| Abstract: | The hypothesis "that psychologists can be divided into two broad groups according to their theoretical and practical interests, and that these groups can also be distinguished along a continuum of toughmindedness and tendermindedness" is examined. A modification of a Public Opinion Inventory developed by Eysenck "… was mailed to each of 52 well-known psychologists" previously dichotomized on the basis of their professional contributions. After factor analysis of returned inventories, instead "… of finding our leading psychologists falling into two groups, we find that they range themselves nicely along a single factor… ." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
