American Psychological Association divisions

The American Psychological Association offers 54 active divisions, based upon popular areas of expertise within psychology. These divisions are:  Society for General Psychology. This was the first division formed by the APA, in 1945, and its mission is to settle issues across the subdisciplines of psychology.  Society for the Teaching of Psychology. This division provides free teaching material for students and teachers of psychology and bestows many awards.  Experimental Psychology Currently vacant. Initially the Psychometric Society, which decided against becoming a APA division Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology Developmental Psychology. Apart from its core activities, this division also publishes journals on education research and on psychology-related education topics.  Society for Personality and Social Psychology Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)</li> Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts</li> Currently vacant. Initially Abnormal Psychology and Psychotherapy, joined division 12 in 1946 Society of Clinical Psychology. This division was established in 1948 with 482 members. In 1962 it created clinical child psychology as its first section. </li> Society of Consulting Psychology</li> Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology</li> Educational Psychology</li> School Psychology. This division was originally formed as the Division of School Psychologists in 1945 and renamed in 1969. </li> Society of Counseling Psychology</li> Psychologists in Public Service</li> Society for Military Psychology</li> Adult Development and Aging</li> Applied Experimental and Engineering Psychology</li> Rehabilitation Psychology</li> Society for Consumer Psychology</li> Society for Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology</li> <li>Behavior Analysis</li> <li>Society for the History of Psychology</li> <li>Society for Community Research and Action: Division of Community Psychology</li> <li>Psychopharmacology and Substance Abuse</li> <li>Psychotherapy</li> <li>Society of Psychological Hypnosis</li> <li>State, Provincial and Territorial Psychological Association Affairs</li> <li>Society for Humanistic Psychology</li> <li>Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities</li> <li>Society for Environmental, Population and Conservation Psychology</li> <li>Society for the Psychology of Women</li> <li>Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality</li> <li>Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice</li> <li>Health Psychology</li> <li>Psychoanalysis</li> <li> Clinical Neuropsychology</li> <li>American Psychology-Law Society</li> <li>Psychologists in Independent Practice</li> <li>Society for Family Psychology</li> <li>Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues</li> <li>Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues <li>Media Psychology</li> <li>Exercise and Sport Psychology</li> <li>Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence: Peace Psychology Division</li> <li>Society of Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy</li> <li>Society of Addiction Psychology</li> <li>Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity</li> <li>International Psychology</li> <li>Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology</li> <li>Society of Pediatric Psychology</li> <li>American Society for the Advancement of Pharmacotherapy</li> <li>Trauma Psychology. This division addresses issues of trauma with projects, working groups and via collaborations. </li></ol>