Kenyon College Mathematics Prize, 1956.
Kenyon College Achievement Award in Chemistry, 1957.
Research Fellowship in Perception and Choice Behavior (Univ. Pennsylvania), 1962.
NIH Predoctoral Fellowship (Univ. Pennsylvania), 1963-65.
Society of the Sigma Xi (Research Society of America), elected 1963, 1970.
First Prize for Research, Pennsylvania Psychological Association, 1965.
APA/USNC/NSF Travel Awards, 1966 (Russia), 1969 (England), 1972 (Japan), 1979 (Poland), 1992 (Brussels), 2012 (South Africa), 2016 (Japan)
Outstanding Young Men of America, 1971.
Gesellschaft fur unendliche Versuche (GUV), elected 1970
National Science Foundation Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1971 (at Department of Zoology and Comparative Physiology, Queen Mary College, University of London).
National Academy of Science Scientific Exchange Fellowship, 1972 (at Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw, Poland).
Elected Fellow, American Psychology Association: (“In recognition of unusual contributions to the science and profession of psychology”) by Divisions 3 and 25 (1972), by Division 6 (1981), by Division 1 (1997), by Division 52 (2000)
Distinguished Visiting Professor of Psychology, Kenyon College, Fall 1979.
Fulbright-Hays Fellow, Lecturing 1980 (at the International Laboratory of Brain Research, Kotor, Yugoslavia)
Fogarty Senior International Fellowship for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences, 1984 (at Institute of Physiological Psychology, University of Bergen, Norway).
Bush Foundation Sabbatical Fellowship Award, 1984-85.
James McKeen Cattell Fellowship Award for 1985 (at Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, England)
President, Midwestern Psychological Association, 1987-88.
Norwegian Marshall Fund Fellow, 1987.
Norwegian Research Council (NAVF) Visiting Scholar, 1988
Scholar of the College Award, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota, 1989-92.
Joseph P. Kennedy Foundation Award in Mental Retardation (institutional), 1989.
Fellow, American Psychological Society, 1989
President, Society for Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology (APA, Div. 6), 1990-91
Doctor of Science honoris causa, Kenyon College (Ohio), 1990
Elected Fellow, Society of Experimental Psychologists, elected to membership 1992
President, Society for Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Science (APA, Div. 3), (1992-93)
Minnesota Psychological Association Distinguished Scholar Lecturer, 1993
Certificate of Merit from the Students of the Center for Research in Learning, Perception, and Cognition, 1994
President, Pavlovian Society, 1995-96
Society of the Sigma Xi (Research Society of America) National Distinguished Lecturer (1999-2001)
Quad-L Annual Award, Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico (1999)
2000 Outstanding Scholars of 20th Century
Clifford T. Morgan Distinguished Service Award in Behavioral Neuroscience & Comparative Psychology (2001)
President, Society for General Psychology (Division 1 APA), 2003
Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award, Minnesota Psychological Association, 2003
W. Horsely Gantt Medal for Research, highest honor from Pavlovian Society, 2003
Neal E. Miller Distinguished Lecture Award, American Psychological Association Science Directorate, 2004.
President, International Union of Psychological Sciences, 2004-2008.
American Psychological Association inaugural Award for Distinguished Service to Psychological Science, 2005
John P. Zubek Award Lecture, University of Manitoba, 2006
Aconcagua Award for Contributions to Psychological Science and International Leadership by the Universidad del Aconcagua y Associacion Argentina de Ciencias del Comportamiento given in Mendoza, Argentina, 2007
Fellow, National Academy of Psychology, India, for “distinguished contributions to the advancement of Psychology as a discipline and profession” in India, 2007.
Doctor of Science honoris causa, Universite’ de Montreal (Canada), 2008.
Doctor of Science honoris causa, Universitet i Bergen (Norway), 2008.
American Psychological Foundation’s Arthur W. Staats Award /Lecture for Unification of Psychology, 2009
Sigma Xi Distinguished Service Award, for Furthering Science and Research (Twin Cities Minnesota), 2010
Alan C Boneau Award for Outstanding Service to the Society for General Psychology, 2012
American Psychological Association (APA) Board of Educational Affairs Outstanding Graduate Teaching of Psychology as a Core STEM Discipline Award, 2014.
Minnesota Psychological Association Distinguished Elder Citation, March 2015.
John Paul Scott Distinguished Lecturer, Center for Neuroscience, Mind, & Behavior, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, 2015
D. O. Hebb Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award in Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology (Division 6 of APA), 2015.
George A Miller Award for Recent Outstanding Article* in General Psychology, Society for General Psychology (Division 1 of APA), 2016. *[“Restoring psychology’s role in peptic ulcer.”].
Ernest R. Hilgard Lifetime Achievement Award 2021 for “consistent and long-lasting contributions to general psychology”. Society for General Psychology (Division 1 of APA), 2021.