The APA Award for Lifetime Contributions to Psychology is the highest award of the

American Psychological Association The American Psychological Association (APA) is the largest scientific and professional organization of psychologists in the United States, with over 133,000 members, including scientists, educators, clinicians, consultants, and students. It ha ...

List of recipients

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* 1990

B.F. Skinner Burrhus Frederic Skinner (March 20, 1904 – August 18, 1990) was an American psychologist, behaviorist, author, inventor, and social philosopher. He was a professor of psychology at Harvard University from 1958 until his retirement in 1974. ...

* 1991

Neal E. Miller Neal Elgar Miller (August 3, 1909 – March 23, 2002) was an American experimental psychologist. Described as an energetic man with a variety of interests, including physics, biology and writing, Miller entered the field of psychology to pursue ...

* 1993

Herb Simon Herbert Alexander Simon (June 15, 1916 – February 9, 2001) was an American political scientist, with a Ph.D. in political science, whose work also influenced the fields of computer science, economics, and cognitive psychology. His primary ...

Roger Sperry Roger Wolcott Sperry (August 20, 1913 – April 17, 1994) was an American neuropsychologist, neurobiologist, cognitive neuroscientist, and Nobel laureate who, together with David Hunter Hubel and Torsten Nils Wiesel, won the 1981 Nobel Prize ...

* 1994 Kenneth B. Clark,

Anne Anastasi Anne Anastasi (December 19, 1908 – May 4, 2001) was an American psychologist best known for her pioneering development of psychometrics. Her generative work, ''Psychological Testing'', remains a classic text in which she drew attention to the i ...

* 1996 Paul Meehl * 1997 Carolyn R. Payton * 2000

Raymond D. Fowler Raymond D. Fowler (December 22, 1930 – March 17, 2015) was an American psychologist and Professor Emeritus of the University of Alabama. He was president of the American Psychological Association (1988) and served as APA's executive vice presi ...

* 2001 Janet Taylor Spence * 2002

Richard C. Atkinson Richard Chatham Atkinson (born March 19, 1929) is an American professor of psychology and cognitive science and an academic administrator. He is president emeritus of the University of California system, former chancellor of the University of Cali ...

* 2003 George Armitage Miller * 2004 Albert Bandura * 2005

Judith Rodin Judith Rodin (born Judith Seitz, September 9, 1944) is a philanthropist with a long history in U.S. higher education. She was the president of the Rockefeller Foundation from 2005 until 2017. From 1994 to 2004, Rodin served as the 7th permanent pr ...

* 2006

E. Mavis Hetherington E. Mavis Hetherington (born November 27, 1926) is a retired psychology professor at the University of Virginia. She is a leading researcher on the impacts of divorce, family as units, and child development. She published more than 200 articles and e ...

* 2007

Daniel Kahneman Daniel Kahneman (; he, דניאל כהנמן; born March 5, 1934) is an Israeli-American psychologist and economist notable for his work on the psychology of judgment and decision-making, as well as behavioral economics, for which he was award ...

* 2008 Edward F. Zigler * 2009 Patrick H. DeLeon,

Alan E. Kazdin Alan Edward Kazdin (born January 24, 1945) is Sterling Professor of Psychology and Child Psychiatry at Yale University. He is currently emeritus and was the director of the Yale Parenting Center and Child Conduct Clinic."Alan Kazdin, Ph.D ABP ...

* 2010

Shelley E. Taylor Shelley Elizabeth Taylor (born 1946) is a distinguished professor of psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles. She received her Ph.D. from Yale University, and was formerly on the faculty at Harvard University. A prolific author of ...

* 2011 Florence Denmark * 2012

Kelly D. Brownell Kelly David Brownell (born October 31, 1951) is a clinical psychologist and scholar of public health and public policy at Duke University whose work focuses on obesity and food policy. He is a former dean of Duke's Sanford School of Public Policy. ...

Rena R. Wing Rena R. Wing is recognized for her well-established research on behavioral treatments of obesity. Dr. Wing's research examined positive outcomes for long-term weight loss as well as halting weight gain in individuals who are currently overweight. Th ...

* 2013 Antonette M. Zeiss * 2014

Beverly Daniel Tatum Beverly Christine Daniel Tatum (born September 27, 1954) is a psychologist, administrator, and educator who has conducted research and written books on the topic of racism. Focusing specifically on race in education, racial identity development in ...

* 2015 Jonathan Kellerman * 2016

Eduardo Salas Eduardo Salas is an American industrial and organizational (I/O) psychologist and human factors psychologist. He is the Allyn R. & Gladys M. Cline Chair Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Rice University. Salas was a senior re ...

* 2017 Martin E.P. Seligman * 2018

Margaret Beale Spencer Margaret Beale Spencer is an American psychologist whose work centers on the effects of ethnicity, gender, and race on youth and adolescent development. She currently serves as the Marshall Field IV Professor of Urban Education in the Department ...

* 2019

Derald Wing Sue Derald Wing Sue is a professor of counseling psychology at Columbia University.

* 2020 Melba J. T. Vasquez * 2021 Geoffrey M. Reed, Jessica Henderson Daniel * 2022 William E. Cross, Jr. {{Div col end

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