German Society for Psychology
The German Society for Psychology Association ( DGPs) is " an association of active teaching and research psychologists ." Office of the DGP is Göttingen, the office is located in Muenster.
Objectives and Membership
The DGPs, which sees itself as a scientific society, together with the Association of German Professional Psychologists Association ( BDP ) relate to the Federation of German Psychologists associations as a representative for all the questions that science and professional practice alike.
The official organ of the DGPs is the Psychological Review. This journal has been published since 1949 in the quarterly Hogrefe -Verlag (Göttingen).
The objective is the promotion and dissemination of scientific psychology. It currently has over 3000 members. Ordinary member may be, who has a PhD and has also submitted, two scientific papers. Before these conditions are met, you can become an associate member if you are scientifically active. A recording as an associate or as a full member requires a recommendation from two members of the DGPs and the approval of the Board. A court of honor is the discipline organ of DGPs.
There are the following DGPs commissions:
- Ethics Committee
- Commission psychology teacher training courses
- Commission for consideration of applications for accreditation of continuing education programs in Psychological Psychotherapy
- Commission psychology and psychotherapy training
- Commission subject classification of the German Psychology: Historical developments and perspectives
In addition, there are the following Federal Commissions (DGPs and Professional Association of German Psychologists ):
- Expert panel Forensic Psychology
- Federal Ethics Commission Directive
- Diagnostic and Test Board ( DTK)
- National Recognition Commission EuroPsy ( NAK)
Other Committees outside of the Federation of German Psychologists Associations are
- The discussion group of psychotherapists associations (GK -II)
- The Joint Commission Clinical Neuropsychology
- The jury for the award of the "German Psychology Prize"
As a working group, the DGPs officer for young scientists organized ( Jumgmitglieder )
The DGP is presided over by a six- member board, the office (3 employees) is located in Muenster.
The DGPs honors every 2 years, the scientific life's work and gives the Wilhelm Wundt Medal, the Charlotte and Karl Bühler Prize, the Heinz Heckhausen - Young Scientist Award, the prize for science journalism and the Franz Emanuel Weinert Prize. Long-standing members earned an honorary membership may be conferred.
History
The DGPs goes back to the founded in Giessen on April 20, 1904 " Society for Experimental Psychology " was initiated by Georg Elias Müller ( 1850-1934 ), who made an initiative committee with his colleagues Ebbinghaus, Külpe, Meumann, Schumann and summer and to the congress in casting invited ( the organizer of the First Congress was summer ). There, the company was founded by the participants, Müller became the first president.
Experimental psychology exists in the Anglo-Saxon world today as an independent research field of general psychology. The name of the Company was converted into the present name in 1929. With the still regularly held meeting of the Experimental psychologists work ends ( TEAP ), the experimental tradition continues.
1945, the DGP was automatically dissolved by the occupation law. The re-founding in 1947 by Gustav John of Allesch was initially for the British zone of occupation. In the American zone of occupation, the company was founded in Würzburg in 1948 new. First Chairman there was Gustav Kafka. Both parts of the company were united on 2 October 1948, expanded its scope "zone unbound " in Germany. Allesch became chairman, Kafka followed him in 1951 after.
Until 1961, scientists from the GDR members of the DGPs were visited and their conventions. After the wall was built by the Society for Psychology of the GDR was founded on 13 October 1962. The first chairman was Werner Straub from Dresden until 1968. Followed Him Fried Klix to 1975 and Adolf Kossakowski. It led to the resolution on 3 November 1990 by seven Congresses and was also professional association and science society. The highlight was the orientation of the XXII. International Congress of Psychology in 1980 in Leipzig. The psychologists of the GDR were forced in 1962 to withdraw from the DGPs - some led 's membership continued officially or unofficially. The DGPs allowed this group of people a contributory continuation of membership. This never lost connection was also a cause that the scientific orientation of Psychology in the GDR remained internationally ..
At least until the German reunification, the DGPs understood as a German -language trade company. So found congresses held in Salzburg, Vienna and Zurich, also Swiss and Austrian colleagues were board members. Thereafter, especially the psychology specific problems in Germany fell more into the focus of the work. Independent national interest groups were in Austria and Switzerland also on important policy issues (representing the "national" psychology in the context of psychology or psychotherapy legislation) necessary. Not the least reason that newly established in 1993, the Austrian Psychological Society ( ÖGP ) in Austria. In Switzerland there is the Swiss Society of Psychology ( SGP ) since 1943. As before, double Membership in the DGP and SGP or ÖGP are common.
Sections of the DGPs
The various sub-disciplines of psychology are organized into specialized groups. Professional groups have appointed from their ranks experts who can provide information on specific topics.
Chairman ( since 1974 President )
Both the Society for Experimental Psychology and the German Society for Psychology. Elections will present with all the congresses held two years instead (see below):
Scientific congresses and organizers
As a rule, every two years, scientific conferences are conducted.
Society for Experimental Psychology ( predecessor company )
German Society for Psychology
Awards
- Wilhelm Wundt Medal