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APA and APS
Tyler McClure
1. What are the requirements for being a student affiliate of APA? What are the
annual dues?
To become a student affiliate of the APA you have to be in a psych
program and pay the dues, dues are 27 dollars for an undergrad, 53 dollars
for a grad student.
2. Who is the current president of APA?
James H. Bray PhD
3. What is PsycInfo?
It is the APA’s free newsletter; it is published Bi-Monthly
4. List 3 journals published by the APA.
Behavioral neuroscience, clinician’s research digest, American
psychologist.
5. When and where is the next annual convention of APA?
Aug, 12-15 in San Diego
6. List 3 major divisions of APA and briefly summarize the goals of each.
-Society for General Psychology, main goals are to keep coherence in
psychologies many fields
-Society for the Teaching of Psychology, main goals are to promote
excellence within the teaching of psychology.
-Experimental Psychology, main goals are developing experimental
psychology as a science.
7. When was the APS founded? What is the size of its present membership?
Founded in 1988, 20,000 members.
8. Briefly describe one goal of APS.
Promote the success of science based psychology.
9. When and where is the next annual convention of APS?
May 27-30 in boston MA.
10. List 3 journals published by the APS.
Psychological science, current directions in psychological science,
psychological science in the interest of the public.
11. What is the purpose of the American Psychological Society Student Caucus
(APSSC)?
The caucus is mostly to tell the students what they can do with the APS.