د. محمد المير

The American Psychological Association was founded in July 1892 by a small group of men interested in what they called “the new psychology.” The group elected 31 individuals, including themselves, to membership, with G. Stanley Hall (1844-1924) as its first president. APA’s first meeting was held in December 1892 at the University of Pennsylvania. The basic governance of the APA consisted of a council with an executive committee. This structure has continued to the beginning of the twenty-first century: Today, APA has a Council of Representatives with a Board of Directors.

Divisions of APA
1 Society for General Psychology
2 Society for the Teaching of Psychology
3 Society for Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Science
4 Quantitative and Qualitative Methods
5 Society for Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology
6 Developmental Psychology
7 Society for Personality and Social Psychology
8 Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)
9 Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts
10 Society of Clinical Psychology
11 Society of Consulting Psychology
12 Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
13 Educational Psychology
14 School Psychology
15 Society of Counseling Psychology
16 Psychologists in Public Service
17 Society for Military Psychology
18 Adult Development and Aging
19 Applied Experimental and Engineering Psychology
20 Rehabilitation Psychology
21 Society for Consumer Psychology
22 Society for Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology
23 Behavior Analysis
24 Society for the History of Psychology
25 Society for Community Research and Action: Division of Community Psychology
26 Psychopharmacology and Substance Abuse
27 Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
28 Society of Psychological Hypnosis
29 State, Provincial and Territorial Psychological Association Affairs
30 Society for Humanistic Psychology
31 Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities/Autism Spectrum Disorders
32 Society for Environmental, Population and Conservation Psychology
33 Society for the Psychology of Women
34 Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality
35 Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice
36 Society for Health Psychology
37 Psychoanalysis
38 Society for Clinical Neuropsychology
39 American Psychology-Law Society
40 Psychologists in Independent Practice
41 Society for Couple and Family Psychology
42 Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues
43 Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race
44 Society for Media Psychology and Technology
45 Exercise and Sport Psychology
46 Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence: Peace Psychology Division
47 Society of Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy
48 Society of Addiction Psychology
49 Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity
50 International Psychology
51 Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
52 Society of Pediatric Psychology
53 American Society for the Advancement of Pharmacotherapy
54 Trauma Psychology