AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (APA)

a technical and legitimate enterprise formed in 1892 that symbolizes psychology in America and is the biggest organization of psychologists globally. Its purpose is to promote psychology as a science, an occupation, and also as a way of encouraging healthiness and human wellbeing. Included in its particular objectives are the advancement of psychological studies and expansion of analysis techniques and circumstances- the organization and upkeep of considerable standards of professional values and behavior of its union members- and the enhancement and dispersion of psychological information via a wide array of processes, making use of forty-five academic journals, the APA Publication Manual, seventy five books and videotapes annually, and five electronic directories.

 

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