On the modification of reprints.

Defends the practice of modifying reprints of journal articles to amend typographical and other errors that can affect meaning. A standard should be developed for dealing with such errors by hand writing corrections, including a list of errata, or issuing professionally corrected reprints with the notation that corrections have been made. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Relationship between articles read and reprints requested.

Attempted to demonstrate a relationship between the number of reprints of psychology journal articles a reader requests and the number of articles read. Survey data from 283 members of the American Psychological Association revealed that an estimate of the number of readers of an article may be obtained by multiplying by 10.75 the number of requests for reprints for that article received by the author. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Manners, Money, and Reprints.

Comment on the economics, etiquette, and benefits of requesting reprints. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Reprints: The New Ethic.

Commentary regarding what should be done about reprints especially when costs are a factor. Suggestions are provided by the author, such as, (a) Give or send reprints to those persons who will almost certainly be interested in the paper because of their general expertness, or their special activity, or their being mentioned in the paper. (b) Give or send also to those professional friends who will be interested in the paper simply because of its author, not because of its content. The lists for a and b can be broad or narrowly limited according as the author does or does not get pleasure from this kind of giving. This is his pleasure; let him decide how much he wishes to spend on it. Then (c) let the author meet requests by letter and postcard as they come in as long as he feels he can afford to. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

On Reprint Requests.

Urges those who request reprints to make sure that they have typed, as well as signed, their names and that they have tagged the right article with the right author; and notes problems associated with incorrect, unsigned, or illegible reprint requests. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Help!

The author comments on the American Psychological Association's request that readers include the city postal zone number when contacting the office concerning any APA journals (American Psychologist, 1963, 18, ad page). The author agrees but suggests that APA will go one step further by specify the address of the authors to whom requests for reprints of articles printed in the APA journals should be sent. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

"Comment on summary report of journal operations": Comment on Roediger.

Comments on an article by H. L. Roediger III (see record 1990-58906-001) concerning the number of subscribers to APA journals. Roediger concluded that most APA members feel no need to keep up with the work in the primary journals. Blackman points out that many people keep up with journals by reading in university and hospital libraries, by sending for reprints of studies abstracted in Psychological Abstracts, and by other literature review methods. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Publication Manual 1975 change sheet.

At its April 1975 meeting, the APA Publications and Communications Board, on recommendation of the Council of Editors, made changes in policies on author reprints and on brief reports. These two new policies are announced here as part of the first Change Sheet to the 1974 APA Publication Manual. In addition, some style and editorial changes to the Manual are included. The Change Sheet is keyed to the 1974 Publication Manual and can be used as a supplement to it. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

An unexpected admirer of Ladygina-Kohts.

Previously unknown correspondence between Nadya Nikolaevna Ladygina-Kohts, author of The Chimpanzee Child and the Human Child (1935), and Harry Harlow shows a reciprocal interest in, and admiration for, each other's work. In 1960 and 1961, they exchanged some 9 letters as well as numerous reprints and publications. The correspondence shows that Ladygina-Kohts and Harlow had been following each other's work for years and that Ladygina-Kohts's work may have been one of the major inspirations to Harlow's primate program. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)     

Dream analysis by mail: An American woman seeks Freud's advice.

When a young American woman who had a disturbing dream that continued to occupy her daily thoughts, she wrote to Sigmund Freud, sending him an account of her dream and asking for his help. This article reprints the 1927 letter to Freud and his reply, neither of which has been published before. The exchange of letters is discussed in the context of the popularity of psychology and psychoanalysis in America in the 1920s and in the context of Freud's letter writing habits and his life in 1927. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Comment on Heckel's Report.

Comments on "Curiosity in Young Psychologists" by R. V. Heckel (see record 1969-16748-001). This article made for very delightful and informative reading. However, some critical comments need to be made about the study: (1) All of the young psychologists' epistemic curiosity was not necessarily because of a common motive. (2) Contrary to Heckel's implication, the curiosity expressed by the psychologists' requests for reprints does not necessarily derive from the same source as their curiosity about the empty envelope or incomplete letter. (3) Whether curiosity is increased depends on whether or not the additional information is sufficient to resolve the initial epistemic conflict. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Review of Four early works on motivation.

Reviews the book, Four Early Works on Motivation by Paul McReynolds (1969). This volume, as the title indicates, contains four early works on motivation. The works are Francis Hutcheson's An Inquiry Concerning Beauty, Order, etc. (1726), Book I of the same author's A System of Moral Philosophy (1755), James Long's An Inquiry into the Origin of the Human Appetites and Affections (1747), and Jeremy Bentham's A Table of the Springs of Human Action (1815). This work provides a number of reprints of interest to psychologists within a History of Psychology Series under the general editorship of Robert I. Watson. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

"Letter to The Editor: Canadian Psychologist": Reply to Dr. Zubek.

Responds to commentary by Zubek (see record 2007-02141-039) on the review of A. W. Pressey & J. P. Zubek's book (see record 2007-02140-023). The purpose of the review was to evaluate a unique and difficult undertaking: a collection of general psychology reprints in a Canadian context. A second but equally important intent was to invite reader reflection on some of the broader issues incidentally exposed by the nature of the task. The reviewer concluded that the book was not well enough balanced to be unreservedly recommended. And so they were not! Dr. Zubek's nine points of complaint must be evaluated by the individual reader who will take the time to scan the original review. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

"Estrogen-Progesterone Regulation of Nest-Building and Incubation Behavior in Ovariectomized Ring Doves (Streptopelia risoria)": Erratum.

Reports an error in the original article by Mei-Fang Cheng and Rae Silver (Journal of Comparative & Physiological Psychology, 1975[Jan], Vol 88[1], 256-263). The address for the request for reprints should have read "Institute of Animal Behavior, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey 07102." (The following abstract of this article originally appeared in record 1975-08949-001.) Determined the role of ovarian hormones in the induction of nest-building (tucking) and incubation behavior in female doves by systemic injections of estrogen, or progesterone, or estrogen combined with progesterone, or oil in 40 reproductively experienced, ovariectomized Ss. Combined estrogen and progesterone treatment was the most effective hormone regimen for eliciting both behavior patterns in females and also facilitated these behaviors in their 40 untreated mates. Differences in role of the gonadal progesterone in male and female doves are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

More on undergraduate degrees.

Since the publication of figures taken from the Statistical Abstract of the United States in the American Psychologist (1957, 12, 229-230), the writer received a number of requests for reprints which were not available. In order to satisfy these inquiries and to make the data more helpful, he has extended the table, which originally included only the years 1949-54, up to and including 1958. In the original Comment, the writer speculated on the reasons why the number of undergraduate degrees in psychology had dropped from 1950 to 1954. To the advocates of undergraduate specialization in psychology, it will be reassuring to note that the bachelor or first level degree, in point of numbers of men and women receiving it, has been on the rise ever since 1955 when it reached its lowest point. The number of master or second level degree recipients reached its lowest point in 1956 and has also risen since then but has not approached the peak year of 1951. The number of doctorates awarded since 1952 has remained more constant, especially since 1952, than the numbers receiving the first and second level degrees. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Psychosocial rehabilitation of deaf persons with severe mental illness: A multivariate model of residential outcomes.

[Correction Notice: An erratum for this article was reported in Vol 39(3) of Rehabilitation Psychology (see record 2007-10691-001). The article "Psychosocial Rehabilitation of Deaf Persons with Severe Mental Illness: A Multivariate Model of Residential Outcomes" by Judith A. Cook, Karen Kozlowski Graham, and Lisa Razzano was published with an excessive number of typographical errors. The publisher apologizes to the Journal's readers, the article authors, and the Guest Editor of the Special Issue on Deafness, for the confusion these misprints caused. Revised reprints of both articles may be obtained from the Publisher at the following address: Springer Publishing Co., Journals Department, 536 Broadway, New York, NY 10012.] Focuses on an innovative model of community treatment that integrates the fields of psychosocial rehabilitation (PSR) and deaf culture. A longitudinal research design was used to evaluate the progress of 60 Ss with mental illness and deafness toward living in the community due to a PSR program. Results suggest that deaf, mentally ill clients can increase their residential independence through PSR program participation. The number of Ss living in normal, commercial housing rose 25% after program participation. Multivariate regression analysis revealed that 5 factors account for 47% of the variance in the residential outcomes of the Ss. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

"Psychosocial rehabilitation of deaf persons with severe mental illness: A multivariate model of residential outcomes": Erratum.

Reports an error in the original article by J. A. Cook, et al (Rehabilitation Psychology, 1993[Winter], Vol 38[4], 261–274). This article was printed with an excessive number of typographical errors. The publisher apologizes to the Journal's readers, the article's authors, and Robert Q. Pollard, Jr., the Guest Editor of the Special Issue on Deafness, for the confusion these misprints caused. Revised reprints of the article may be obtained from the Publisher at the following address: Springer Publishing Co., Journals Department, 536 Broadway, New York, NY 10012. (The following abstract of this article originally appeared in record 1994-27164-001.) Focuses on an innovative model of community treatment that integrates the fields of psychosocial rehabilitation (PSR) and deaf culture. A longitudinal research design was used to evaluate the progress of 60 Ss with mental illness and deafness toward living in the community due to a PSR program. Results suggest that deaf, mentally ill clients can increase their residential independence through PSR program participation. The number of Ss living in normal, commercial housing rose 25% after program participation. Multivariate regression analysis revealed that 5 factors account for 47% of the variance in the residential outcomes of the Ss. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Review of Measurement of Human Aging in Applied Gerontology and Interventions in Applied Gerontology.

Reviews the books, Measurement of Human Aging in Applied Gerontology by Robert F. Morgan (see record 1999-02948-000) and Interventions in Applied Gerontology by Robert F. Morgan (see record 1999-02947-000). The review asserts that these books defy easy classification. Are they new text or reprinted readings? fiction, autobiography, science, or how-to-do-it manuals? serious or a leg-pull? fun or dull? The answer is affirmative for all possibilities. Measurement of Human Aging, in which the main text is broken up by fictional inserts and reprints of scientific and newspaper articles, is devoted primarily to the how-to-do-it matter of measuring "body age." Body age is to be measured by the author's Adult Growth Examination (AGE), the entire manual for which is reproduced in both books--yes, both--together with a very laudatory review, reproduced from Longlife Magazine. How-to-do-it books are fun, but only if one can do whatever it is. The aim of Interventions in Applied Gerontology is to examine ways of decelerating the ageing process--thereby extending the lifespan? Two chapters are devoted to hypnotic intervention for this purpose, and some others discuss sensible interventions. One reading, reprinted in full from an established psychological journal, reports on the initial phase of an longitudinal study in which college students were provided with hypnotic suggestion that they would live to 120 years. The author of the article, a director of the Committee for Elimination of Death, reported confidently that he would publish data on the success of the intervention in 100 years. A leg-pull? I suggest that the reader reserve judgement for 100 years until that study is completed. The reveiwer asks, "Who, if anyone, should read these books and in what context?" (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)