Gabriel L. Schlomer. (2009). Fundamental dimensions of environmental risk: The impaact of harsh versus unpredictable environments on the evolution and development of life history strategies, Human Nature, 20, 204-268.
Arthur W. Staats Lecture for Unifying Psychology:
Wilbert J. McKeachie
Anna Anastasi Graduate Student Research Award:
Gloria Luong, Age and cross cultural differences in emotion AND Regulation strategy use and effectiveness
Recognition Awards:
Miriam Bocarsly, Maternal high-fat diet in rats increases ethanol consumption and preference in offspring
Cynthia J. Najdowski, MA, Law, psychology, and experimental research on false confessions
Eric R. Pedersen, MA, Brief online interventions for alcohol abuse among American college students studying abroad
Kelli Vaughn-Blount, MA, History of women in psychology
Anne Anastasi Student Poster Award:
David I. Miller, BS, & Diane F. Halpern, PhD, Improving the 3-D spatial skills of gifted STEM undergraduates
Recognition Awards:
Lindsay A. Corman, MA, & Shuki Cohen, PhD, Insecure attachment and its relation to internalizing and externalizing symptomatology
Daisy R. Singla, MA, BS; Grace H. Yeh, BA; Qi Zhao, MD, MS; & Lawrence H. Yang, PhD, Contrasting internalized stigma and experiences with stigma among Chinese patients
The following awards were announced at the American Psychological Association meeting held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, August 5–9, 2009:
William James Book Award:
Susan Pinker, The sexual paradox: Men, women, and the real gender gap, 2008.
The Ernest R. Hilgard Lifetime Achievement Award:
Linda Bartoshuk, University of Florida
The George A. Miller Award for an Outstanding Recent Article in General Psychology:
Diane Halpern, Camilla P. Benbow, David C. Geary, Ruben C. Gur, Janet Shibley Hyde, and Morton Ann Gernsbacher, “The science of sex differences in science and mathematics” Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 2007, 8, 1–51.
2010 Arthur W. Staats Lecture for Unifying Psychology:
Douglas Candland, Bucknell University
Anna Anastasi Graduate Student Research Award:
John P. Mack, State University of New York at Buffalo, Comparison of ethics codes across disciplines
Recognition awards to:
Recognition Awards for Dedicated Service to Division 1:
Presidential Citations for Outstanding Service/Achievement:
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