International Programs
APS is an international organization with members from more than 79 countries. APS is provides a home to psychological science’s science subdisciplines as well as research that crosses disciplinary and geographic boundaries. Each year, the APS Annual Convention brings together psychological scientists and educators from around the globe for cross-cutting programs spanning the discipline. In 2009, APS and nine European subdisciplinary societies met to discuss the international promotion of research and education in psychological science. That meeting identified several broad goals: aAdvancing the internationalization of psychological science across geographical boundaries, furthering public interest in and awareness of psychological science and its policy implications, furthering cross-talk between sub-fields within psychological science, and influencing agenda-setting and funding policy at supranational levels. As part of that effort, APS jointly sponsors programs at the meetings of several European societies. An oversight committee of world-renown psychological researchers has been formed to continue this effort and develop new programs. The mission statement of this International Congress of Psychology at group is:
- The psychological sciences address phenomena whose understanding requires a multilevel, cross-disciplinary analysis of mind, brain and behavior in social context. The mission of this Committee is to facilitate and promote this integrative endeavor and ensuing agenda. Our subordinate goals are: (1) to identify critical and fundamentally broad phenomena that would benefit from such an integrative perspective; (2) to engage scientists within and across disciplines towards furthering this perspective by creating effective boundary crossing events; and (3) to facilitate the building of an increasingly cumulative science.
Every year the ICP holds an international conference to promote 45 categories within psychological science and raise awareness about the applications they can bring to our lives. At the ICP 2012, posters are being submitted representing research from these categories and on, July 22, they will be open to participating members to view and discuss. The 2012 convention will be held in Cape Town.
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