Summary Report of Journal Operations, 2004.

Presents a summary report of journal operations for 2004. The summary is compiled from the 2004 annual reports of the Council of Editors and from Central Office records. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Updated summary report of journal operations, 2005.

Contains an updated summary report of journal operations for 2005. This summary is compiled from the 2005 annual reports of the Council of Editors and from Central Office records. Corresponding figures for 2004 can be found in the July–August 2005 issue of American Psychologist. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Composition of the Council of Representatives: Report on the Apportionment Ballot for Representation Year 2004.

Presents data on the composition of the American Psychological Association (APA) Council of Representatives and a report on the apportionment ballot for representation year 2004. Each year, the apportionment ballot is used to determine how many representatives each division and state or provincial association will have on the Council of Representatives (Council). The system is described in Article V, Sections 5 and 6, of the APA Bylaws. Briefly, all APA fellows, members, and voting associates are sent an apportionment ballot on or before November 1. Voting members indicate the division(s) and/or state or provincial association(s) through which they desire to have their interests represented on Council in the following year by allocating a total of 10 votes to one or more of these groups. Table 1 presents the number of Council seats held by divisions and the number held by state and provincial associations for the period 1972-2004. The results of the 2002 apportionment ballot for Council year 2004 are shown in Table 2. A total of 19,520 ballots were returned, representing 22.8% of the voting membership. This compares with 20.8% who voted the previous year. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

News & notes.

The editor introduces this new section in the journal History of Psychology, which will include news about the Division of the History of Psychology as well as news about other organizations that involve the history of psychology or related disciplines. The topics to be included regularly in the section are listed. Included in this first column are the 1997 program of the Division of the History of Psychology, best-paper award winners, information about fellows nominations and division membership, a report of the 29th meeting of Cheiron: The International Society for the History of the Behavioral and Social Sciences, and the winner of the J. R. Kantor Research Fellowship of the Archives of the History of American Psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Editorial.

At the conclusion of his tenure as Editor of the journal Psychoanalytic Psychology applauds the peer review process and thanks those colleagues who have undertaken the task of editorial review and whose contributions are as pivotal as those of authors in the success of any professional or scientific journal. He acknowledges that the journal must reflect the diversity of points of view and interests of the division membership, and that Division 39 has over the past decade, been beset with political controversy that appears to have been resolved for the most part. He congratulates the incoming Editor, Dr. Joseph Reppen, and notes the issues he feels that the Division and the Journal will face in the near future. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Summary report of journal operations, 2001.

Provides summary reports of both the journal operations of the American Psychological Association (APA) and a summary report of APA Division journal operations for the year 2001. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Silver anniversary: The Journal of Counseling Psychology as a matter of policies.

Twenty-five years ago, leaders in the fledgling APA Division of Counseling Psychology initiated the Journal of Counseling Psychology. What has evolved as journal policy, we note, reflects early developments in the history of the division. A steady growth in the proportion of empirical as against nonempirical articles and a dramatic rise in the proportion of process-outcome studies in the journal symbolize the division's continuing need for unity of thought; the Counseling Psychologist, by contrast, is an outlet in which divisional members may express their need for individuality of action. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

On the mitosis of JCPP.

Addresses the concerns surrounding the division of the Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology (JCPP) into separate comparative and physiological publications. There is ample research to justify a journal of comparative psychology. The growing theoretical importance of etiological, ecological, and sociobiological approaches to behavior demands the institution and nurturance of a genuinely comparative publication within the American Psychological Association. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Consultants for 2005.

The American Psychologist gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the following persons who served as consultants during the period from September 1, 2004, through August 31, 2005. The editorial procedures of the journal are dependent on the effort and time so generously contributed by the consultants. Their contributions are greatly appreciated. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Summary report of journal operations for 1977.

Provides a summary report of journal operations for the year 1977. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Summary report of journal operations for 1971.

Presents a summary report of journal operations for the year 1971. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Summary report of journal operations: 1959.

Presents the summary report of journal operations at the American Psychological Association for 1959. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Summary Report of Journal Operations, 2000.

Provides a summary report of journal operations of American Psychological Association for the year 2000. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Summary report of journal operations: 1970.

Provides a summary report for journal operations for the American Psychological Association for the year 1970. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Involvement of Nitric Oxide in Sexual Learning via Action in the Medial Preoptic Area: Theoretical Comment on Lagoda et al. (2004).

Repeated exposure to female-related stimuli causes functional alterations in the neural circuitry mediating male rat sexual behavior. In a study published in the current issue of this journal, G. M. Lagoda, J. W. Muschamp, A. Vigdorchik, and E. M. Hull (2004; see record 2004-21410-017) provide interesting new evidence as to the mechanisms responsible for this effect, namely via activity of nitric oxide (NO) in the medial preoptic area. Given the history of NO in mediating neural plasticity in other systems, the results point to common mechanisms of plasticity between the processes underlying acquisition of sexual experience and those involved in learning and memory. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Sample description, reporting, an analysis of sex in psychological research: A look at APA and APA division journals in 1990.

Extends a study by L. Gannon et al (see record 1992-23274-001) by examining the sex of Ss in American Psychological Association (APA) journals publishing original human studies research and by sampling all APA division journals publishing such research. Two issues of each APA and APA division journal published in 1990 were examined, yielding a sample of 504 articles from 26 journals. 79 cases (9.86%) clearly indicated using Ss of only 1 sex, 440 cases (54.93%) used both male and female Ss and reported sex fully, and 44 cases (5.49%) indicated using Ss of each sex without reporting exact numbers. The evidence suggests that there remains a significant tendency to consider male Ss as "normative," and results obtained from them generally applicable, whereas female Ss are somehow "different," and results obtained from them are specific to female Ss. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

A closing editorial: Reflections on the Journal of Family Psychology, 2004–2009.

In this editorial, the current editor summarizes some of the key accomplishments during her tenure as editor of the Journal of Family Psychology (JFP) for volumes published over the past 6 years (2004-2009). She also takes time out to thank many people responsible for the journal's continued success and reflects upon how this era of the journal reflects that which was promised at the outset of her term. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Summary report of journal operations, 2005.

Provides a summary report of journal operations for 2005. This summary is compiled from the 2005 annual reports of the Council of Editors and from Central Office records. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)