Academia and career development: toward integration

Traditional career development theories typically stress those aspects of the environment that are directly related to occupational performance. In this article the authors expand the traditional concept of the environment so that it includes the institutional press in which the individual functions. They explore a specific dimension of the institutional press, that of the relationship between the academic departments of a university and the career development of its students. They develop and illustrate a counseling intervention aimed at modifying the press of a university's academic department to make its orientation more consonant with the career development needs of its students, and they define the function of a career development consultant in this process.     

APGA: cherish or perish?

APGA is believed to be in such a serious crisis that extensive reorganization and revitalization is required. While members share a fundamental concern for promoting positive human development, their diverse functions, settings, and backgrounds have created frustration and divisiveness. In this article I have outlined an approach to reorganization that speaks to both the common and the unique concerns of those involved in human development services. I have written this article at the editor's invitation. Its content is highly influenced by my experience as a member of APGA's Commission on Purposes, Functions, and Operations, but in no way should it be construed as a report of the Commission. Although I have borrowed extensively from the insight and wisdom of the other Commission members, the article's shortcomings are exclusively mine     

Two Families: The Origins of a Therapeutic Crisis

The treatment by individual and family therapy of a hospitalized young woman is presented as it reflects the historical and current family dynamics of the patient and her individual psychotherapist. The contribution of these factors to a therapeutic crisis is discussed.     

Athletic Action as Creativity

ABSTRACT Describing an action theory of creativity, this paper introduces a time variable conception of incubation, and discusses the role of competition in creativity, the importance of awareness as preconscious functioning, the relationship of ego-strength to this functioning, a calisthenic-non-calisthenic continuum and its relevance to athletic creativity, and group creativity in athletics. Suggestions are made for encouraging preconscious functioning in athletics and physical education programs. The significance of a focus on the development of non-intellectual awareness as an essential component for creativity is indicated.     

A JOB SAMPLING APPROACH TO MERIT SYSTEM EXAMINING1

The application of content validity to a merit examining process or rating schedule requires an extension of the concept beyond that of work samples and tests of knowledges or skills to measures of ability and personal characteristics. A method for accomplishing this without violating the principles of content validity is presented. This technique, called the job sampling approach, is a task-based, structured system of eliciting the information necessary to construct the rating schedule from sources most able to provide that information and for using the information to construct the rating schedule and linking it to job performance. The steps include: definition of the performance domain of the job in terms of process statements; identification of the selection and measurement objectives of the organization; development of the measurement domain in relation to the performance domain and to the selection and measurement objectives; and demonstration that a close match between the performance domain and the measurement domain was in fact achieved.     

Social Interest,Running, and Life Adjustment

High social interest persons and runners reported significantly higher life adjustment scores than did low social interest persons and nonrunners. The interaction effect, however, was not significant.