"Inaccurate implications of philosophy of science and rational-emotive therapy": A rejoinder.

Replies to R. DiGiuseppe's (see record 1988-30290-001) comments on the present author's objections (see record 1988-30350-001) to DiGiuseppe's conceptualization of rational-emotive theory. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

"In the beginning was the 'name' ": Reply to Bernstein and Kent.

Replies to the comments by E. Bernstein (see record 1987-21438-001) and T. C. Kent (see record 1987-21468-001) concerning the present author's (see record 1986-11457-001) ideas about the development of naming behavior in children and apes. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Response expectancy and phobic anxiety: A reply to Wilkins and Bandura.

Responds to W. Wilkins's (see record 1987-09397-001) and A. Bandura's (see record 1987-09389-001) comments on the present author's (see record 1986-13702-001) study of expectancy modification, suggesting that (1) the procedures used as expectancy controls by Wilkins render implausible his hypothesis that expectancy changes are epiphenomena caused by Ss' observation of their improvement and (2) Bandura has misrepresented the present author's position and then argued against it. (33 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

"Population and health psychology": A response.

Responds to a critique by D. C. O'Connell (see record 1987-21818-001) concerning the present author's (see record 1986-19757-001) article on population, development, and reproductive behavior. The author reiterates that individual, family, and community well-being, an improved quality of life, and freedom of choice in reproductive behavior are becoming areas of priority interest for health psychologists. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Contributions of science to practice: One view in three parts, or three different views, of this watering hole?

Responds to the critiques by T. K. Fagan (see record 1988-37167-001) and M. R. Shinn (see record 1988-37189-001) of the present author's (see record 1988-37183-001) original article on the practical application of science in school psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

"Observing the social world": Response.

Replies to the student reviewers (see record 1993-35323-001) of the author's original study (see record 1993-35289-001) concerned with developing research ideas from observations of real-life events. (0 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Reply to Spitzer's "Politics–science dichotomy syndrome."

Comments that R. L. Spitzer's (see record 1986-11896-001) reply to the present author's (see record 1986-11891-001) presentation on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III) and the politics of truth was like looking into a fractured mirror. The present author contends that Spitzer's objections to the definition of politics, his characterization of what was not included as "overlooked," and his insistence that a politics–science dichotomy has been presented are mistaken. It is suggested that Spitzer's treatment of the present author's efforts to elucidate the situation may illustrate difficulties akin to those addressed with regard to the DSM-III. (3 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Public and professional myths about mental hospitalization: Reply to Manderscheid et al.

Responds to the comments of R. W. Manderscheid et al (see record 1984-29600-001) on the present author's (see record 1983-24077-001) views of public and professional myths about mental hospitalization. The present author contends that Manderscheid et al focus on details without examining the way national data are aggregated and determining the level of inferential precision. It is suggested that the conclusions of the present author's earlier work are undisturbed by the comments. (6 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Hermeneutic inquiry: Response to criticisms.

In this response to the criticisms of R. L. Russell (see record 1988-15663-001) and B. B. Barratt and T. S. Sloan (see record 1988-15649-001) on the present author's article (see record 1985-10720-001), he addresses 4 major points: hermeneutics of everydayness vs deep hermeneutics, grounding in language vs grounding in action, ontological vs ontical hermeneutics, and directing and correcting interpretation. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

"International Psychology": Answer to Robert J. Smith.

Replies to a comment by R. J. Smith (see record 1983-29210-001) on the author's article on international psychology (see record 1982-29234-001). The author clarifies points surrounding Marxist psychology, Kritische Psychologie, radical psychology, and similar approaches. He reminds Dr. Smith that these approaches are very popular in Latin America. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

"An evaluation of the adequacy of cognitive/behavioural theories for understanding depression in women": A rejoinder.

Replies to 11 commentaries on the present author's (see record 1989-29654-001) evaluation of the adequacy of cognitive/behavioral theories for understanding depression in women. Three main themes are addressed: methodological problems, relevancy of the present author's findings, and therapeutic approaches derived from gender-related biases in cognitive/behavioral formulations. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Freud's stance, and mine.

Responds to M. O. Slavin and D. Kriegman's (see record 1989-00599-001) and D. M. Snyder's (see record 1989-00600-001) comments on the present author's (see record 1987-21061-001) discussion of Freud's work in the context of neurophysiology and sociobiology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Health promotion and coronary heart disease: A comment on consensus.

Responds a 2nd time (for the 1st response, see record 1986-20182-001) to R. C. Lefebvre's (see record 1986-20193-001) critique of the present author's (see record 1985-21441-001) article on health promotion and coronary heart disease by contending that contrary to Lefebvre's view, there is not a clear consensus among epidemiologists about the value of lowering blood cholesterol to prevent coronary heart disease. (5 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Reply to Lansdell.

Responds to H. Lansdell's (see record 1986-26381-001) contention that the present author's (see record 1986-11050-001) article on the moral status of research animals in psychology may condone immorality, arguing that Lansdell's discussion contains elementary logical fallacies and that nothing in the present author's article entails a position that would condone breaking into laboratories. (3 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Intermittent versus continuous visual control: A reply to Elliott.

Responds to D. Elliott (see record 1986-26291-001), who reported data that he claims are inconsistent with the present author's (see record 1984-03021-001) hypothesis that a short-term motor memory system exists for guiding locomotion and other action in space. The present author argues that methodological flaws in Elliott's design make such conclusions unjustified and inappropriate and that insofar as comparisons can be made at all, Elliott's results are completely consistent with the present author's data. (7 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)     

Varieties of interpretation of achievement motivation: A reply to Kukla and Scher.

Suggests that the criticism of A. Kukla and H. Scher (see record 1986-29162-001) of the present author's (see record 1984-28719-001) analysis of choice in the state of task involvement depends on the distinction between the goals of demonstrating and developing ability. However, this distinction cannot be made in task involvement. Furthermore, their attempt to extend the present author's theory by adding this distinction is contended to suffer from a failure to predict when these different goals will predominate. (5 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Biofeedback, science, and training.

Responds to P. A. Norris's (see record 1987-01962-001) criticism of the present author's (see record 1986-11198-001) article on biofeedback by suggesting that Norris appears to be restating the present author's position—that biofeedback by itself is neither necessary nor sufficient to accomplish anything but is a technique to be used in conjunction with other approaches to meet certain therapeutic goals. (4 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Task specificity and language effects in verification: Comments on "Development of the concept of truth functional negation."

Uses the sentence-picture comparison procedures in K. J. Kim's (see record 1985-25108-001) experiment and Korean-speaking children's exposure to the English language to explain Kim's findings that true negatives are more difficult than false negatives for both English- and Korean-speaking children but that Korean-speaking children perform extremely poorly on true negative statements. The discrepancy between these findings and the present author's (see record 1984-14618-001) finding that verifying true negatives over false negatives is greater among Korean- than English-speaking children is considered. (15 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

A reply to two critics.

Responds to comments by J. A. Mu?oz (see record 1986-12848-001) and M. B. Smith (see record 1986-12870-001) on the present author's (see record 1985-12952-001) contention that the American Psychological Association should not be involved in social advocacy. The present author questions how social responsibilities are to be recognized and whether it is appropriate to give ethics a corporate voice. (2 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)