2024 Winner of the William James Book Award

Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects Our Minds and How to Build Immunity

The William James Book Award goes to the best book in general psychology — that is a book that integrates subdisciplines of psychology and related fields — published in the last three years.

This year's receipient is Sander L. van der Linden for his book "Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects Our Minds and How to Build Immunity".

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2024 Winners of the George A. Miller Award

The wisdom researchers and the elephant: An integrative model of wise behavior

George A. Miller Award, goes to to an outstanding article published in the last three years that integrates literature from the subdisciplines of psychology and related fields.

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2024 WINNER OF THE ERNEST R. HILGARD LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Martin Seligman

The Ernest R. Hilgard Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes an individual who has made significant and long-lasting contributions to general psychology, and who’s work exemplifies an integrative and interdisciplinary approach to inquiry, consistent with the mission and goals of Div. 1.

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2024 Winner of the Authur W. Staats Award

David Moore

The Arthur W. Staats Lecture was established in 1997 by Peter S. Staats, MD, in honor of his father, Arthur W. Staats, PhD. Each year, the lecturer delivers an address on a body of work which has held great significance for many fields of psychology or has the potential to be extrapolated to have unifying power within the discipline of psychology as a whole.

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2024 Winners of the Anne Anastasi General Psychology Graduate Student Award

Francisco Cruz

2+ years beyond the bachelor's degree

Norah Aldawsari

< 2 years beyond the bachelor's

The Anne Anastasi awards, named for APA past-president and funded by the Anne Anastasi Foundation, are given to two outstanding psychology graduate students, one in the first two years of graduate study and the second in more than two years of graduate study.

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