Scientific Impact Award
Scientific Impact Award Recipients
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 highly influential over the last 25 years.
Listed below are the previous award winners and their award-winning publications.
Year | Recipients | Honored Publication |
2023 | Justin Kruger David Dunning |
Kruger, J., & Dunning, D. (1999). Unskilled and unaware of it: How difficulties in recognizing one's own incompetence lead to inflated self-assessments. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 77(6), 1121–1134. |
2022 | Susan Fiske Amy Cuddy Peter Glick Jun Xu |
Fiske, S. T., Cuddy, A. J. C., Glick, P., & Xu, J. (2002). A model of (often mixed) stereotype content: Competence and warmth respectively follow from perceived status and competition. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82(6), 878–902. |
2021 | Sandra Murray John Holmes Dale Griffin |
Murray, S. L., Holmes, J. G., & Griffin, D. W. (1996). The benefits of positive illusions: Idealization and the construction of satisfaction in close relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 70(1), 79-98. |
2020 | Marilyn Brewer Wendi Gardner |
Brewer, M. B., & Gardner, W. (1996). Who is this "we"? Levels of collective identity and self representations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 71, 83-93. |
2019 | Felicia Pratto, Jim Sidanius, Lisa Stallworth, Bertram Malle | Pratto, F., Sidanius, J., Stallworth, L. M., & Malle, B. F. (1994). Social dominance orientation: A personality variable predicting social and political attitudes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 67(4), 741-763. |
2018 | Thomas Pettigrew Linda Tropp |
Pettigrew, T. F., & Tropp, L. R. (2006). A meta-analytic test of intergroup contact theory. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90(5), 751-783. |
2017 | Anthony Greenwald Mahzarin Banaji |
Greenwald, A. G., & Banaji, M. R. (1995). Implicit social cognition: Attitudes, self-esteem, and stereotypes. Psychological Review, 102, 4-27. |
2016 | Claude Steele Josh Aronson |
Steele, C. M., & Aronson, J. (1995). Stereotype threat and the intellectual test performance of african americans. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 69, 797-811. |
2015 | Roy Baumeister Mark Leary |
Baumeister, R. F., & Leary, M. R. (1995). The need to belong: Desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation. Psychological Bulletin, 117, 497-529. |
2014 | Jennifer Crocker Brenda Major |
Crocker, J., & Major, B. (1989). Social stigma and self-esteem: The self-protective properties of stigma. Psychological review, 96, 608-630. |
2013 | Shelley E. Taylor Jonathon Brown |
Taylor, S.E., & Brown, J. (1988). Illusion and well-being: A social psychological perspective on mental health. Psychological Bulletin, 103, 193–210. |
2012 | Cynthia Hazan Phil Shaver |
Hazan, C., & Shaver, P. (1987). Romantic love conceptualized as an attachment process. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 52(3), 511 – 524. |
2011 | Patricia Devine | Devine, P. G. (1989). Stereotypes and prejudice: Their automatic and controlled components. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 56, 5-18. |
2010 | Shinobu Kitayama Hazel Markus |
Markus, H. R., & Kitayama, S. (1991). Culture and the self: Implications for cognition, emotion, and motivation. Psychological Review, 98, 224-253. |
2009 | John T. Cacioppo Shelly Chaiken Richard Petty |
Petty, R. E., & Cacioppo, J. T. (1986). The Elaboration Likelihood Model of persuasion. In L. Berkowitz (Ed.), Advances in experimental social psychology (Vol. 19, pp. 123-205). New York: Academic Press. Chaiken, S. (1987). The heuristic model of persuasion. In M. P. Zanna, J. M. Olson, & C. P. Hermann (Eds.). Social influence: The Ontario Symposium (Vol. 5, pp. 3-37). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. |
2008 | Reuben Baron David Kenny |
Baron, R. M., & Kenny, D. A. (1986). The moderator-mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51, 1173-1182. |
2007 | Claude Steele | Steele, C. M. (1997). A threat in the air: How stereotypes shape intellectual identity and performance. American Psychologist, 52, 613-629. |
2007 | John Bargh | Bargh, J. (1997). The automaticity of everyday life. In R. S. Wyer (Ed.), Advances in social cognition (Vol. 10, pp. 1-61). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. |
2006 | Ziva Kunda | Kunda, Z. (1990). The case for motivated reasoning. Psychological Bulletin, 108, 480-498. |