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    Divisions of the American Psychological Association - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Divisions of the American Psychological Association


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    The American Psychological Association offers 56 active divisions, based upon popular areas of expertise within psychology.[1] These divisions are: 1. Society for General Psychology. This was the first division formed by the APA, in 1945, and its mission is to settle issues across the subdisciplines of psychology.[2] 2. Society for the Teaching of Psychology. This division provides free teaching material for students and teachers of psychology and bestows many awards.[3] 3. Experimental Psychology 4. Currently vacant. Initially the Psychometric Society, which decided against becoming an APA division[4] 5. Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics 6. Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology 7. Developmental Psychology. Apart from its core activities, this division also publishes journals on education research and on psychology-related education topics.[5] 8. Society for Personality and Social Psychology 9. Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) 10. Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts 11. Currently vacant. Initially Abnormal Psychology and Psychotherapy, joined division 12 in 1946[4] 12. Society of Clinical Psychology. This division was established in 1948 with 482 members. In 1962 it created clinical child psychology as its first section.[6] 13. Society of Consulting Psychology 14. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 15. Educational Psychology 16. School Psychology. This division was originally formed as the Division of School Psychologists in 1945 and renamed in 1969.[7] 17. Society of Counseling Psychology 18. Psychologists in Public Service 19. Society for Military Psychology 20. Adult Development and Aging 21. Applied Experimental and Engineering Psychology 22. Rehabilitation Psychology 23. Society for Consumer Psychology 24. Society for Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology 25. Behavior Analysis 26. Society for the History of Psychology 27. Society for Community Research and Action: Division of Community Psychology 28. Psychopharmacology and Substance Abuse 29. Psychotherapy 30. Society of Psychological Hypnosis 31. State, Provincial and Territorial Psychological Association Affairs
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    32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56.

    Society for Humanistic Psychology Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Society for Environmental, Population and Conservation Psychology Society for the Psychology of Women Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice Health Psychology Psychoanalysis Clinical Neuropsychology American Psychology-Law Society Psychologists in Independent Practice Society for Family Psychology Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues Media Psychology Exercise and Sport Psychology Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence: Peace Psychology Division Society of Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy Society of Addiction Psychology Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity International Psychology Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology Society of Pediatric Psychology American Society for the Advancement of Pharmacotherapy Trauma Psychology (http://www.apatraumadivision.org/). This division addresses issues of trauma with projects, working groups and via collaborations.[8]

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    1. ^ "Divisions of APA" (http://www.apa.org/about/division/index.aspx). American Psychological Association. Retrieved 2012-03-12. 2. ^ "Social psychology network" (http://www.socialpsychology.org/endorsements/apadiv1.htm). Social Psychology Network. September 10, 2006. Retrieved July 31, 2012. 3. ^ Kendra Cherry. "Division 2 - teaching of psychology" (http://psychology.about.com/od/apadivisions/a/division2.htm). About.com (New York Times group). Retrieved July 31, 2012. 4. ^ a b APA Division 16 School Psychology- President's Message, Worrell, F. C. (2007). "Beyond Division16, Inside APA". The School Psychologist 61 (1): 128. 5. ^ "What organizations are doing to improve math and science education: American psychological association: Research" (http://www2.ed.gov/rschstat/research/progs/mathscience/descriptions/apa_research.pdf). US Department of Education. Retrieved July 31, 2012. 6. ^ Donald K. Routh (1994-02-28). Clinical psychology since 1917: Science, practice and organization. New York, NY: Springer. pp. 4042. ISBN 978-0306444524. 7. ^ T. Steuart Watson, Christopher H. Skinner, ed. (2004). "American Psychological AssociationDivision 16 (School Psychology)". Encyclopedia of School Psychology. New York, NY: Springer. ISBN 978-0306484803. 8. ^ "ISTSS: Global connections: International collaborators and affiliates" (http://www.istss.org/ISTSSCollaboratorsandAffiliates.htm). International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.
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    Retrieved July 31, 2012.

    Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php? title=Divisions_of_the_American_Psychological_Association&oldid=572722689" Categories: Psychology organizations Medical associations based in the United States American Psychological Association This page was last modified on 13 September 2013 at 06:21. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.

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