An introduction to clinical psychology.

The student introduced to clinical psychology through this excellent revision of an established text would be well introduced indeed and he should be both impressed and attracted to further study. He certainly could conclude that clinical psychologists are concerned with many things, from myopia to ethics. He should gain assurance of finding a compatible role in the field whether he is attracted most by the opportunity to carry out research or to apply an art in the interest of humanity. He would, of course, be forewarned that the clinical psychologist is expected to burn both ends of the science-service candle, but it will be apparent to him from reading the text that his mentors often burn more brightly at one end than the other. Because of the diligence of the editors and the excellence of the authors, clinical psychology now has an even better introductory text than the good one it has had for the past six years. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Review of Art and Visual Perception.

Reviews the book "Art and visual perception," by Rudolph Arnheim (see record 1955-03680-000). In reading this book, one realizes why more psychologists have not been concerned with art. Art is a technical specialty in its own right and one must be expert both in psychology and in either creative art or the history of art to write on art. Arnheim's book brings the scientific knowledge of a trained psychologist to bear on the fundamental problems of visual art as it has developed through the ages. The discussion is always with reference to concrete works of art. Many original drawings, diagrams, and figures illustrate basic principles and important points. The writing is superb. The book is full of penetrating insights into questions of art and also into many problems of concern to the psychologist. Fundamentally this book is an argument against the usual art historian's approach, so well described by Arnheim as the purely subjective point of view, that what a person sees in a work of art "depends entirely on who he is, what he is interested in, what he has experienced in the past, and how he chooses to direct his attention". A book which reflects so well the author's urbanity, catholicity, and keenness of mind, as well as his technical grasp of the scientific and the artistic, is no small achievement. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Are Psychologists Unpatriotic?

The author notes that, whether or not it is good for the advancement of a science of psychology, the psychologist has a duty to himself and to humanity to contribute far more than he has to one of the most pressing problems of our day--the problem of war and peace. Probably, there should be three types of literature about psychology and war: methodology, psychological information, and overall analyses. The production of information and idea patterns related to war and peace should not have to wait on special appropriations or special invitations to psychologists to participate. Psychologists should go to work on the problem and somehow see that their efforts find expression in publications that become widely available to those who might be interested in reading them. It would also seem reasonable to suppose that a national psychological convention would devote a major part of its time to this vital topic. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

A half century of psychological practice.

Reviews the career of R. D. Weitz, which has spanned a half century. The author shares how he became a psychologist and describes the professional activities in which he has been most involved. His account provides a cameo of the development of professional psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Image of industrial psychology among corporate executives.

89 executives attending a 1960 executive seminar of the American Management Association completed a 13 item questionnaire. "Almost twice as many executives stated that they would hire an industrial psychologist as compared with those who would decide against such a decision… . There are many executives still unconvinced that industrial psychology has any real worth at its present stage of development… . The areas of competence in which the industrial psychologist was judged to be most useful were morale, selection and training." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Introduction.

The three articles presented in this issue reflect different problems encountered by psychologists as each attempted to pursue a career. All three psychologists were trail blazers, developing new applications of psychological knowledge, and each faced different challenges. Stanley Moldawsky, a pioneer in the development of professional psychology, reflects on the establishment of a private practice in the 1950s. He shares how politics had to become an important concern in order to survive, gives us a glimpse of some of the hurdles that had to be crossed to establish a professional school in New Jersey, and impresses on us that professional psychology will grow only if we advocate for it. In contrast to Moldawsky, Jonathan Cummings' career was devoted to the application of clinical and counseling psychology to the medical-surgical areas of the health field. His career was focused on working in the Veterans Administration Hospital system, where he was the first psychologist who was assigned to work outside of the mental health area. Cummings' work was instrumental in the development of the field of health psychology and of the need to focus on the whole person when treating people in these settings. John Jackson, in his poignant essay, reflects on the upward climb of minorities into professional psychology. An African American, Jackson did not have the benefit of more recent civil rights legislation to assist his career. He reflects on his involvements with the American Psychological Association and how he perceives the role of minority psychologists within organized psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Obituaries: Robert Val Guthrie (1930-2005).

Presents an obituary for Robert Val "Bob" Guthrie, once called one of the most "influential and multifaceted African American scholars of the century." Dr. Guthrie's groundbreaking book Even the Rat Was White: A Historical View of Psychology (1976) was a catalyst in bringing into the mainstream of psychology the rich heritage of African American psychologists who were for the most part invisible in psychology. In a long and distinguished career, Dr. Guthrie functioned effectively in all the major roles of a psychologist. He was professor and chair of the Behavioral Sciences Department at San Diego Mesa College, associate professor of psychology and director of the Urban Psychology Program at the University of Pittsburgh, a research psychologist for the National Institute of Education in Washington, DC, and a supervising research psychologist at the Naval Research and Development Center in San Diego. He also spent time as a psychologist in independent practice. Dr. Guthrie enjoyed a career that spanned over 40 years, and he died on November 6, 2005. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

On "Salvation and its vicissitudes."

Comments on an article on clinical psychology and political values in which B. Beit-Hallahmi (see record 1974-25754-001) challenges the assumptions of clinical psychology. Kahoe questions how the definition of the psychologist would be changed by a shift in focus to social systems. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

From philosopher to psychologist: The early career of Edwin Ray Guthrie, Jr.

Edwin R. Guthrie rose to prominence as a psychologist in the 1930s. His theoretical outlook was behavioristic. This approach came from his conviction that an objective method could be applied to a scientific treatment of mind. Prior to becoming a psychologist, he was a philosopher of mathematics. Guthrie was initiated into psychology by Stevenson Smith, from whom he learned a psychology of adjustment informed by comparative research, Columbia functionalism, and clinical psychology. Guthrie's first step into psychology was in collaboration with Smith on Chapters in General Psychology (S. Smith & E.R. Guthrie, 1921). To synthesize their own unique position on learning from the contemporary theory and research, they used the principle of association. This article focuses on Guthrie's origin and his development into a learning theorist. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Introduction: Two Archetypes in Search of an Identity.

Counseling psychology, according to Domke's article in this present series, is a specialty that is in its adolescence. The chief reason for saying this is the perpetual agonizing about our professional identity and definition. We seem to be forever wrangling about who we are and what we want to become. In part this is due to the strongly hybrid nature of counseling psychology. We have always had one foot in psychology and the other in education. To the many reasons already put forth for this state of affairs, the author adds a metaphor that he thinks add some perspective to the current situation of counseling psychology. The model of the "psychologist" as an agent for amelioration of human suffering is of relatively recent origin. In the process of defining our unique contribution to the helping services, in general, we have been struggling with the models given to us by history. Using the Jungian perspective, we can identify some of these models of practice as archetypes that have become part of our personal and cultural heritage. The author of this article goes on to name some of the archtypes (or roles) and explains how each will affect counseling psychology in the future. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Obituary: Dalbir Bindra (1922-1980).

Presents an obituary for Dalbir Bindra (1922-1980), who used all his theoretical and experimental skills to examine the concomitance of neural and behavioral events. As a psychologist in the classic tradition, he was interested not only in sensation, perception, cognition, motivation, and emotion, but also in how the processes in these various domains relate and interact one with another. Eventually, his research interests expanded to include psychopharmacology and neuropsychology. Throughout his career, Bindra was active in psychology in Canada and played an important role in its growth. One of his interests was financial support for research in psychology, a topic on which he wrote reports and published articles. In addition, he was a well respected teacher and enjoyed a rich and textured life. His sudden death at the age of 58 was a misfortune to the discipline of psychology as well as to family and friends. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Remembering Arthur Kornhauser: Industrial psychology's advocate for worker well-being.

Arthur Kornhauser was an early industrial psychologist whose contributions have been neglected in written histories of applied psychology. Throughout his career, he was a staunch advocate for an industrial psychology that concentrated on improving workers' lives. This article describes his contributions to improving worker well-being in the research areas of testing, employee attitude surveying, labor unions, and mental health of workers. His most enduring quality was his outspoken advocacy for an industrial psychology that addressed workers' issues instead of management's prerogatives. On the basis of Kornhauser's accomplishments, a case can be made for him as one of industrial and organizational psychology's most important early figures. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Hugo Münsterberg's attack on the application of scientific psychology.

No individual in the early history of American psychology is more identified with the promotion of applied psychology than Hugo Münsterberg, whose books and articles on applied topics such as industrial psychology, forensic psychology, psychotherapy, and educational psychology made him one of the most visible psychologists of his day. But there is an earlier chapter to Münsterberg's life that tells a very different story of a Münsterberg opposed to application. The story begins in 1898 when he wrote an article for an American magazine in which he told teachers that the findings of experimental psychology had no relevance for education, setting off a firestorm of controversy among his colleagues in psychology and education. This article describes Münsterberg's early denigration of applied psychology and his subsequent transformation as applied psychologist. Reasons for that transformation are discussed as well as issues involving the stigma associated with applied psychology and the popularization of psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)     

Artificial intelligence or artificial psychologist? Conceptual issues in clinical microcomputer use.

The benefits and boundaries of microcomputer use within clinical psychology are discussed. Psychological software is conceptualized along a continuum of how completely the duties of the clinician are assumed. Record keeping, test scoring, interviewing, test interpretation, integrated report writing, and expert decision-making functions are reviewed for their utility and limitations in the present generation of microcomputer hardware and software. Advantages of personal computer use are most clear in those applications that save time for the psychologist. Other applications that are supposed to substitute for the psychologist in a decision-making, diagnostic, or therapeutic capacity may be more advanced in appearance than in actuality. Software simulation of the expert psychologist remains rudimentary; serious information processing and conceptual obstacles impede future development. Proposed guidelines would increase programmer and provider accountability for the consequences of computer use and would limit the domain of current psychological software to adjunctive capacities. An argument is made for "visible" software in which diagnostic logic and decision rules are explicitly displayed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Obituary: Rensis Likert (1903-1981).

The coherence of Rensis Likert's contributions to psychology is not widely known or appreciated. To some he is known as the entrepreneurial leader of a large research institution, to others as one preoccupied with the technology of social inquiry, to others as an exponent of the utility of psychology and an applied psychologist par excellence, and to others as a substantive contributor to social psychological theory and knowledge. All of these images are valid. Their unity derives from his conception of the problems most worth attention and how one could deal with them. He considered the most pressing contemporary problems to be those concerning the relationship of persons to their organized societal contexts. He greatly extended our methodological resources for studying populations in context, created institutions to foster such work, and developed ideas that help not only to understand person-context relationships but also to aid the design of social contexts that optimize the development and humane use of human resources. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Professional education in industrial psychology: A statement of policy.

"The industrial psychologist should be a broadly trained psychologist… . Education in industrial psychology should provide grounding in psychological theory… . The curriculum should provide knowledge of the problem areas of industrial psychology… . Education in industrial psychology should include knowledge in other areas important in business and industry… . The student should become familiar with a very wide variety of research tools, methods, and procedures… . The education of an industrial psychologist should be realistic… . The education of industrial psychologists should include discussion of the ethical problems likely to arise in industry." The stated principles "should be interpreted in a flexible rather than a rigid fashion." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Review of Psychologists Caught: A Psychologic of Psychology.

Reviews the book, Psychologists Caught: A Psychologic of Psychology by Lewis Wolfgang Brandt (1982). This book is about metapsychology, the psychology or psycho-logic, of psychologies. Its basic question is: What determines the particular psychology, theory and method, that a psychologist advocates and practices? Consistent with his emphasis on individual psychohistory, Brandt begins his book with an autobiographical chapter explaining how he personally came to reject American behaviourism and to embrace a phenomenological-Gestalt form of psychoanalysis. This work will be found most interesting and liked best by those, who, like Brandt, have a relativistic bent of mind, who are persuaded that Hume and Kant discovered the natural limits of philosophical thought, who read Hayek and Feyerabend with approbation, or who just enjoy vigorous intellectual discussion for its own sake. Behaviourists and other "technical" psychologists will probably not like it. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Jerry H. Clark (1912-2003).

Presents an obituary for Jerry H. Clark. The author states that Clark led a long and very productive life. His multifaceted career as a psychologist included roles as a researcher, an academician, a counseling center director, a military psychologist, a director of internships, a private practitioner, and a medical clinic consultant. Born on October 25, 1912, in Albany, Texas, Clark was active in psychology until the day he died at the age of 90. Among his many distinctions, he was an active candidate for the American Psychological Association (APA) presidency in his 90th year. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

A survey of clinical psychology training in Canadian federal corrections: Implications for psychologist recruitment and retention.

Although survey results seem to indicate an abundant interest among Canadian psychology graduate students in pursuing training in criminal justice psychology, the recruitment and retention of psychologists in the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) has been of some concern. The present study is a 2008 survey of sites within CSC that provide opportunities for clinical psychology training with offender clientele. Survey findings demonstrated that a broad range of clinical psychology training opportunities were available across 16 sites. The most frequently cited barrier to providing training was lack of time by prospective trainers, and sites reported retaining relatively few of their trainees for subsequent psychologist positions. Information was also obtained regarding vacant psychologist positions across CSC regions. In light of survey findings, substantive discussion is devoted toward the issues of psychologist recruitment and retention in Canadian federal corrections, including a discussion of both potential and existing training initiatives. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)     

Obituary: Alfred J. Marrow (1905-1978).

Alfred J. Marrow's career as a psychologist was just starting when Kurt Lewin came to the United States in 1934. From then until his death on March 3, 1978, Marrow exerted a continuous influence on American psychology that reflected his admiration for and identification with Lewin. Marrow was attracted to Lewin's approach to psychology because it encompassed two poles, ranging from the most abstract mathematical theory to the most active concern for the solution of social problems. And although Marrow appreciated the significance of Lewin's theory, he clearly identified more strongly with Lewin's passion for using psychology to improve the quality of life. He was first and foremost a man of action who was most successful in applying the Lewinian methods of action research to problems of managing organizations and reducing prejudices. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)