The Roots of Division 19

The formal beginnings of Division 19 are grounded in the massive reorganization of APA between 1944 and 1946, and especially in the absorbtion of the American Association for Applied Pyschology (AAAP) into the reorganized APA.

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The AAAP was founded in 1937-1938 as a national organization to promote applied psychology. AAAP grew out of a federation of several applied pyschology organizations, the most prominent of which was the New York based Association of Consulting Psychologists (ACP). The ACP and other applied groups had come into existance as a result of the failure of APA to serve applied pychologists needs for professional certification and education opportunities. It seems APA preferred to remain dedicated to academe and to the advancement of psychology as a science as called for in its bylaws rather than deal with problems of applied psychologists. The ACP was the nucleus of the newly formed AAAP and Douglas Fryer, the President of ACP, served as the first President of AAAP. The ACP also gave its sucessful Journal of Consulting Psychology to the new AAAP (Benjamin, 1997)

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AAAP was arguably the most powerful applied psychology organization that the National Research Council and the APA had to deal with in their reorganization of Amercian Psychology in 1944.

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World War II and the birth of Military Psychology

Division Overview

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Member Benefits

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Division ByLaws

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Division Handbook
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Research

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Clinical - Practice

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