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AUSTRALIA

The Annual Gerleral Meeting of the Australian Overseas Branch was held in Perth in August 1962 and the following officers were elected:

C~airman: Dr. R Taft, Department Western AustraJia, Nedlands, W.A.

of Psychology, University of

Chairman-elect: Colonel E. F. Campbell, "Launceston", 589 Nepean Highway. Carrum, Victeria.

Hon. Secretary: Mrs. Margaret Austin, Department of Psychology, U ,iversity of Sydney, S~dney, New South Wales.

Hon. Treasurer: Mrs. J. M. Moodie, 68 Avenue Road, Mosman, New South Wales.

Mrs. Margaret Austin has also been chosen the Australian representative to the IUSP Assembly.

Dr. R. Taft, Reader in Psychology, University of Western Australia is travelling in December ~o Princeton, New Jersey where he will spend six months study leave doing research at Educational Testing Service.

BELGIUM

The Belgian Psychological Society held its Annual General Conference in Brussels on May 12, 1962. Papers were read cn general experimental psychology, including animal psychology, on genetic and differential psychology and on industrial psychology.

The General Assembly of the Society elected the following Board members for the period May 1961 ~ May 1964:

President: Professor A. Fauville, av Vanden Bempt, 55, Heverlee- Louvain.

Vice-President: Professor W. De Coster, Aan de Bocht, 4, Gent.

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Generfl Secretary: Professor J. Nuttin, Psychological Institute, Tiense straat, 104:, Louvain.

"IYeasurer: Dr. G. Goosens, 40, rue du Disque, Bruxelles 2.

Members: Coetsier, Mnae. Robaye, Richelle, De Facq, Falmagne.

Honorary President: Professor A. Michotte van den Berek.

In the past the Belgian Psychological Society has sponsored monthly discussion sessions at the "Fonda~ion Universitaire" at Brussels, nine sessions being held each year. To this has now been added a General Conference which is held once a year in one of the four university cities. During this one-day conference, parallel sessions are organized for the morning and the afternoor for which members are invited to read papers on the work that is going on in their laboratorieg, units or services. Round table meetings for persons working in the same field are also planned. In the evening a general meeting is held during which the Presidential Address is given, members of the new Board elected, etc. The first of these Annual Genera~ Conferences was held in May 1962 in Brussels.

The volume of "Collected Papers" of Prof. Michotte, former President of IUSP, published on the occasion of his 80th. anniversary is now available. It is called "Causalit6, Permanence et R6aliti6s ph~nom~nales: e~tudes de psychologic "" t " ¢xpenmenta~e. Louvain, Editions universitaire de Louvain, place Cardinal Mercier, 2, Louvain, Belgium; one volume of 650 pp , $10. Seven articles are in English and the others are in French. Three chap~e,s are published here for the first time; among them is an ovecaU view of Professor Michotte~s most recent work on the perception of causality.

The "Francqui Lectureship" is a Belgian inter-university Founda- tion inviting each year a foreign scientist to spend a semester at one of the Belgian universities in order to give an advance4 course and seminars in the field of his ~'~ersonal research. This year for the first time a psychologist was invited to give these lectures: Prof. M. Yela of the University of Madrid lectured from January until May 1962 on his f~tor.-analytic research at the Department of Psychology of the University of Louvain.

CANADA

The officers and representatives ,of the Canadian Psychological

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Association for 1961-62 are:

Honorary President: Noel Mailloux.

President: R. B. Malmo.

President-Elect: Go A. MeMurray.

Past President: R. B. Bromiley.

Secretary-Treasurer: W. R. N. Blair.

The Directors of CPA and their terms of office are:

W. H. Gaddes (1962); E. G. Poser (1962); 3. N. Agnew (1963); P. L. Newbiggiag (1963); D. J. L. Belanger (1964); W. H. Coons (1964).

Presidents of provincial organizations are:

Maritimes: Russell Ewing.

Quebec: Roeh Dural.

Ontario: H R. Wideman.

Manitoba: W. A. Norton.

Saskatchewan: A. Lexey.

Alberta: D. R. Black.

British Columbia: G. A. M. B;yenton.

Editors of CPA publications are:

Canadian Journal o] Psychology: Editor, J. M. Blackburn; Asst. Editol's, P. H. R. James and P. C. Dodwell.

The Ca;mdian Psychologist: Editor, W. R. N. Blair; A~,st. Editor, J. N. Lamont.

Employment Bulletin: Fa!iitor, Marjarie Fahrig.

Archivist: Karl S. Bernhardt.

A. B. Laver discussed CPA m~mbership in an article published in the October 1961 issue of The Canadian Psychologist. He noted a total of 783 members in the 1960 Directory. Of these approxi- mately 42 per cent had the Ph. D. degree; the percentages in Uni- versities, Clinical and Counselling were 23, 19, and 15 respectively.

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Several interesting tables were prepared showing distribution of membership by sex, degree field of activity and earnings.

A Royal Commission or. Health Services has recently been appointed to inquire into existing health facilities and future neects "or health service in Canada. In response to an invitation to the Canadian Psychological Association to submit a brief, the CPA executive appointed a Committee under the chairmanship of Pro- fessor Noel Mailloux. Other members of the Committee include: Dr. Gabrielle Clerk, Dr. Dollard Cormier, Dr. Kingsley Ferguson and Dr. Virginia Douglas, Secretary.

The 1962 Annual Meeting was held in Hamilton, May 31- June 2 with McMaster University as the host. Dr. Newbigging was the co-ordinator of al! activities associated with the meeting; Drs. Kamin an,a Carment were in charge o[ the program and local ar- rangements, respectb,'ely.

It is planned to publish next year an index to Vols. I - - X V of the Canadian Journa! c~ Psychology.

DENMARK

The D a s h Psychal~ical Association held its Annual Meeting on March 2~-22. i962 The following officers were elected:

President: Fm A~rsted, Director of Psychological Service of the Armed Forces.

Vice-President: Pou~ H. Kiiifl, Research Assistant, National Institute of Social Research.

Treasurer: Kaj Spelling Chief School Psychologist.

tUSP Repr: Poul W. Perch, Psychological Advisor, Danish Ministry of ,ex~cial Affairs.

The event of greatest important in DeLmark l~st year was the XIV International Congress of Applied Psychology in Copenhagen. The proceedings of this Congre~:s have been publishedbyMunksgaard, International Publishers, Copenhagen. The titles of the five volumes are:

Vol. I Psychology and International Affairs, containing among other papers the inaugurate lecture by Charles E. Osgoc~, "Toward International Behavior Appropriate to a Nuclear

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Age" and the invited address by Henry A. Murray. "Pros- pect for Psychology";

I | Personality Research;

Ill Child and Education;

IV Clinical Psychology, containing among other papers the invited address by Aldous Huxley, "Visionary Experience";

V Industrial and Business Psychology.

FINLAND

The Finnish Psychological Association held its annual meeting on Fet~ruary 19, 1962. The new officiels of the Association are:

Chairman: Prof. Oh.to Oksala, Finland's Institute of Technology.

Vice-Chairman: Mr. Antti Tamminen, Institute of Occupational Health~

Secretary: Mr. Friedrich Blanz, Institute of Occupationzl Health.

Treasurer: Mrs. Eila Blanz (address: Siilitie 9 C, Helsinki).

Finnish editor of Scand Y. of Psych.: Prof. J. M. v. Wright, Turku, University.

Rep. to IUSP: Prof. Martti Takala, Jyv~iskyl~i, Institute of Pedagogics.

The Finnish Psychological Association, with a membership of nearly 150, is exclusively a scientific society; it ~ s its own scientific publication series, Ac~.a Psychologica Fennica. Newsletters are also issued for its members.

Scientific lectt res are given and related topics discussed at momh!y meetings of the Association. Foreign visitors are often invited to give lectures. Professors Thurston and Osgood of the United States, Pro-. lessors Metzger and Gottschald of Germany and Dr. Heron of Liver- pool, England have been recent lecturers. Finnish representatives of scientifi" psychology have spent time in the United States and in Germany.

The'e is cooperation among the Scandinavian psycholog:caJ as- sociati,•ns. The FPA assists in the publication of Nordisk Psyk(;',,ogi and the Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. A joint meeting of Finnish and Scandinavian psychologists is held every third yea~; in 1965 it will be arranged in Finland.

In Finland psychology is a subject represented by one oL several


professors at two universities: at the University of Helsink/there are professors of general, educational and social psychology and at the University of Turk'u, a professor of general psychology. Psychology is also represented at three educational institutes: the Institutes of Technology, Pedagogics and Social Sciences in Helsinkd, .lyv~iskyl~i and Tampere. In addition, there is one research institute for applied psychology: the Psychological Department of the Institute of Occu- pational Health, with 15 psychologists on its st~.ff. Practical work in psychology is chiefly centered in vocational guidance, education, indu::trial and clinical psychology.

FRANCE

Le psychi~ttre Th. Simon, collvborateur de Binet pour le consti- tution de l'6chelle mentale, appel6e Binet-Simon, est mort !e 4 septembre 1961. II fiat jusqu'b, sa mort pr6sident de la Soci6t6 Alfred Binet.

Le professeur Gaston Viaud, Pr6sident de la Soei6t6 Fran~aise de Psychologie, Directeur du Laboratoire de Psychologic Animale de la Facult6 des Sciences de Strasbourg, est d6c6d6 le 28 decembre 1961.

Paul Guillaume, qui rut professeur de psychologic /i la Sorbonne, fit conaaitre en Franc- 2a psychologic de la Forme, est d6c6d6 le 4 janvier 1962.

Le professeur Merleau-Ponty, philosophe ph6nom6nologiste est mort !e 3 mai 1961.

Le professeur Paillard de Marseille a 6t6 61u Secr6taire G6n6rai de la Section de Psychologie Exp~'rimentale et de Cornportement animal de l'Union International des Sciences biologiques, en remplacement de M. Viand.

La prochaine Session de l'Association de Psychologic scienti~que de Laagae fran~aise se tiendra a Neuch~tel (Suisse) du 13 au 16 avril ~962. EHe sera centr6e sur les prol:16mes de psyeholinguistique. Les rapl~orts suivants tigurement au pro~.ramme:

'~?,chopathologje du langage p ~ M. Ajuriaguerra

L~ngage et signification par M. Bresson

Les habitudes verbales par M. Ol6ron

Les op,:~.rations intelleetuelles et le langage par M. Piaget

L'Assoeia~ion des physiologistes de langue fran~aise a tenu son Assembl~e g6n6rale le 26 mai 1961 /l Berne. Elle a 61u comme pr6sident

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le Pr. Von Mualt, comme vice-pr6sident le Pr. Grandpierre de Nancy et comme secr6taire g6n6ral le Pr. Fessard, de Paris.

Une soci6t6 fran~aise de physiologic et m6decine a6ronautiques et cosmonautiques a 6t~ constitu6e sur l'initiative d'un comit6 comprenant les Prs. Grandpierre, Strumza et Malm6jac.

Line soei6t6 fran~aise de g6rontologie pr~sid6e par le Pr. Bourli~re asi~t6 de Mine Pacaud h M. Herbeuvat, vice-pr6sident et Dr. Huet secr6taire g6n~ral, remplace le centre d'6tudes et de recherches g6ron- tologiques en activit6 depuis 1950.

Le 6 e Congr~s IntemationM de Santo Mentale organis6 par la ligue fran~aise d'hygi~ne mentale sous les auspices de la f6d6radon mon-

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dime de la sante mentale s'est tenu ~ ia Sorbonne (Paris) du 30 aof~t au 5 septembre i~61 sous le pr~sidence du Dr. Sivadon.

Le 3 e congr,~s international de psychoth6rapie de groupe a &6 organis~e h Paris du 27 aofit au 30 aofit 1961 par le Dr. Lebovici.

Le 4 e CoUoque International de Psychologie m6dicale a eu lieu Bordeaux du 27 septembre au 1 er octobre 1961.

Le 3 e congr~s international d'orientation scolaire et professionnelle se tiendra h Paris du 16 au 21 juillet 1962.

La Soci~t~ Fram;aise de Psychologie a tenu sa session annue~le g6n~rale d'~tudes les 6 et 7 mai 1961 h Paris.

&u cours de l'Assembi~e pl~ni~re des rappor~ fa~ent pr6sent6s sur ra,,dvit~ des commissions qui ont travaill6 sua

---rimplicatioa des symboles utilis6s dans l'enseignement de la statistique

.-- la r6glementation de l'emploi du titre de psychologue

- - les relations avec les soci6t6s r6giona~es de psychologie

Le texte d(dinifif du code de d6ontologie de la Soci6t6 Fran~aise de Psychologue fut adopt6 apr6s un vote de rAssembl6e. Ce code sera diffus6 directement par la Soci6t6. D'autre part, il parait dans Psycho- logie Frant;aise, revue trimestrielle de la Soci6t6.

La s6ance pl~ni6re se termina par une adresse pr6sidentielle" la psyehologie animale" son objet et ses m6thodes, par le Pr. Viaud. Deux demi-journ6es furent consacr6es /L des communications courtes, prononc6es par les membres de la soci6t6 reunis en sections sp6cialis6es.

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GERI~,ANY

The twenty-thh,d Congress of the German Psychological Association was held at the University of Wiirzberg September 25-28 1962.

Dr. Carl Friedrich G~aumann, privatdozent in psychology at the University of Bonn was a visiting professor in ~he Psychology Depart- ment of Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

On the basis of recommendations by the West German scientific council, a large number of new teaching positions in psychology, Ordinariat and Extraordinariat, ha,,e been set up in the Universities and Technical Colleges. The posts are in the process of being fi~ed.

!::A~ Y

The ot~ic~xs of file Italian Psychological Association are:

President: Prof. Leandro Canestrelli, Insttuto di Psicologia, Universit/l Roma, Rome, Italy.

Secretary: Prof. Eraldo de Grada, Instituto di Psicologia, Universit~ di Roma, Italy.

Treasurer: Prof. Rodolfo Nencini, Instituto Nazionale di psicoiogia del C.N.R., Pias:zale delle Scienze 7, Rome, Italy.

JAF AN

The *.wenty-sixth annual m~.~ing of the Japanese Psychological Association was held at the Kwansei Gakuiu University, Nishinomiya, July 10-12, 1962. A total of 19'72 persons registered at the meeting. Of these, 875 were members of the Association, 92 were temporary members and 105 were student members. The chairman of the meeting was Professor M. Imada of Kwansei Gakuin Uni'~ersity. The program consisted of 483 papers arranged in 12 divisions and 12 symposia on the current trends in psychological studies.

The twenty-seventh annual meeting of the Japanese Psychological A~sociation is to be held at Nihon University, Tokyo, next summer, presumably in Augast. The chairman of the meeting will be Professor ~ . Hasegawa of Nihon University.

The twenty-e~ghth annaal meeting will be held at Hiroshima Uni- versity, Hiro~hima, in 1964.

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NC~WAY

(ha February 24 the Norwegian Association of Psychologists elected the following members to its new Board:

Chairman: Kjell Iversen (re-elected)

Vice-chairman and secretary: Mrs. Turid Grinde

Members ot the Board: Mrs. Anna v. d. Lippe, Nils Petter Marstra~a- der, Arne Byhre, Roar Svalheim.

Rep. to IUt~P: Mrs. Ase Gruda Skard;

Altematr.: Odd Dyrborg.

.T~.,e NAP has recently reorganized to give greater emphasis "to spedific professional groups. The following sections are now represented: Clinical, Vocational and Industrial psychology-, and a section for government-employed psychologists. More sections are being planned.

N ~ P is associated with the general Association of University Per- ~onnel. In conjunction with this group and on its own NAP has made considerable effort to improve the salaries paid to its members in official and private employment. A special fund to support members under possible strikes or other conflicts has been established.

In order to qualify its members for authorized specialization, NAP has organized courses especially in clinical psychololgy. Meetings have been arranged by the special sections for lectures and discussion of theoretical and practical problems.

NAP cooperates closely with the other Scandinavian psychological associations through a special committee with three representatives from each country. Together the associations publish the Scandinavian Journal,of Psychology and Nordisk Psykologi, the first in English and the second in Danish, Norwegian and Swedish. Vidkunn Coucheron Thrane and Emil ~stlyngen serve as Norwegian editors for the respective journals. In addition, NAP cooperates in the editing of Acta Psychologica, for which Vidkunn Coucheron Thrane serves as Nor- wegian consulting editor.

The studies of psychology at the University of Oslo ha~.'e been en- larged and the degree cand. psychol, given a higher value than before. The education will take about six to seven years and is divided into two parts. The first part offers a general education in psycho!ogy in- eluding the various branches of the subject and also statistics, biology, physiology with anatomy, genetics, psychiatry and sociology. Obli-

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gato:ry courses are 0yen in experimental psychology, testing and diag- nostics of personality. This part wil~ take about 4 to 41/z years. The .,.econd part offers students considerable choice of specialization. Each .~tudent must select one major and one minor ~ield but is free to ¢om- bk~e the fields in whatever way he chooses. The fields are experimental ~ychology, psychometrics, developmental psychology, clinical psychology, psychology of personality with counseling, and social psy- cb.ology. Special courses are offered at ~.he UniversRy combining theory and practical exercises in each field. The .qtudents must also work in a relevant institution for nine months undec an authorized psycholegist in order to obtain practical training. During some part of this work the student is supposed to collect data fol a thesis to be prepared before the ;final examinations. For this purpose he is obliged also to participate iri a special seminar in research methods. The education is mainly intended for psycho!o~sts who wish t~-~ work in applied psychology.

The degree Magis~er artium is still appropriate for psychologists wanting to go in for research. For this degree a much larger and more independent thesis is demanded as well as wider theoretical know- ledge and training.

The department x)f psychology at tlle University of Oslo now con- sists of .*wo full professors, three as,;ociate professors, one assistant professor, ten instructors and one chi~ff research assistant°

The Institute of Techl e!ngy in Trondheim has one associate professor of psychology, and the College of Trade and Business in Bergen has one full professor and ass,~ciate professor Of psychology.

Professor Harald Schjelderup was feted on February 2 by a large dinner meeting on the occasion of his forty years of full professorshSp at the University of Oslo. He was only 26 year~ old when he was appointed professor in 1922. At the dinner Professor Schjelderup gave a lecture on present day developmer ts in psychology and was greeted in speeches by the University Presi~lent and colleagues, both for his co~3~/Fut~ons in p.~.ycho|ogy and U liversity administration, and for his val~mt stand during the war and German occupation when he was one of the leaders in the resistance movement.

POLAND

Pr:~f, essor Stefan Blachowski died in January 1962. His obituary w;~s written by Frofessor Tomaszewski foc publication iin the Journal o] the lnternatic.nal Society o/ Applied Psychology.

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A general electoral meeting of the Polish Psychological Society was held in PozaAn in October.

SPAIN

The Annual Meeting of the Spanish Society of Psychology took place in May 1961.

SWEDE~

As of January 1, 1962, the Swedish Psychological Association had 594 full members and 154 student members.

At the general annual meeting which took place on March 10, !962 the f~-~lowing officers were elected:

President: Docent Ingvar Johannesson, Teachers College, Fack, Stockholm 34.

1. Vic~-President: Fil. kand. Kristina Brandt, John Erikssonsgatan 11, Stockholm K.

°7 ~.. Vice-President: Fil. lic. Olle Osterling, Ramn~isgatan 33, V~ster~.

Secretary: Fil. lic. Eskil F~j6rklund, Harpsundsviigen 33, Bandhagen.

Treasurer: Fii. kand. Eric O~terberg, Kvarn#irdsgatan 6, Uppsala.

Rep. to 1USP: Professor Gunnar Westerlund~ Stockholra ~hool of Economics, Sveav~igen 65, Stockholm Va.

Deputy Rep. to IUSP: Professor Kjell H~imqvist, Institute of Peda- gogics, University of Gothenburg, M61ndalsv~gen 36, IV, Gcthen- burg.

TURKEY

The Turkish Psychological Society has elected its new o~ficers for the next three years:

President: Professor Dr. Sabri East Siyavusgil, Edebiyat Faktiltesi, Beyazit, Istanbul.

Vice-President: Professor Dr. Refia Semin, Edebiyat Fakiiltesi, Beyazit, Istanbul.

Secretary-General: Dozent Dr. Yani Anastasiadis, Psykiyatri Klini#, (~apa, Istanbul.

Treasurer: Dr. Belma Ozbaydar, Edebiyat Fakiiltesi, Beyazit, Istanbul.

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Member, Administrative Council: Dozent Beylan TogroL Edebiyat Faktiltesi, Beyazit, Istanbul.

th~ofessor Dr. Refia Semin has been elected the Society's representative to Psychological Abstracts. She is Professor of Child Psychology and Education at the University of Istanbul.

hi the last three ),ears the work of the society consisted mainl~¢ in seient~e communications, of which we are giving below, the titles and the names of the authors:

1. Professor H. B. Read: On the concept formation;

2. Dozent N. Arkun: The personality in Eysenck;

3. Dozent Y. Anastasiadis: Rorschach test in children;

4. Professor Gertrude Hildrith: Super intelligent children;

5, Professor R. Semin. The Psychogenetical analysis of a sociocen- tric attitude;

6. Professor Hart: Reflexions on national characters;

7. Profe,~_e- Miller: "ISe recent contribution of the Psychologist on industrial organisations;

~ik Dr. Cansever: A new interpretation in lhe psychanalytic theory;'

9. Professor S. E. Siyavusgil: An old psychology of nations;

10. In 1959 Professor Jean Piaget gave several lectures on "intelli- gence".

UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC

The Egyptian representative to IUSP, Dr. Abdel Aziz El Koussy is now the Director of the Regional Centre for the Advanced Training olf Educational Personnel in the Arab States. The Centre, which opened on the 15th. of February 1962, has its headquarters in Beirut, [ebanon.

The: Centre is being administered by a Governing Body consisting ma;.nly of representatives of the Ministry of Education in the Arab countries. The main functions of the Centre will be:

!~. to provide training for young Arab educators qualified subsequently to fill important posts in the spheres of educational planning or teaching in their respective countries;

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2. to provide continual in-service training for senior educational personnel in the various Arab countries;

3. to promote studie.~ and research b~aring on educational planning and administration;

4. to organize regional seminars on problems involved in education and educational administration;

5. to provide the necessary technical aid to Arab countries requesting the cooperation of teachers or experts from the Centre in the draft- ing of their educational plans.

UNITED KINODOM

The 1961 Annual Conference of the British Psychological Soc~'ety was held in Liverpool from 6 t~ l0 April 1961. Some 350 members and their guests attended. A 1_ . . . . . ,_ ia ~ ~ O l l t l l O U U O U b t o u a y u l ~

and special sessions on teaching of statistics to psychologists, hypno- tism, the natare of the therapeutic process, research on engineering apprentices, Michotte's studies on phenomenal causation, arid operant behavior, and 42 individual papers have been published in the May 1961 issue of the Society's Bulletin. Professor James Drever, M.A. gave the Presidential Address on "Perception and Action". Sir Russell Brain, Bart., D.M. Oxon., F.R.C.P. was elected an Honorary Fellow.

The London Cotfferer, ce on Experimental Psychology was held on December 15 and 16, 1961.

October 24, 1961 marked the be~nning of the Diamond Jubilee year, 60 years, of the BPS. A dinner was given by the Council at the Fellows Dining Room, Zoological Society of London. Sir Russell Brain, now Lord Brain, was the guest of honor.

The ,Society now publishes the British lournal ol Social and Clinical Psychology. The editors are Mr. Michael Argyle and Dr. Jack Tizard.

The Annual Conference was held at the University of Bristol April 5--9, 196=. The next Conference will be. at the University of Reading March 28 to April 1, 1963.

H.H. Stern, M.A., Ph.D., Lecturer in Education, University of Hull, was invited for the session 1961-62 to the UNESCO Institute for Education in Hamburg as a research officer.

UNITED STATES

The American Psychological Association held its seventieth Annual Convention in St. Louis, Missouri from August 30 to September 5,


1962. 11m full program is described m file ~une 19~2 number of the A merk:~m Psychologist.

The officers of the Association for 1962-63 are:

President: Charles E. Osgood

l~-esident-elect: Quhm McNemar

Pasl~ President Paul E. Meehl

Recordirig Secretary: Edwin B. Newman

Treasurer: Meredith P. Crawford

Board of D~rectors: Paul M. Fitts, D~iel Katz, Eliot H. Rodnick, Anne Roe, M. Brewster Smith, Ross Stagner.

John G. Darley has retired as Executive Officer of the American Fsychological Association and has been replaced by Arthur H. Bray- field.

Recipients of the 1962 APA Distinguished Scientific Contribution Awards were announced at the Annual Convention: Jerome $. Bruner, William K. I:stes and Harry Helson. The American Psychological Fbundati~n's Gold Medal Award was presented to Walter R. Miles°

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