The paper provides a review of trends in the provision of psychological services to the mentally retarded and discusses social and professional influences which have resulted in the role expansion of psychologists. The psychologist was largely a tester until the 1960s when the role concept expanded to include involvement in issues such as…

There is some question as to the fairness with which history has treated women psychologists who were distinguished in their own time. Only women who were prominent in the field of psychology at least 50 years ago were selected in order to give the history books the best possible chance to include them. The five women thus located were paired with…

The roles of school psychologists and special educators are examined, and an educational process model is offered to determine shared goals and unique services. The school psychologist's affiliation with the field of psychology is stressed. (CL)

Three psychologists participated in an examination of the consistency and accuracy of subjective diagnoses of 20 institutionalized mentally retarded young adults and adults. The psychologists' informal ratings of the Ss' degree of retardation (mild, moderate, severe, profound) were correlated with one another and with the retardation levels as…

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO OBTAIN A GENERAL IDEA OF (1) THE CHARACTERISTICS OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN TEACHING PSYCHOLOGY AT THE UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL, (2) THE SOURCES THEY USED IN ORGANIZING THEIR COURSES, AND (3) THE NATURE OF THEIR PREPARATION FOR A SINGLE LECTURE. THE SAMPLE WAS TAKEN FROM THE FACULTIES OF 246 UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES THAT…

The author considers the involvement of school psychologists in research projects designed to improve services and meet the educational and behavioral needs of children. Reasons why research and evaluation are important are pointed out, the kind of research needed to be done is discussed, and a brief description and schematic of a service model…

This paper discusses potential problems of non-licensable counselors and psychologists in counseling center settings. Special mention is made of potential problems of non-licensable center directors in view of the standards established by the International Association of Counseling Services, Incorporated, and the Standards for Providers of…

Presented for practitioners is a history of the development of abnormal psychology. Areas covered include the following: Early medical concepts, ideas carried over from literature, early treatment of the mentally ill, development of the psychological viewpoint, Freud's psychoanalytic theory, Jung's analytic theory, the individual psychology of…

One hundred eighty-nine documents published between 1960 and 1967 are abstracted. Documents are classified under the headings: "Background,""Legislation,""Planning,""Services,""Grants,""Manpower,""Roles of Organizations and Key Professionals,""Training--Inservice,…

The purpose of this paper is to present a clinical research and development (R and D) model along with the rationale for its implementation and a sample training program for clinical psychologists. Although it may be possible to correct some problems by a clearer restatement of the scientist-professional model, a new model of clinical R and D has…

This article reports the results of a national survey on the practices of state vocational rehabilitation agencies with regard to purchase and utilization of psychological consultation services from private psychologists. A letter was sent to each of the 50 state vocational rehabilitation agencies requesting information on nine points. Forty-four…

The role of the school psychologist is conceptualized as demanding general expertise in classroom management, curriculum, and factors affecting the learning of children. The psychologist's client is the classroom teacher, but his success depends on whether or not his consulting efforts with teachers make a difference with children. The author…

The role of the school psychologist in social change is described from a field theory position. According to this theory, objects in a field take on their dynamic character as a result of their position in the field. Roles are therefore responsive to and dependent upon definitions of their setting. The many roles of the school psychologist are…

An APA task force, after critically analyzing graduate level psychology textbooks, found sex bias in the style of these books as well as in reporting more studies by males than by females. To avoid future bias, the task force has issued certain guidelines and principles which are listed in this article. (SE)

Three dimensions (namely, predetermination of questions, interviewer response options, and breadth of content explored), which appear to determine assessment interview structure and format, are described and operationally defined, and then combined into a conceptual model indicating 27 different assessment interview formats. This paradigm affords…