It is crucial that internship allow the intern to experience all the factors that impinge on the psychologist while in school practice. Clear structure and careful planning ensure that the experience will be effective. University and field settings must work cooperatively to ensure that each intern receives a balanced experience. (Author/BW)

Result of this study indicated psychologists' judgments of scientific merit were influenced by patient assignment and follow-up but not by therapists' experience. Judgments of clinical relevance were influenced by patient population, the findings' applicability, and nature of therapy. Psychologists were more critical of methodology of studies…

This paper is as much an attempt to catch some of the flavor of the man Peel as it is an exegesis of his work. It traces his special interests and contributions, especially his experimental extensions of Piaget in the realm of adolescent psychology. (Author/SJL)

A nationwide survey of school psychologists was conducted to determine the extent and nature of their current involvement with child abuse, their recommendations for future involvement, and whether school psychologists working in large urban areas have greater exposure to the problem of child abuse. (Author/RL)

Methodological problems associated with treatment research on cigarette smoking are explored, and possible solutions are discussed. The main problems considered are the selection and retention of subjects, the measurement of smoking, the design of treatment studies, and the interpretation and generalizability of experimental results. (Author)

Presents a variety of issues and opinions related to competency testing in industry and business. Calls on professional, public, and legislative groups to act to influence public policy on the use of tests. (HLM)

Lewin's concept of a life-space diagram provides a model for understanding the key elements in the environment of psychologists functioning in correctional institutions. (Author)

Three challenges facing educational psychologists (to experience the reality of being a parent, to help parents solve their children's learning problems, and to unlock the school system to parents) are examined. (CL)

The current status of graduate training in school psychology in the United States is briefly reviewed with emphasis on accreditation, certification, training models, special education training, and diversification of program content. (DB)

The article focuses on how the role of school psychologists is being influenced by litigation and legislation and how school psychology is reevaluating its professional standards and ethics. (DB)

Reviews and comments upon articles by Jane Loevinger and Robert Kegan devoted to self and ego. A spiral-process model of self-conception is offered as an elaboration of the processes that might be involved in equilibration. The clarifying purpose of theory should not be forgotten. A phenomenological perspective is presented. (Author/BEF)

The American Mental Health Counselors Association was founded in 1976, yet mental health counselors lack professional identity. The term "mental health counselor" must be clarified to prevent overlap with psychology yet remain flexible enough for future innovation. (JAC)

This question-and-answer session was conducted at the New School for Social Research in the spring of 1962. Maslow comments on creativity, peak experiences, drug use, self-actualization, religion, and his psychology of Being. (SJL)

Considers the contributions that psychology has made to the juvenile justice system in the areas of theory, research, practice, and public policy. Calls for the increasing involvement of psychologists in order to enhance the well-being of children and youth. (Author/GC)

Little attention has been given to areas within school systems to which school psychologists might contribute. This paper examines special education as one such area. Special education program evaluation is explicated; and issues of units of program evaluation activity, data aggregation, and delivery of special education program evaluation are…