Casebook for providers of psychological services.

Three cases illuminate quality assurance problems and pertinent principles and policies for managing them in the areas of clinical, industrial/organizational, and school psychology. The 1st involves a psychologist who routinely required clients to complete the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) at home and had the tests scored and interpreted by a computerized service. In the 2nd, psychologists decided to discontinue the use of an unvalidated computer interpretation of the MMPI in screening for a business. In the 3rd, a school psychologist violated ethical and professional principles by selling his own unvalidated computerized test scoring and interpretation service. In each case, applicable policies, specialty guidelines, and ethical principles and their interpretation are discussed, together with the educative ramifications. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Casebook for providers of psychological services.

Presents 5 cases concerning professional quality assurance problems in the specialty areas of clinical, counseling, industrial/organizational, and school psychology. Each case includes a statement of the problem and a discussion of applicable policies, interpretation of policy principles in light of the major questions posed by the case, and educative ramifications. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Casebook for providers of psychological services.

Presents cases to provide clarification of the General Guidelines for Providers of Psychological Services, which were approved by the American Psychological Association Council of Representatives in February 1987. Three cases illustrate application of the guidelines to professional psychological situations and cover issues focusing on statement of the problem, applicable policies, interpretation of policy principles, and educative ramifications. Clinical, counseling, industrial-oganizational, and school psychology cases are appended. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Casebook for providers of psychological services.

Presents the 1987 casebook installment comprising 4 cases in the areas of clinical, counseling, industrial–organizational, and school psychology. Cases are published by the Committee on Professional Standards of the Board of Professional Affairs of the American Psychological Association to provide clarification of the specialty guidelines for the delivery of services. Cases for the 1988 casebook are solicited. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Casebook for providers of psychological services.

Presents 4 cases in the areas of clinical, counseling, industrial/organizational, and school psychology that are designed to clarify the specialty guidelines related to the American Psychological Association's quality assurance policy. Each of the cases is outlined through a statement of the problem, a summary of applicable policies, an interpretation of policy principles in light of the questions posed by the case, and an analysis of educative ramifications. (6 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Casebook for providers of psychological services.

Presents 4 cases, focusing on quality assurance problems that came to the attention of the Committee on Professional Standards of the American Psychological Association directly or through other governance bodies. The clinical case involves access to information about a court worker, a patient of the practitioner's partner, who was thwarting the gains made by the practitioner's patient. The counseling case involves a request for a gay or lesbian counselor. The industrial/organizational case involves evaluation of a candidate for a position described by a personnel director, but not independently analyzed, and a refusal to provide a copy of the subsequent report to the candidate. The school case involves a request made of a psychologist to be an ombudsperson for a school administration, while ethically being required to serve the student. (7 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Casebook for providers of psychological services.

Discusses development of a casebook to implement the specialty guidelines for the delivery of services by clinical (counseling, industrial/organizational, and school) psychologists. The focus of the cases is quality assurance problems that come to the attention of the Committee on Professional Standards of the American Psychological Association. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Response to Ellis and McGuire: "Cost sharing and the demand for ambulatory mental health services".

Refutes R. P. Ellis and T. G. McGuire's (see record 1985-28860-001) argument that the results previously reported by the present authors (see record 1985-28870-001) support the proposition that mental health services exhibit greater response to insurance than do medical services from both logical and empirical perspectives. It is argued that Ellis and McGuire focused only on certain results when drawing their conclusions and that this deletion of facts presents a false picture of support for their argument. (5 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

"The psychological unconscious: A necessary assumption for all psychological theory?" Comments.

Comments that difficulties in H. Shevrin and S. Dickman's (see record 1980-10863-001) thesis result from a failure to address 2 issues: what is to count as a theory and what is the role of theoretical concepts in a theory. Perhaps what Shevrin and Dickman intended to say is that no complete theory can avoid a psychological unconscious; however, no science possesses a complete theory. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

"Dynamic testing": Erratum.

Reports an error in the original article by E. L. Grigorenko and R. J. Sternberg (Psychological Bulletin, 1998[Jul], Vol 124[1], 75–111). The original article contained a word-processing error that resulted in an incorrect word substitution in the reference list. Corrections to the references are listed. (The following abstract of this article originally appeared in record 1998-04232-004.) This article evaluatively reviews the literature on dynamic testing, a collection of testing procedures designed to quantify not only the products or even the processes of learning but also the potential to learn. The article considers a variety of approaches to dynamic testing and the strengths and weaknesses of each. Moreover, the literature on each approach is reviewed and analyzed in terms of the extent to which it fulfills the claims made for it. In all of these approaches, testing involves learning at the time of test, rather than just static testing of what has been learned before. It is concluded that dynamic testing has great potential for helping to understand people's potentials but that its potential has yet to be realized fully. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

"Child health psychology": Erratum.

Reports an error in "Child health psychology" by Dennis Drotar, Suzanne Bennett Johnson, Ron Iannotti, Norman Krasnegor, Karen A. Matthews, Barbara G. Melamed, Sharon Millstein, Rolf A. Peterson, Debbie Popiel and Donald K. Routh (Health Psychology, 1989, Vol 8[6], 781-784). The name of the author, Sharon Millstein, should be Susan Millstein. It appears correctly in this record. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2008-09118-001.) The term child health psychology refers to the field of research on the behavioral aspects of children's health and illness. At this time we need to continue the work of the child health psychology special interest group and to draw into the Division of Health Psychology a much larger number of developmental psychologists, who need to be informed about the relevance of their scientific training to child health issues. We call the Division's attention and that of granting agencies such as the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to the following high-priority child health research issues: adherence to pediatric medical regimens; child health promotion; family influences on child and adolescent health and disease; and stress and coping in childhood illness. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Standards for providers of psychological services.

Presents an American Psychological Association Task Force report on some basic principles and the content of standards for psychological services. Implications of standards for the development of service contracts between provider and consumer, for legislative and regulatory actions, training for professional and support personnel, organizational structures, and accreditation procedures are examined. Definitions of the major terms used in the standards (e.g., "provider" and "psychological services") are presented, and standards related to programs, environment, and accountability are set forth, along with interpretations of each section. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Standards for providers of psychological services.

Presents revised Standards for Providers of Psychological Services that differ from the original Standards in 2 respects: (1) Minimally acceptable levels of quality assurance and performance are defined and (2) a more limited range of services is covered. The Standards illuminate weaknesses in the delivery of psychological services and point to their correction. These Standards establish a more effective and consistent basis for evaluating the performance of individual service providers and guide the organizing of psychological service units in human service settings. The 4 standards concern providers, programs, accountability, and environment. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

"Nudging aside Meehl's paradox": Erratum.

Reports a typesetting error in the original article by L. Leventhal (Canadian Psychology, 1994[Jul], Vol 35[3], 283–298). On page 295, the sentence should read "Compared to the old views, the new views might give less weight to the confidence interval and more weight to the probability value of .007 which indicates that the theory performed far better than chance." (The following abstract of this article originally appeared in PA, Vol 82:8115.) P. E. Meehl (1967) attacked significance tests used to appraise directional theoretical predictions. With perfect statistical power, the probability approaches .5 of significance in the predicted direction, even for meritless theories. Feeble theory corroboration results. This article argues that directional predictions, not significance tests, produce the feeble corroboration. The author reviews previous solutions to Meehl, rejecting all except the multiple corroboration solution by D. T. Lykken (1968) and A. Kukla (see record 1991-31958-001). This solution is defended against Meehl's (see record 1991-31961-001) criticisms and extended.… (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

General guidelines for providers of psychological services.

Presents the 2nd revision of the principles of conduct originally adopted by the American Psychological Association in 1974. Implications of the guidelines are discussed for promoting mutual understanding between providers of psychological services and users, greater uniformity in legislative and regulatory actions, the concept of ethical practice, training models, and desirable organizational structure in psychological facilities. Definitions of terms used in these guidelines—providers of psychological services, psychological services, psychological service unit, and users—are presented. The guidelines, accompanied by illustrative statements, are arranged under the following general headings: providers, programs, and accountability. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

"Making Psychology a Household Word": Erratum.

Reports an error in "Making Psychology a Household Word" by Ronald F. Levant (American Psychologist, 2006[Jul-Aug], Vol 61[5], 383-395). This erratum clarifies the APA Council of Representatives response to the PENS Task Force Report at its August 2005 meeting. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2006-08928-002.) This article addresses Ronald F. Levant's four APA presidential initiatives for 2005. "Making Psychology a Household Word" was both the general theme for his presidency as well as an initiative in its own right. The other three initiatives were "Promoting Health Care for the Whole Person," "Enhancing Diversity Within APA," and "Developing an APA Position on Evidence-Based Practice in Psychology." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

"Role playing and interpersonal-conflict reduction": Erratum.

Reports an error in the original article by Arthur C. Bohart (Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1977[Jan], Vol 24[1], 15-24). On page 18, there is an error in the degrees of freedom for the F test for planned comparisons. The value given for the second degree of freedom is 72. Depending upon the specific comparison concerned, the actual degrees of freedom varied between 37 and 39. Please note that all of the significance levels are correct as originally reported. (The following abstract of this article originally appeared in record 1977-13150-001.) 80 female undergraduates attempted to resolve personal anger conflicts by participating in short counseling-analog sessions. Each S used 1 of 4 procedures: role play, discharge, intellectual analysis, or control. It was hypothesized that role play, which provides opportunity for both intellectual insight and emotional experience, would be more effective than discharge, which de-emphasizes insight, and intellectual analysis, which de-emphasizes emotional experience. E. T. Gendlin's (1969) focusing scale, a measure of the degree to which people can use their emotional experience facilitatively, was also administered. It was predicted that high-focusing role-play Ss would show the most reduction of anger and conflict (Activation-Deactivation Adjective Check List). On the whole, role play was the most effective procedure for reducing anger, hostile attitudes, and behavioral aggression. None of the predictions on focusing were borne out. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

"Sex bias in psychological research: Progress or complacency?": Response.

Responds to the L. Gannon et al (see record 1992-23274-001) comments on the F. L. Denmark et al (see record 1988-34553-001) paper, "Guidelines for Avoiding Sexism in Psychological Research." The authors note that the intent of Denmark et al was to point out common examples of sex bias in psychological research and offer scientifically sound recommendations to prevent or reduce sex bias. However, the authors reaffirm the scientific need to analyze and report sex differences. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

"Teaching about animal research in psychology": Erratum.

Reports an error in the original article by M. Domjan and J. E. Purdy (American Psychologist, 1996 [Jul], Vol 51[7], 736–737). Portions of the text were inadvertently omitted in the production process; the comment is presented in its entirety. (The following abstract of this article originally appeared in PA, Vol 83:32272.). Responds to P. F. Cunningham's (see record 83:32271) and S. D. Gosling's (see record 1995-45383-001) study of the acknowledgment of contributions of animal experimentation in leading introductory psychology textbooks. The authors agree with Gosling that the primary goal of the general psychology course is to facilitate the students' understanding of psychology and that animal research is not presented in an educationally effective fashion in general psychology textbooks. However, it is argued that students need to know not only the conclusions of research but also something about how the research was conducted. In response to Cunningham's contention that psychology instructors will have to address why research animals are kept under stressful laboratory conditions, the authors note that psychology experiments typically do not involve deadly diseases or experimental pathologies. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)