Wilhelm Wundt provided a complete and concise description of his introspective method in a 1907 paper criticizing the thought experiments conducted by the Wurzburg psychologists. This major work is now being translated for the first time. For Wundt, the role of experimental method was to ensure the best conditions for observing and reporting…

The following article provides a look at the creative process through the eyes of positive psychology. It describes first how creativity fits into the theory behind this field, then goes on to trace how a positive psychologist might consider this construct: observing how it functions therapeutically in the natural environment, then theorizing…

Which foundational theorists, concepts, and published literature anchor the emerging narrative perspective in the social sciences, particularly psychology? A panel of 19 scholars who actively publish from this viewpoint and drawn mostly from psychology and sociology (N=10 and 5, respectively) was surveyed to offer expert judgment about this…

Adherence to a variety of conceptual frameworks in psychological treatment has resulted in technical and theoretical eclecticism. Therapy techniques have become reduced to a set of tactics in which the therapist juggles conceptual frameworks in an attempt to maximize constructive behavior change. The practitioner must conceptualize his therapeutic…

Previous research has shown that members of the general public respond differentially to the psychological service provider labels, e.g., behavior analyst, behavior modifier, behavior therapist, clinical psychologist, counseling psychologist, and psychologist, but not to the psychological procedure labels, e.g., behavior modification, behavior…

This manuscript presents a chronological interview recently conducted with Dr. C.H. Patterson, a pioneer in the area of person-centered counseling and counselor education. It details many of the serendipitous events that led him from a child of poverty to a life rich in academic achievements and social rewards. This interview details many of his…

Kazimierz Dabrowski's theory of positive disintegration is applied to counseling gifted students having emotional and adjustment problems. According to the theory, a central feature of psychological growth is a series of disintegrations--progressive contradictions and conflicts that arise from a person's experience of life. Such conflicts and…

This paper argues for a closer connection between departments of counseling psychology and schools of education, based on the contention that all educators must understand the nature of behavior, the vulnerabilities of students during development, the sources of environmental influences contributing to behavioral effect on school performance, and…