NAME:____________________________
PSY 101 General Psychology
WRITING/RESEARCH EXERCISE #5: APA and APS on the World Wide
Web (from Bolt, 1999 with modifications).
To answer the following questions visit the American Psychological Association (APA)
at http://www.apa.org/ and the
American Psychological Society (APS) at http://www.psychologicalscience.org/
What are the requirements for being a student affiliate of APA? What are the annual
dues? (2 pnts)
Who is the current president of APA? (1 pnt)
What is PsycINFO? (1 pnt)
When and where is the next annual convention of APA? (1 pnt)
List three major divisions of APA and briefly summarize the goals of each. (3 pnts)
When was the APS founded? What is the size of its present membership? (2 pnts)
Briefly describe one goal of APS. (1 pnt)
List three journals published by the APS. (3 pnts)
Identify one important historical event in psychology that occurred on your birthday (This
link has been moved from the APS website—check
http://www.cwu.edu/~warren/today.html ; 1 pnt)).
Modified from:
Bolt, M. (1999). Instructor's resources to accompany Myers' Exploring
Psychology, 4th edition. New York: Worth