International Congress of Psychology (24) on the 1988 Travel Awards Program Conducted by the American Psychological Association on Behalf of the US National Committee for the International Union of Psychological Science Held in Sy

摘要

The XXIV International Congress of Psychology was held at the Darling Harbor Convention Centre in Sydney, Australia, from August 28 through September 2, 1988. Sponsored by the International Union of Psychological Science, the congress was an official activity of the Australian Bicentennial. Approximately 3,800 psychologists from around the world attended the meeting. Of these, approximately 500 were from the United States. The congress program consisted of the following types of presentations: (1) keynote addresses (N=22, including 7 from USA); (2) invited speakers (N=60, including 30 from USA); (3) symposia (N=165, with a total of 980 individual papers); (4) young psychologists (N=64, including 12 sponsored by APA); (5) contributed papers (N=951 full presentations; N=311 title-only presentations); and (6) workshops (N=37). The Congress was organized by a Congress Committee appointed by the Australian Psychological Society. Program suggestions were solicited from the member institutions of the IUPsyS. The US member, the US National Committee for the IUPsyS (organized within the National Research Council), undertook to provide detailed program suggestions to the organizers. Many of these suggestions were accepted, resulting in a scientific program of the highest quality. In collaboration with and on behalf of the USNC/IUPsyS, the American Psychological Association conducted a travel a travel awards program to assist individual US scientists in attending the Congress. (sdw)