Critical notes on "temporality in human action."

Argues that although J. E. Faulconer and R. N. Williams (see record 1986-13304-001) used Heidegger's ontology of time to illuminate a few of the basic flaws in human sciences that are based on positivist or crude historicist metaphysics, their hope that this philosophy of temporality will rescue psychology is ill founded. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Trauma and temporality.

In this article a series of vignettes is presented illustrating the author's thesis that an essential dimension of psychological trauma is the breaking up of the unifying thread of temporality. It is proposed, and illustrated, that clinical features usually described as dissociation and multiplicity can be understood in terms of trauma's impact in disrupting the sense of being-in-time. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Aristotle, time, and temporality.

The view of time that has dominated our western tradition and formed the basis of explanations in contemporary social science is essentially the one formulated by Aristotle. Robinson (1989) rightly observes that the writings of Aristotle were so comprehensive and insightful that much of our western tradition can be seen as reaction to or modification of his work. This is perhaps more true in psychology than other scientific disciplines, and perhaps nowhere better illustrated than in our reliance on the Aristotlean notion of time. In this paper I will examine Aristotle's treatment of time and indicate some important conceptual implications of this view manifest in our psychological theorizing. The notion of temporality as developed in the works of Martin Heidegger (1962) and others in the post-modernist tradition provides an alternative perspective on time which impacts on the practice of social science. Finally the paper will briefly describe some of the impact, showing particularly how it both affirms the essential Aristotlean insight and yet provides an alternative to his conception of time. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

More on citations.

Corrects data in D. L. Schaeffer's article (1977) on publication and citation rates in Canadian universities: The Memorial University of Newfoundland does have a Ph.D. program and is not a "Maritime" university. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

More on Campbell.

Comments on "Reforms as experiments" by D. T. Campbell (American Psychologist, 1969, Vol 24, 404-429, see record 1969-17253-001). Campbell's suggestions for an extension of experimental thinking into our legislatures could be the most important contribution that any psychologist has made to our society. Why not form an APA committee to confer with our colleagues in the social sciences to see whether institutions can be proposed to maximize the experimental approach to legislation? (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

More on Harlow.

Comments on "Nature of love--simplified" by Harlow and Suomi (see record 1970-15730-001). The comment notes that Harlow and Suomi omit a reference to Karl Bühler (1930), who discovered that very young crying infants could be quieted as well by contacts with a hot water bottle or soft cushion as by the mother's caresses. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

More on recidivism.

Responds to comments by R. W. Jeffery and R. R. Wing (1983), J. W. Osberg (1983), and J. O. Prochaska (1983) concerning Schachter's (see record 1982-30809-001) study of self-treatment for smoking and obesity. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

More on top-ranked departments.

N. S. Endler et al (see record 1979-26949-001) incorrectly reported that 12 schools included in their top 82 US psychology departments in terms of total citations were not included in K. D. Roose and C. J. Andersen's (1970) rating of graduate departments. Actually, 19 schools were omitted in Roose and Andersen's ratings. The 7 schools Endler et al omitted are identified. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

More on undergraduate degrees.

Since the publication of figures taken from the Statistical Abstract of the United States in the American Psychologist (1957, 12, 229-230), the writer received a number of requests for reprints which were not available. In order to satisfy these inquiries and to make the data more helpful, he has extended the table, which originally included only the years 1949-54, up to and including 1958. In the original Comment, the writer speculated on the reasons why the number of undergraduate degrees in psychology had dropped from 1950 to 1954. To the advocates of undergraduate specialization in psychology, it will be reassuring to note that the bachelor or first level degree, in point of numbers of men and women receiving it, has been on the rise ever since 1955 when it reached its lowest point. The number of master or second level degree recipients reached its lowest point in 1956 and has also risen since then but has not approached the peak year of 1951. The number of doctorates awarded since 1952 has remained more constant, especially since 1952, than the numbers receiving the first and second level degrees. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

More on Herrnstein's hyperbola.

Responds to E. Ubell's (see record 1984-05704-001) transformation of Herrnstein's mathematical statement of the law of effect from a hyperbolic to a linear function. This transformation of the relationship between response and reinforcement allows the law to be stated in terms of period rather than frequency. The present author argues that the linear and hyperbolic forms are not statistically interchangeable. (6 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

More on Professional Schools.

Provides additional information relevant to an article by the current authors (see record 1978-04088-001) that described the California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP), with some historical notes on the professional school movement. This article notes the many "firsts" in this new movement, including developments at Adelphi University, the University of Montreal's Institute of Psychology, the University of Denver School of Professional Psychology, and the South Florida School of Professional Psychology in addition to California School of Professional Psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

More on adolescent pregnancy.

Responds to L. Silka's (see record 1982-30189-001) and P. Williams's (see record 1982-30129-001) comments on D. Baumrind's (see record 1982-01029-001) article concerning teenage sexual activity, pregnancy, and birthrate. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

More on the PsyD.

Responds to L. Waters's (1977) criticisms of D. R. Peterson's (see record 1977-30158-001) article advocating the PsyD, rather than the PhD, as the preferred professional degree. The PhD requirements for extensive work in research, statistics, and foreign language are omitted in the PsyD program in favor of work in biological aspects of psychological problems, professional development, behavior therapy, and other areas. (0 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Hormonal action in human cervix--II. Specific progestogen binding proteins in human cervix

Some properties of specific progestogen binding activity in the human cervix are described. High cytosol affinity was observed for progesterone and synthetic progestagens, but not for corticosteroids or norethindrone, medroxyprogesterone acetate, chlormadinone acetate, progesterone, 5alpha-pregnane-3,20-dione, norethindrone acetate, 17alpha-hydroxyprogesterone, cortisol, and estradiol. Progesterone binding in cytosols with high concentrations of CBG-like contaminants had a dissociation rate constant of 6.9 X 10(-5)s(-1). Ka values were similar for binding sites throughout the cervix, with concentrations being highest in the region around the columnar epithelium. Concentrations of binding sites per mg DNA were similar in the columnar epithelium and stroma, but higher in the squamous epithelium. Progesterone binding to endometrial tissue was greater than that for the corresponding cervix. Mean concentrations per mg were markedly higher during the proliferative phase than the secretory phase of the menstrual cycle, though this difference in terms of concentrations per mg DNA was significant only for cervical cytosols.     

More on the Hawthorne effect.

Comments on D. Bramel and R. Friend's (see record 1982-08638-001) interpretations of the Hawthorne studies of industrial workers and their criticisms of the subsequent work by E. Mayo and G. F. Lombard (1943). It is argued that Bramel and Friend were as selective in their criticisms as they accused F. J. Roethlisberger and W. J. Dickson (1939) of being in their interpretations of the Hawthorne effect. A psychological approach, rather than the ideological one adopted by Bramel and Friend, is recommended for future worker–management studies. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

More on nonmaternal child care.

Cautions that C. Etaugh's (see record 1980-11778-001) conclusion that high-quality nonmaternal care does not appear to have adverse effects on a child's development could be interpreted as meaning that nonmaternal care is never harmful to children. More consideration to the developmental status of each family member and to each member's feelings about the childcare arrangement is needed in further research. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

More on reporting sex differences.

Expands on points made by A. Eagly (see record 1988-00051-001) on reporting sex differences in psychological literature, and suggests that (1) the majority of articles do not analyze gender differences in Ss and (2) when gender differences are found, there may be implicit biases in their interpretation. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

More on forced-choice test fakability.

This study was made to determine if Gordon's Survey of Interpersonal Values might be subject to faking in a selection situation. A group of 50 College Extension Division students took the test first under a job set and then later under a vocational guidance set. The results from a correlational analysis, and an examination of individual score changes led to the following conclusions: (a) The test author's contention that this type of test (forced-choice format) is minimally susceptible to faking is open to some question in the case of the Survey of Interpersonal Values, (b) In this sample, 19% of the Ss changed their scores to a considerable extent under the 2 different administrative sets. This, suggests that forced-choice tests are not without hazard in some individual selection decisions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

More on conceptualizing community psychology.

Responds to comments of D. S. Glenwick (1979) on L. D. Goodstein and I. Sandler's (see record 1979-22507-001) conceptual analysis of community psychology (CP). Topics covered include the role of program evaluation, multidisciplinary knowledge, and the drawing of boundaries between CP and related fields. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

More on the Protestant Ethic.

Administered the Protestant Ethic Scale, A. P. MacDonald's Poverty Scale, Rokeach terminal and instrumental values, California F Scale, and Rotter's Internal-External Control Scale to 70 female and 31 male undergraduates. As predicted, endorsement of the Protestant Ethic was significantly related to negative attitudes toward the poor and opposition to a guaranteed minimum annual income. Endorsement of the Protestant Ethic was positively related to authoritarianism and internal locus of control (for males only). A modified format and scoring procedure for M. Rokeach's values lists yielded results which are interpreted as evidence for the construct validity of the Protestant Ethic Scale and the distinctions made by Rokeach: e.g., values such as a comfortable life, equality, exciting life, and pleasure were negatively related, and ambition, self-control, and salvation positively related to scores on the Protestant Ethic Scale. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)