Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions.

Discusses the contributions made by P. J. Lang, P. Slovic, and L. Squire, the 1993 recipients of the Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contribution presented by the American Psychological Association. Lang is awarded for his pioneering work in behavior therapy and biofeedback, for landmark contributions on emotional imagery and emotional reflex modulation, and for influential theory development concerning the conceptualization and psychological mechanisms of emotion. Slovic is recognized for applying psychology to social problems, for changing the way that people think about environmental hazards, and for enhancing the role of the public in their management. Squire is awarded for his seminal and decisive studies on the brain substrates of declarative memory in humans and monkeys. A biography of each recipient is provided. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Peter J. Gianaros: Award for distinguished scientific early career contributions to psychology.

The American Psychological Association 2010 Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology was awarded to Peter J. Gianaros, for his original and novel work conceptualizing and quantifying stress-related cardiovascular and autonomic function, relating stress patterns to biomarkers of risk for cardiovascular disease, and characterizing the brain systems that regulate and are affected by peripheral stress physiology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Review of A child analysis with Anna Freud.

Reviews the book, A child analysis with Anna Freud by Peter Heller (see record 1990-97274-000). The tension between remembering and forgetting is the daily experience of the psychoanalyst. This takes place not only in the consulting room, but applies to our sense of ourselves and the history of psychoanalysis. Anna Freud died in October 1982. For almost 60 years she had been the heir apparent and then the leader of the international psychoanalytic movement. Yet, not even 10 years after her death, her name seems to have disappeared from psychoanalytic discourse and the contributions of her work and of child analysis to the body of psychoanalytic theory and technique are not discussed. As much as one can learn about the history of child analysis from this book, one must bear in mind the peculiar circumstances surrounding Peter Heller's analysis. Five of his classmates, including his future wife, and his teacher were also in analysis with Anna Freud. He vacationed with the Burlinghams and Anna Freud and wished to have Dorothy Burlingham as his mother. Peter's nanny later became a psychoanalyst and there was talk of Peter's father marrying Anna Freud. Given the multiplicity and complexity of these interrelationships, how could a termination have taken place? This book may be Peter Heller's continuation of his analysis, the exercise of his self-analytic function, and thus finally a termination of his child analysis with Anna Freud. In sharing his termination with us, Peter Heller gives us access to important aspects of our own history and so enables us to shape our future. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Peter W. Jusczyk (1948-2001).

Reports the death of Peter W. Jusczyk (1948-2001). The author discusses his contributions to the study of childhood language development as well as various personal and professional accomplishments. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Peter E. Nathan: Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Knowledge.

Presents a citation for Peter E. Nathan, who received the 1998/1999 Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Knowledge, "for his original contributions to psychological science, his ability to disseminate important psychological viewpoints in a wide variety of policy-making positions, and his successful administrative leadership in education and training." Accompanying the citation are a biography and selected bibliography of the winner's work. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Therapy of psychic trauma resulting from attempted filicide.

Peter, a 5-yr-old "favorite child" survived an attack in which his mother slashed his throat with a razor. Peter's reactions to the trauma, his attempts at resolution of ambivalence toward his mother, and finally the emergence of transference and castration anxiety are discussed. Peter's reactions and attempts at conflict resolution are illustrated by excerpts from therapy sessions and discussed from the perspective of normal child development. Parental dynamics, court involvement, and the therapist's countertransference are presented, with suggestions as to how similar cases can be managed to avoid premature termination. (14 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Editorial.

This issue features an invited paper by Peter Dodwell, one of Canada's foremost experimental psychologists, who is internationally recognized for his research in visual perception. Dodwell has investigated issues related to spatial vision, motion perception, visual distortion and, recently, mechanisms of the well-known McCulloch Effect. In the article, Dodwell shows that, for all its diversity, his research program has been guided by a couple of central themes. The article reveals, in semi-autobiographical style, the influences that shaped his thinking and the special impact of W. C. Hoffman and his Lie Transformation Group Model of Neuropsychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Distinguished Teaching in Psychology Award: Peter S. Fernald.

Presents the American Psychological Foundation Distinguished Teaching in Psychology Award to Peter S. Fernald for a career of outstanding dedication to his undergraduate and graduate students as an effective teacher of both large-enrollment, introductory psychology courses and intensive, small-enrollment, upper-level courses. His scholarly contributions include research articles, an introductory psychology textbook, and pieces on classroom demonstrations and activities and pedagogical strategies. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Knowledge: Peter E. Nathan.

Recognizes the contributions of Peter E. Nathan, recipient of the 1998/1999 American Psychological Association (APA) Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Knowledge, for his research on the application of psychological science to the treatment of alcoholism. A selected bibliography is appended. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

From the editor.

Elliot Jurist, in beginning his third year as editor of Psychoanalytic Psychology, offers a few reflections on the field of psychoanalytic psychology, particularly in relation to the wider field of mental health. He introduces an interview that he conducted with Peter Fonagy, discusses the importance of Psychoanalytic Psychology remaining a scholarly journal, and notes that contributions to the journal are invited that discuss the place of psychoanalytic psychology in relation to the field of clinical psychology and the wider realm of mental health professions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Relevance of animal-avoidance analogue studies to the treatment of clinical phobias: A rejoinder to Cooper, Furst, and Bridger.

The animal-avoidance analogue paradigm of A. D. Lazovick and P. J. Lang (see 35:5) is considered extraneous to understanding the treatment of clinical phobias by A. Cooper, J. B. Furst, and W. H. Bridger (see 43:11) on the grounds that populations and symptom classes lack comparability. Results of a pilot study on which their conclusions are partly based are examined and related to experimental and clinical findings pertaining to variants of in vivo desensitization. Also discussed are interpopulation and interphobia relationships and the heuristic relevance of the animal-avoidance therapy analogue. (20 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

An example of assimilative projection.

86 children ranging in age from 5 to 14 were asked "How old do you think Peter Pan was?", after seeing the Walt Disney cartoon film, Peter Pan. For the entire group, the Pearson r for their ages and the guessed age for Peter Pan was .51. "Sharing imaginatively in Peter's adventures, the child presumably feels close to Peter and therefore perceives Peter as resembling himself." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

James J. Gibson: An appreciation.

J. J. Gibson (see PA, Vol 29:5103; see also PA, Vol 81:28168) conceived of a perceptual psychology very different from that taken by mainstream research work in vision over the past 30 yrs. Placing psychology in a biological and physical context and avoiding traditional disciplinary definitions, Gibson outlined a physics relevant to animate life. From this flowed his theory of affordances, his preoccupation with surfaces, and his interest in animal locomotion. Visual motion played a decisive role in rounding out these views. His work here was prophetic, anticipating neurophysiological discoveries on motion sensitivity and directly inspiring more recent studies on higher order aspects of motion encoding. Gibson scrupulously avoided mention of internal representation. Yet, those researchers interested in such internal processes remain deeply indebted to his enduring contributions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Joseph H. Grosslight as social change agent.

The late J. H. Grosslight, as chair of psychology at Florida State University during the late 1960s and 1970s, was ahead of his times in his commitment to desegregation and recruitment, retention, and nurturing of minority students. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

2007 Award winners: Distinguished Scientific Contributions.

Presents the citations and biographies of the 2007 recipients of the American Psychological Association's Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions. Selected bibliographies and articles written by the recipients are also presented. The Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions are presented to persons who, in the opinion of the Committee on Scientific Awards, have made distinguished theoretical or empirical contributions to basic research in psychology. The award recipients for 2007 are Marilynn B. Brewer, Jean M. Mandler, Paul Rozin, Karl G. J?reskog, Peter M. Bentler, J?rn Diedrichsen, R. Chris Fraley, Robert D. Gray, Matthew Dylan Lieberman, and Patrik O. Vuilleumier. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for distinguished scientific early career contributions to psychology.

The American Psychological Association 2010 Awards for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology recognizes the large number of excellent young psychologists. Recipients of this award may not have held a doctoral degree for more than nine years. The winners for 2010 are: Stanley B. Floresco; Peter J. Gianaros; Mara Mather; Simona Ghetti; Larissa K. Samuelson; Benjamin L. Hankin; and Matthew K. Nock. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Some thoughts of an honorary president.

Presents some thoughts by A. J. B. Hough, Honorary President of the Canadian Psychological Association. A. J. B. Hough reflects on his memories about his predecessors. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Disgust and spider phobia.

Twenty-four women with spider phobia and 45 nonphobic women completed the Disgust Questionnaire (DQ; R Rozin, A. E. Fallon, & R. Mandell; see record 1984-14781-001) and the Spider Phobia Questionnaire (SPQ; R. Klorman, T. C. Weerts, J. E. Hastings, B. G. Melamed, & R J. Lang; see record 1974-30308-001). Participants also underwent behavioral tests concerning disgust sensitivity and fear of spiders. Spider phobic women showed stronger disgust sensitivity than nonphobic women, and spiders were found to have a disgust evoking status that was related to participants' fear of spiders. The relationship between DQ and SPQ was independent of neuroticism and introversion. DQ scores were not associated with a global measure of phobic complaints (i.e., Fear Questionnaire; I. M. Marks & A. Mathews; see record 1980-26848-001). Results are consistent with a disease-avoidance model of spider phobia (G. Matchett & G. C. L. Davey; see record 1991-18606-001), which emphasizes the role of disgust in spider phobia. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

A bit more light on Ferenczi and Freud.

Further explores issues stressed by L. Aron and J. Frankel (see record 1994-41100-001) in commenting on J. K. Tabin's (see record 1994-05584-001) article on Freud's motivation for rethinking his seduction theory. The author presents material that confirms Freud's priority in citing the relationship between splitting of the ego and childhood sexual trauma; that describes signs of Ferenczi's considerable emotional difficulty during the last period of his life; and that shows that Freud's referring to Ferenczi as paranoid was a reaction to Ferenczi's hostility to him, significantly predating their public theoretical differences. An important aspect of the last matter is Ferenczi's explanation of his hostility: Freud never helped him with the negative transference that underlay his idealization of Freud. Freud defended himself by saying that negative transference was not understood when he treated Ferenczi. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

On the viability of PTSD Checklist (PCL) short form use: Analyses from Mississippi Gulf Coast Hurricane Katrina survivors.

One measure commonly used to assess posttraumatic stress disorder is the PTSD Checklist (PCL). Lang and Stein (2005) extracted 4 subsets of PCL items, validating 2 of them for possible use in screening in primary care settings. The viability of the 4 item subsets was evaluated psychometrically in the present study with a sample of Hurricane Katrina survivors (N = 337). Corrected item–total and corrected item–cluster correlations were calculated and compared with those obtained by Lang and Stein. In addition, the sensitivity, specificity, and overall correct classification of the 4 item subsets were evaluated. With methodology approximating Lang and Stein's work, the current data would lead to the development of different screening versions of the PCL. Although some psychometric support was achieved (e.g., high sensitivity), use of the Lang and Stein PCL item subsets for screening natural disaster survivors appears unjustified on the basis of the present data. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)