"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)     

Obesity and protection from risk.

Responds to W. B. Webb's (see record 1987-26955-001) and H. E. Yuker's (see record 1987-26956-001) comments on the present authors and J. Plotkin's (see record 1986-12806-001) study of human Ss review board decisions by affirming the need for human Ss review boards and by defending the study's distinction between sensitive and nonsensitive forms of discrimination. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

More on temporality in human action.

Responds to the comments of W. L. Stroud (see record 1987-17464-001) and B. B. Barratt (see record 1987-17458-001) on the present authors' (see record 1986-13304-001) discussion of hermeneutic psychology, addressing Piaget's perspective, the use of abstract concepts, the conception of time, and the issue of ideological critique. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Children's responses to ambiguous messages: A response to Ackerman's reply.

Responds to B. P. Ackerman's (see record 1987-03694-001) reply to the present authors' (see record 1985-25142-001) test of Ackerman's (see record 1982-05434-001) conclusions concerning the ability of young children to understand that verbal messages can be ambiguous, particularly the idea that children's understanding is masked in standard referential communication tasks because of performative bias. (4 ref) (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)     

Design and evaluation issues in an experiment on teaching thinking skills.

Addresses methodological issues (related to design and analyses) raised by G. J. Mellenbergh and W. P. Van den Brink (see record 1988-37230-001) and I. S. Schonfeld (1987) concerning the study by the present author and colleagues (see record 1987-08654-001) on teaching thinking skills. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

"Albee's just society: Radical prevention of childhood psychopathology": Response.

Responds to the comments of S. B. Sigmon (see record 1988-21189-001) on the present author's (see record 1987-02131-001) work on environmental stresses as sources of psychopathology. The present author's views on achieving equity and justice are offered. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

"Research on human judgment and its application to clinical practice": Response to Garb.

In response to the comment by H. N. Garb (see record 1988-18224-001) on the article by the present author (see record 1987-05373-001) concerning research on human judgment and its application, the present author refutes Garb's criticisms and maintains that many core aspects of the original argument remain untouched. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Rose-colored glasses? Never: If anything, shades of brownp Reply to Choca et al.

In response to the criticism of J. P. Choca et al (see record 1987-19792-001) concerning the present author's (see record 1986-20485-001) study of prospective payment in the Veterans Administration, it is asserted that the present author shares the concerns of Choca et al regarding the severe statistical and clinical limitations of diagnostic related groups. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Some assumptions are more troubling than others: Rejoinder to Chemers and Fiedler.

Defends the assumptions made in the study by the present authors (see record 1987-12114-001) that conducted a computer simulation to compare F. E. Fiedler's (1964) contingency model of leadership with the Leader Match training program and tests the additional assumptions suggested by M. M. Chemers and F. E. Fiedler (see record 1987-12110-001). It is suggested that the computer simulation conservatively underestimated rather than overestimated the problems in Leader Match. (4 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

"Religiosity and emotional disturbance": Reply.

In response to the criticism of A. Ellis (see record 1988-20829-001) on flaws in the study by P. W. Sharkey and the present author (see record 1987-22684-001) on religiosity and emotional disturbance, it is asserted that the Ss studied were clients in Ellis's counseling center; 2 parameters for future studies are suggested. (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)     

"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)     

On Zookology, counseling psychology, and clinical psychology.

Responds to the comments of A. Zook (see record 1987-20037-001) on the present author's (see record 1986-12878-001) work on the merging of clinical and counseling psychology, suggesting that a training base in remedial, educational/developmental, and preventive functions is important regardless of whether one is a clinical or counseling psychologist. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Reply to Clemmer.

Responds to comments by E. J. Clemmer (see record 1987-05931-001) concerning the present author's (see record 1986-13291-001) discussion of the occurrence of ESP in dreams, suggesting that Clemmer's interpretation is based largely on analogies from other areas of parapsychological research and an a priori rejection of parapsychological phenomena. (5 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Reply to "The empirical basis of ethnocultural and linguistic bias in mental health evaluations of Hispanics."

Replies to S. López (see record 1989-16799-001) on the present authors' (see record 1987-22971-001) article, and argues that both true and treated prevalence data are needed in studies on Hispanic mental health. Issues concerning test bias and language expression (i.e., Spanish or English) of mental health problems are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Issues in the empirical study of private speech: A response to Frawley and Lantolf's commentary.

In response to W. Frawley and J. P. Lantolf's (see record 1987-03626-001) comments on the analysis of children's private speech by the present author and M. Frauenglass (see record 1985-16940-001), the present author argues that (a) Vygotsky's (1962, 1975) theory predicts a positive effect of private speech on children's problem-solving activity and (b) coding systems for the categorization of private speech must differentiate content, form, and possible function of utterances. (6 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

A reply to Emery's comments.

In response to E. J. Emery's (see record 1987-26891-001) comments on the present author's (see record 1986-10712-001) comparison of H. Kohut and C. Rogers, the present author argues that he did not blur distinctions between Kohut and Rogers, did not risk metamorphosizing Kohut into a Rogerian, did not inappropriately align Kohut with M. Mahler, or return to Freudian terminology with the use of the term vectors of psychological energy. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Response to Murphy on Matarazzo.

Concurs with K. R. Murphy's (see record 1987-18930-001) discussion of the present author's (see record 1986-19878-001) study of computerized clinical psychological test interpretations, reiterating that although neither the clinician nor the computer software has been shown to produce a valid product, society today has in place mechanisms by which to regulate the practices of the former but as yet has none to regulate the latter. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)