1. The Distinguished Scientist Award honors individuals who have made unusually important contributions to experimental social psychology. The recipient of the Distinguished Scientist Award is chosen by a subcommittee appointed by the SESP Executive Committee. For a list of previous winners, see Distinguished Scientist Award Recipients.

2. The Career Trajectory Award celebrates scientific contributions made in the early-to-mid stages of a research career. Typically, the recipient will be named during the ten-year period following tenure. The award is intended to recognize uniquely creative and influential scholarly productivity at or near the peak of one's scientific career. In 2006, this award was made to Neil Macrae and Lisa Feldman Barrett.

3. The Dissertation Award recognizes outstanding dissertation research from the previous year. For further information, see the Dissertation Award Page and the list of previous Dissertation Award Recipients.

4. The Scientific Impact Award honors the author(s) of a specific article or chapter offering a theoretical, empirical, and/or methodological contribution that has proven very influential over the last 25 years. In 2006, this award was made posthumously to Ziva Kunda for her 1990 paper entitled, "The Case for Motivated Reasoning" (Psychological Bulletin, Volume 108, Issue 3, pp. 480-498).

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