William James Book Award

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2018     Decolonizing psychology : globalization, social justice and Indian youth identities by Sunil Bhatia
2017     The psychology of passion : a dualistic model by Robert J. Vallerand
2016     Anxious : using the brain to understand and treat fear and anxiety by Joseph LeDoux; The developing genome : an introduction to behavioral epigenetics by David S. Moore
2015     Neurobiology and the development of human morality : evolution, culture and wisdom by Darcia Narvaez
2014     The rise of consciousness and the development of emotional life by Michael Lewis, PhD; Scarcity : why having too little means so much by Sendhil Mullainathan, PhD and Eldar Shafir, PhD; Recognition Award: On looking : eleven walks with expert eyes by Alexandra Horowitz, PhD.
2013     Born together--reared apart : the landmark Minnesota twin study by Nancy L. Segal
2012     The agile mind by Wilma Koutstaal; Science as psychology : sense-making and identity in science practice by Lisa Osbeck, Nancy Nersessian, Kareen Malone, & Wendy Newstetter
2011     How pleasure works : the new science of why we like what we like by Paul Bloom
2010     Fooling ourselves : self-deception in politics, religion, and terrorism by Harry C. Triandis
2009     The sexual paradox : men, women, and the real gender gap by Susan Pinker
2008     The Lucifer effect : understanding how good people turn evil by Philip Zimbardo; Recognition Award: Mistakes were made (but not by me) : why we justify foolish beliefs, bad decisions, and hurtful acts by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson
2007     The psychology of science and the origins of the scientific mind by Greogry J. Feist
2006     The redemptive self : stories Americans live by by Dan P. McAdams; Honorable Mention: School violence in context : culture, neighborhood, family, school, and gender by Rami Benbinashty & Ron Avi
2005     The cultural nature of human development by Barbara Rogoff
2004     The geography of thought : how Asians and Westerners think differently-- and why by Richard Nisbett
2003     The blank slate : the modern denial of human nature by Stephen Pinker; The seven sins of memory : how the mind forgets and remembers by Daniel L. Schacter
2002     The new cognitive neurosciences (2nd ed.) by Michael Gazzaniga (4th ed. (2009) here)
2001     The cultural origins of human cognition by Michael Tomasello
2000     The origins of genius : Darwinian perspectives on creativity by Dean Keith Simonton; Jeopardy in the courtroom : a scientific analysis of children's testimony by Steven Ceci & Maggie Bruck
1999     How the mind works by Steven Pinker; Believing in magic : the psychology of superstition by Stuart A. Vyse
1998     Practicing feminism : reconstructing psychotherapy by Jill G. Morawski
1997     Searching for memory : the brain, the mind, and the past by Daniel L. Schacter
1996     Will we be smart enough? by Earl Hunt; Memory in oral traditions : the cognitive psychology of epic, ballads, and counting-out rhymes by David C. Rubin
1995     Images of mind by Michael Posner and Marcus E. Raichle
1994     The language instinct by Steven Pinker
1993     The psychology of judgment and decision making by Scott Plous
1992     The science of words by George A. Miller
1991     Schizophrenia genesis : the origins of madness by Irving Gottesman
1990     Rational choice in an uncertain world by Robyn Dawes
1989     Notebooks of the mind : explorations of thinking by Vera John-Steiner
1988     The nature of the child by Jerome Kagan
1987     The mind's new science : a history of the cognitive revolution by Howard E. Gardner
1986     Mind and body by George Mandler