Editor’s column.

This editorial provides a brief introduction to the issue of the Consulting Psychology Journal, which finishes the two-part special issue devoted to the consultant as expert witness in school and workplace cases. The author also announces the future release of a special issue on executive coaching. This column concludes with an announcement of the 1996 Conference on Consultation to Corporations and Business. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Editorial.

This editorial introduces the current issue of the Journal of Educational Psychology. This issue embarks on a year-long celebration through which we recognize 100 years of our parent organization, the American Psychological Association, in the business of psychology. The Journal's contribution to the celebration is the following: In each 1992 issue, we will publish one or more special articles, special in the sense that these articles have been solicited rather than submitted and in the sense that they reflect on selected aspects of the science and status of educational psychology as we approach the 21st century. In addition, each issue will contain a centennial-year surprise—a reprinted article from an earlier issue of the Journal. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Jury instructions: Past, present, and future.

This introduction provides an overview of the relevant issues addressed in this special theme issue of Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, which is devoted to the topic of jury instructions. It begins with a brief history of jury instruction research. This is followed by a summary of the articles represented in this issue. Next, the strengths and weaknesses of the typical methodology used in jury instruction research are considered. Finally, the specific goals of this special issue are addressed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Group decision making and normative versus informational influence: Effects of type of issue and assigned decision rule.

Groups and individuals often shift their preferences following discussion of an issue. Explanations for such shifts typically invoke either informational or normative influence processes. The former refers to influence based on sharing of facts or persuasive arguments about the issue, and the latter refers to conformity to implicit decision norms and others' preferences. We investigated conditions under which one or the other influence mode predominates during discussion. Groups discussed and made decisions on either an intellective issue (attempting to discover the true or correct answer) or a judgmental issue (deciding on the moral, valued, or appropriate position), given either a unanimity or a majority decision rule. The largest shift in preference was found for the judgmental issue decided by unanimity rule. The least satisfaction with both the process and the outcome of discussion was found in groups that decided a judgmental issue under majority rule. Content analysis showed that, as expected, the intellective issue elicited more informational than normative influence, and the judgmental issue provoked more normative than informational influence. This pattern was stronger under unanimity rule than under majority rule. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

A Time and Place for Qualitative and Mixed Methods in Counseling Psychology Research.

The authors are pleased to present this special issue of the Journal of Counseling Psychology (JCP) on qualitative and mixed methods research. The major goal of the special issue is to introduce a variety of qualitative and mixed methods approaches to counseling psychologists and to encourage their increased application in research. This special issue of JCP is a call to counseling researchers to increase their dialogue over philosophy of science, research paradigms, and methodological diversity. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Editorial.

This special issue is concerned with "Emotion and Decision Making." It continues a tradition in which one issue of each volume is devoted to a single topic with guest editors' inviting contributions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)     

Introduction.

The current article introduces the special issue of Rehabilitaion Psychology. This issue is designed to explore a few of the many issues that have arisen in recent years. Several of the papers included are based upon an ethics symposium presented at the 1993 American Psychological Association annual convention, from which the impetus for this special issue arose. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Special issue on women, psychoanalysis, and gender: Editors' introduction.

Introduces this special issue of Psychoanalytic Psychology. This special issue on Women, Psychoanalysis, and Gender is a commemoration of the capability, influence, acceptance, and authority of women in the community of psychoanalysis. In this issue, we turn to both new and more established voices in an expanded arena of gender, culture, and psychoanalysis. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Introduction to the Special Issue on Gossip.

This article represents the introduction to a special issue of the Review of General Psychology on gossip. All of the articles in this special issue argue that gossip is purposeful and important to social functioning. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Introduction.

This issue of Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts reminds us again of the diversity and nuance evident in our field. This introduction presents a brief presentation of the papers and studies in this issue. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)     

Psychological Review across the century.

Introduces this issue of the Psychological Review, which is the first issue of the first century of the new millennium. It is also the first issue of the Review's, 107th volume. This article presents a brief history of the journal, and discusses the journal's future direction. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Editorial note.

This editorial discusses the current issue of Psychoanalytic Psychology. This issue introduces a new section entitled Commentary. This section is reserved for reader response to articles published in the Journal. The Editorial Board believes that this section might enhance communication among colleagues differing in their views regarding theory and clinical phenomena in psychoanalysis and that it might facilitate increased appreciation of diverse approaches. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Editor’s column.

This editorial provides a brief introduction to an issue of the Consulting Psychology Journal on coaching practices, commenting on the contributions and anticipated success of this issue, along with the benefits to the readers. The author ends with a call for additional scholarly work to this journal and to the consulting profession. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

On the cover.

This is a discussion with Judith Warren regarding her painting on the cover of the present issue of American Psychologist. To Warren, the painting on the cover of this issue, Pentimento, speaks to the interplay of spontaneity and intentionality in psychotherapy. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Introduction to the special issue on intelligence and lifelong learning.

This special issue of the American Psychologist is devoted to the exploration of the role of intelligence in lifelong learning. The issue encompasses both diverse topics and wide-ranging points of view. The goal of the special issue is to help readers of the American Psychologist to understand the many interfaces between intelligence and learning throughout the life span. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Editor’s column.

This Editor's Column introduces the new summer issue for the Consulting Psychology Journal. This issue is titled The Consultant as Expert Witness on School and Workplace Cases. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Introduction to the special issue on the self and social identity.

This article describes the special issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JPSP), which is the result of a joint undertaking by the three sections of JPSP. This makes it different from previous special sections or issues of the journal in that rather than relying on the generous services of a guest editor, the same editorial team that handles the regular journal issues has originated this special issue, as well, thus conveying a sense of "business as usual." Our major reason for the present initiative was to highlight the essential unity of personality and social psychology as a field of science. The topic choice for the present special issue was dictated by its relevance and interest to the field of personality and social psychology as a whole, across its various partitions and subdivisions. The articles in the special issue amply reflect the naturalness with which the self and social identity theme transcends the boundaries of JPSP sections. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Socially Reinforced Obsessing: A Reply.

This comment reviews the comments of London, Halleck, Coyne, and Stokes on "Socially Reinforced Obsessing: Etiology of a Disorder in a Christian Scientist." In their haste to address a hypothetical ethical issue, London, Halleck, and Coyne overlooked temporal aspects of the case study. Additionally, London confused the arbitrariness-of-psychopathology issue with the main issue, Halleck misinterpreted the concept of "therapist neutrality," and Coyne's restatement of Halleck compounded previously made errors. A counterargument to the views presented by a representative of the Christian Science church is also made. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Group-based interventions for trauma survivors: Introduction to the special issue.

This special issue of Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice is dedicated to group-based interventions for trauma survivors. Given the severely traumatic and widespread nature of the terrorist attacks that took place on September 11, 2001, it is hoped that this special issue will play a timely and illustrative role in facilitating the design and implementation of effective postdisaster interventions. More generally, as illustrated by the breadth of treatments contained in this special issue, group-based interventions constitute a promising modality for providing efficient and efficacious postdisaster intervention to a wide variety of trauma-exposed populations. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)