The following links will take you to organizations that represent psychologists. \u00a0Many have special student enrollment criteria. \u00a0There are many organizations for virtually all specialty areas within psychology, but these are the major ones that help you learn more about what is going on in the field.<\/p>\n
Western Psychological Association (WPA)<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0The Western Psychological Association was founded in 1921 for the purpose of stimulating the exchange of scientific and professional ideas and, in so doing to enhance interest in the processes of research and scholarship in the behavioral sciences. Support these goals by joining as student affiliate<\/a> and attending their\u00a0annual convention<\/a>. \u00a0In the past, students have presented their work from Psy 230 – Research Methods and competed successfully in student competitions for the quality of their work.<\/p>\n American Psychological Association (APA)<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0The American Psychological Association is the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States. APA is the world’s largest association of psychologists, with nearly 130,000 researchers, educators, clinicians, consultants and students as its members. \u00a0Student Affiliate memberships<\/a> are inexpensive and provide you will access to great resources and networking opportunities.<\/p>\n The APA’s\u00a0mission is to advance the creation, communication and application of psychological knowledge to benefit society and improve people’s lives. They\u00a0do this by:<\/p>\n Association for Psychological Science\u00a0(APS)<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0–\u00a0APS is the premiere international organization solely dedicated to the advancement of psychological science. APS works diligently to\u00a0increase support for psychological research<\/strong>\u00a0and to promote the use of science-based psychology in the\u00a0development of public policy<\/strong>. \u00a0Benefits of\u00a0Membership<\/a>.<\/p>\n Society for Neuroscience (SFN)<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0\u00a0–\u00a0The Society for Neuroscience is the world\u2019s largest organization of scientists and physicians devoted to understanding the brain and nervous system. The nonprofit organization, founded in 1969, now has nearly 40,000 members in more than 90 countries and 130 chapters worldwide. \u00a0Student Memberships<\/a> are inexpensive and open up the world or neuroscience!<\/p>\n Here is a comprehensive list of psychological societies and organizations<\/a> for most areas of interest in the field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The following links will take you to organizations that represent psychologists. \u00a0Many have special student enrollment criteria. \u00a0There are many organizations for virtually all specialty areas within psychology, but these are the major ones that help you learn more about what is going on in the field. Western Psychological Association (WPA)\u00a0–\u00a0The Western Psychological Association was… Continue Reading Psychology Organizations<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"no-sidebar.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-199","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6SoPq-3d","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":493,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/199\/revisions\/493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n