Philip Zelazo receives prestigious APA distinguished contribution award

Philip Zelazo, the Nancy M. and John E. Lindahl Professor in the Institute of Child Development, was recently awarded the Distinguished Contributions to Developmental Psychology award from the American Psychological Association (APA) Division 7. The award is given to those who have made distinguished contributions to developmental psychology, including contributions in research, student training, and other scholarly endeavors. Evaluations are based on the scientific merit of the individual's work, the importance of this work for opening up new empirical or theoretical areas of developmental psychology, and the importance of the individual's work in linking developmental psychology with issues confronting the larger society or with other disciplines.

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