Honours in psychology

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Honours within the discipline are an important social device for highlighting important and original contributions to our science and for helping to set standards of both professional and scientific conduct. A large number of different kinds of awards have been made to people working in the field of psychology.

International awards

• Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• David E. Rumelhart Prize
• Benjamin Franklin Medal
• Fondation Mattei Dogan Award in Psychological Sciences

National awards

UK

• Fellow of the British Academy
• Fellow of the Royal Society
• Bartlett medal of the UK Ergonomics Society
• M B Shapiro Award
• May Davidson Award

United States

• Election to the National Academy of Sciences
• Election to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Distinguished Research Contribution Award of the American Psychological Association
• Howard Crosby Warren Medal for Outstanding Research from the Society of Experimental Psychologists.
• American Psychological Foundation Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Psychological Science
• U. S. National Medal of Science
• APA Distinguished Research Scientist Award.
• Joseph Zubin Award from the American Psychopathological Association.
• Kurt Lewin Memorial Award,
• G.W. Allport Prize,
• Carl Hovland Memorial Award.

• Awards made by APA divisions

External links

for information on awards available to psychology students.