The APA Award for Lifetime Contributions to Psychology, is the American Psychological Association highest award and is awarded at the discretion of the APA President. It is usually presented at the Opening Session of the APA Convention.

Recipients include:

• 1990 B.F. Skinner
• 1991 Neal E. Miller
• 1993 Herb Simon, Roger Sperry
• 1994 Kenneth B. Clark, Anne Anastasi
• 1996 Paul Meehl
• 1997 Carolyn Payton
• 2000 Raymond D. Fowler
• 2001 Janet Taylor Spence
• 2002 Richard C. Atkinson
• 2003 George A. Miller
• 2004 Albert Bandura
• 2005 Judith Rodin
• 2006 E. Mavis Hetherington
• 2007 Daniel Kahneman
• 2008 Edward F. Zigler
• 2009 Patrick H. DeLeon, Alan E. Kazdin
• 2010 Shelley E. Taylor