CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY AND SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY*

This article addresses two related themes: (1) the interface between clinical research and contemporary philosophy of science, and (2) sociopsychological processes as they are reflected in clinical research. It is argued that our research efforts in clinical psychology continue to be dominated by logical empiricism, an epistemology that has failed to survive recent criticisms stemming from the refinement of our conceptions of explicit rationality. The self-contradictory paradox faced by logical empiricism and all other justificational approaches to knowledge is avoided by the nonjustificational perspectives that have developed over the last two decades. Clinical researchers are urged to reappraise the assumptions and implications of conventional epistemologies and to explore the alternatives emerging from these more recent developments in philosophy of science. The second part of the article argues that human psychological processes are an imperative topic of inquiry in an adequate model of science. Knowledge can be viewed as an active process of constructing order; as such, its analysis requires an understanding of the knower and psychological knowing processes. This point is illustrated and elaborated in four commentaries on contemporary inference traditions, the shifting sands of parochialism in clinical psychology, the popularity of molecular research, and the tyranny of technique in our research and practice. Concluding remarks are addressed to the adequacy of contemporary graduate education and the responsibilities attendant on our roles as scientists, teachers, and practitioners of psychology.     

SCORE ON THE EXAMINATION FOR PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE IN PSYCHOLOGY AS A FUNCTION OF ATTRIBUTES OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY GRADUATE PROGRAMS

Graduate programs' correlates with doctoral recipients' scores on the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP) were determined. Higher EPPP score was associated with larger faculty-to-student ratios, smaller clinical programs traditional as opposed to professional program orientation, and PhD rather than Psy D awarded Programs approved by the American Psychological Association and those that scored favorably on a number of objective indices also produced graduates with high EPPP scores Among the more frequently used admissions requirements median Quantitative score on the Graduate Record Examination correlated most highly with EPPP score.     

ISSUES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY IN THE U.S.A.

All States in the U.S.A. license or certify psychologists. The basic degree for licensure/certification is a doctoral degree. Licensure/certification is usually generic but various other forms of specific credentialling in Clinical Psychology are possible. Most health insurance schemes provide payment for psychological services, though not invariably on a fully independent basis. The major instrument in achieving this recognition has been ‘freedom of choice’ legislation. It is maintained that the three issues of credentialling, licensure/certification, and receipt of third-party/insurance payments are highly interdependent.     

澳大利亚的心理学研究

中国科学院心理研究所应澳大利亚心理学会的邀请,委派我们三人组成代表团去参加澳大利亚心理学会第十三屈年会(1978年8月27日-9月1日),会后又参观访问了钮卡索、悉尼、布里斯班、堪培拉等地的心理学教学和研究机构。共参观访问了九所大学的心理系、四个教育研究中心、五所医院及两个生物学研究单位,对澳大利亚心理学情况有了初步的了解。在访问期间澳大利亚同行给予热情接待,赠送了书刊资料、录音带、     

中国劳动心理学概况

列宁称为“資产阶級剝削底最巧妙的殘酷手段”和“最丰富的科学成就”的太罗制,关于它的主要著作的中譯本在1916年出版以后,資本主义国家的“应用心理学”、“工业心理学”陆續被介紹到我国来。这类介紹性的文章在1934—1936年的一段时間內数量最多。一部分心理学者抱着“工业救国”的心腸(这是民族資产阶級的立場)提倡“工业心理学”以为它对发展工业会有所帮助。另一部分人則有意識地企图用它为官僚資本剝削和