James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award

James McKeen Cattell

James McKeen Cattell
1860-1944

Cattell, an experimental psychologist, developed research techniques that allow for the study of groups of people and the individual differences among them. Cattell's tasks demanded only easy, straightforward responses such as reacting rapidly to a light or sound and judging differences in weights, lengths of lines, or intervals of time. He coined the label "mental tests."

Source: An Illustrated History of American Psychology, published by the Archives of the History of American Psychology, University of Akron.

The James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award recognizes APS Members for a lifetime of outstanding contributions to the area of applied psychological research. Recipients must be APS Members whose research addresses a critical problem in society at large. Honorees are recognized annually at the APS Convention.

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2008-2009 James McKeen Cattell Award Winners
Lyn Abramson

Lyn Y. Abramson
University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Lauren Alloy

Lauren B. Alloy
Temple University
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Wilbert McKeachie

Wilbert McKeachie
University of Michigan
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James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award Committee

Robert Sternberg, Chair, Tufts University
Albert Bandura, Stanford University
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Columbia University
Milt Hakel, Bowling Green State University
Janet Polivy, University of Toronto, Missisauga