On fact, hunch, and stereotype: A reply to Mischel.

Charges that W. Mischel (1973), in discussing the dilemmas of psychodynamic approaches, creates the illusory impression that they have clearly failed where behavioral approaches have clearly succeeded. Further documentation is provided of the differing empirical focus of research from these 2 viewpoints. Whether an integration of psychodynamic and behavioral approaches will prove fruitful remains to be seen, but the claim that current findings demonstrate the futility of such an effort is not justified. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)