The General Psychologist
A newsletter of Div. 1
In thinking ahead to our upcoming convention program in August, I find myself reflecting 50 years back. The theme of the 1969 APA convention was "Psychology and the Problems of Society.”
Cast Your Div. 1 Ballot
- Candidate Statements for Div. 1 (Society for General Psychology)
Presidential candidate statements for Sarah L. Friedman and Jocelyn Turner-Musa
Review of General Psychology
- 2019 Call for Submissions on the Theme of Re-envisioning General Psychology
General psychology itself is a topic of reflexivity and research. We suggest that such psychological trends require a re-envisioning of general psychology.
By Wade E. Pickren and Thomas Teo, PhD
Psychology Day at the United Nations
- The Time Is Now: Psychological Contributions to Global Gender Equ{al}ity
This program will focus on ways in which psychologists may contribute to promoting the goal to “achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.”
Awards and Grants
- 2019 Awards and Grants
Each year, Div. 1 celebrates exemplary integrative scholarship in psychology with a wide array of awards announced during APA’s annual convention.
By Phyllis Wentworth, PhD - 2020 Gold Medal Awards for Life Achievement: Call for Nominations
The American Psychological Foundation (APF) invites nominations for the APF 2020 Gold Medal Awards.
In Honor
- EPA Salutes Olivia Hooker, PhD
Across her 103 years, psychologist Olivia J. Hooker (1915-2018) was an inspiration to all around her, as a gifted teacher at Fordham, talented researcher at the Kennedy Child Study Center, role model and leader in her community and country.
By Harold Takooshian, PhD
Invited Column
- Primary Sources in the Classroom: Project Ideas for Investigating Mental Health Care in the United States through Digitized Asylum Reports
The Cummings Center for the History of Psychology (CCHP) houses a fairly large collection of American asylum reports, from both public and private institutions, which range from the early 1800s through the 1960s. You may be thinking, “Sure, this all sounds neat, but how can I use these reports in my classroom?”
By Lizette Royer Barton
Invited Member Submission
- Walking through History: Case Study of a Former Psychiatric Hospital Site
This past year we initiated a new pre-tour in-class activity that built on a similar project by Lizette Royer, archivist at the Cummings Center for the History of Psychology in Akron, Ohio. We provide each student with a copy of an annual report from the former hospital.
By Jennifer L. Bazar
Foundation Divisions Invited Column
- Resources from Div. 2 (The Society for the Teaching of Psychology)
Society for the Teaching of Psychology resources for general psychology.
By William Altman, PhD
Council of Representatives
- COR Meeting, February, 2019, Washington, D.C.
This is a summary of the major items during the February 2019 APA Council meeting
By Mindy J. Erchull, PhD
Invited Officer Submission
- Psychology and Interdisciplinarity: Reflections on a Graduate Seminar
This course was intended to facilitate discussion of the possibilities for psychology’s involvement in interdisciplinary collaboration and to address conceptual and empirical problems posed by the project of interdisciplinarity, including problems specific to psychology.
By Lisa M. Osbeck, PhD
Member Submission Column
- If It Wasn’t for the Lighthouse
With substantive change comes exciting opportunities and admittedly challenges.
By Patrick H. DeLeon, PhD