Examines three central issues in current thinking about process of identity formation. Discussion of theoretical issues focuses on identity models and criticism of identity status model. Structural issues discussion concerns whether identity is structure and, if so, what are structural components. Transition section identifies mechanisms involved…

Reviews Freud's psychoanalytic and Piaget's and Kohlberg's cognitive-developmental theories of moral development; presents feminist criticism of them; offers own criticisms of feminist theories from both social class and multicultural perspectives; and suggests ways in which this literature can be helpful to college administrators who design…

A procedure was developed to help counseling students define their beliefs about people and their behavior and thus help them to identify their personal counseling theory. Class discussion concerning congruency between personal and professional beliefs is the result of using this procedure. Practicum students are expected to be familiar with a…

This review examines research in moral and spiritual development during the adolescent years, with a primary focus on Piaget's and Kohlberg's theories. It begins by presenting definitions of morality and then discusses theories of moral development set forth by Piaget, Elkind, and Kohlberg. Theories of Piaget and Kohlberg are briefly compared.…

Proposes and illustrates criteria for the conduct of cognitive-mediational therapeutic research as part of larger proposal for multifaceted inquiry into therapeutic events and effects. Explores implications of proposal for relationship between scientific theory and professional practice in counseling psychology. (Author/NB)

Examines nature of career problems, drawing out common features that pervade any particular instance. On basis of commonality, proposes common standard for career counseling theory, research, and practice. Notes that significance of identifying common standard is that field is so diverse in theory and practice that there appears to be little basis…

Examines the concept of popular culture in social and educational theory in the context of developing nations, particularly Latin America. Using a poststructuralist literary theory, the article elaborates a notion of the popular that offers a new conceptualization by incorporating a sense of competing identities and ideologies that form it. (SM)

Argues that the Southern sit-in movement of 1960, though appearing to have developed in the spontaneous manner described by classic behavior theory, actually grew out of preexisting institutions and organizational forms. Discusses the role of Black churches, colleges, protest organizations, and leaders in the movement. (Author/GC)

Small isolated theories can be restated as choice and exchange theory; in effect, incorporating them into the theory. The procedure employed is to state the implicit or explicit propositions of the small theories in ordinary language, then restate and extend them. (Author)

Presents common elements of student development theories as a framework for practice. Briefly discusses problems using student development theory in practice, common elements of student development theory and research, and a framework for practice and for research based on those common elements. Gaps between theory and practice are noted, and new…

Richard Bandler and John Grinder developed neuro-linguisitc programming (NLP) after observing "the magical skills of potent psychotherapists" Frederick Perls, Virginia Satir, and Milton Erikson. They compiled the most effective techniques for building rapport, gathering data, and influencing change in psychotherapy, offering them only as…

Proposes that concepts of causality and power are compatible with systemic paradigm based on cybernetics of Ashby rather than that of Bateson. Criticizes Bateson's repudiation of causality and power; addresses related Batesonian biases against "quantity" and "logic." Contrasts relevant aspects of Ashby's cybernetic theory with…

Presents an integration of object relations theory and family systems theory in the conceptualization of bulimia. Proposes that in bulimic families there are transgenerational developmental deficits and adaptations which determine the level and quality of intrapsychic experience within individuals and the interpersonal relationships and dynamic…

Elucidates process-social structure controversy concerning relations of self to symbolic interactionism. Attempts to expound dimensions of symbolic interactionist perspective required for logically specifying and analyzing psychological, social, and situational conditions under which social structure and social process exert differential and…

Underscores differences among unsystematic eclecticism, theoretical integrationism, and technical eclecticism. Present brief case history to demonstrate how and why combination of theories and smorgasbord conception of eclecticism yields clinical confusion rather than therapeutic precision. Explains why atheoretical or mechanistic procedures must…