An experiential graduate education model that effectively addresses issues of adult development and socialization for adults entering the profession of clinical psychology is described. (Author/MSE)

Discusses the need to increase the supply of psychotherapeutic services for those people with emotional problems who are mentally retarded or have IQs between 70 and 80. Suggests that clinical psychologists can play an important role in developing the needed services. (Author/GC)

Discusses the value of training clinical psychologists in consultation-liaison roles for hospital patients in nonpsychiatric wards. Training would involve communication with hospital staff, the medical chart, case presentation, approach to the patient, differential diagnosis, and psychotropic medication. (KC)

Compared progressive relaxation training (PRT), self-induced relaxation training (SRT), and a control condition on measures of tonic physiological arousal and phasic physiological and subjective reactions to fearful stimuli. Concluded that live PRT is the treatment of choice for reducing tonic physiological arousal and attenuating subjective…

Definitions of projective tests are critiqued. A distinction is made between projective tests and projective techniques. The unique feature of the latter is its scoring process: response categories are intensionally defined and comprise infinite sets of responses. A continuity from psychometric to projective tests is argued. Statistical…

The perspective of the child as an active problem solver is promoted. Three theoretical orientations consistent with this perspective are presented, and the value of conceptualizing treatment change in the context of developmental change is stressed. (Author/GK)

A program of self-instructional research is presented which incorporates the perspective that developmental theories may be used to understand and design interventions to remediate dysfunctional behavior in children. This is followed by recent applications of this program to the issue of impulsivity. (Author/GK)

Seventy-five graduate students in psychology answered questionnaires on their career interests, their actual career choices, and the sources of their interest in being psychologists. Results showed that many students interested in clinical psychology were not accepted in clinical programs. Teachers need to make students aware of training programs…

Comments are offered on a recent article by Leonard on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) as a suicide predictor. Her appraisal of former studies and her consideration of the differences among individuals with different suicidal behaviors are critically evaluated. A response from Leonard follows. (Author/BEF)

Pairs of brothers were individually examined with Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale some 10 months apart by an experienced clinical psychologist unaware of the consanguineous relationship. Correlation of .42 for Full Scale IQ is consistent with median correlation reported by Erlenmeyer-Kimling and Jarvik in their 1963 literature review.…

Single-case designs make available areas not easily studied in group research and make demands on an investigator that are not easily met in clinical situations. Single-case designs appear relatively straightforward, which may foster problems. Best guide for interpretation is recognition of logic of designs and common methodological problems.…

An aesthetic value scale of the Rorschach cards was built by the successive interval method. This scale was compared with the ratings obtained by means of the Semantic Differential Scales and was found to successfully differentiate sexes in their judgment of card attractiveness. (Author)

The type and frequency of a variety of clerical errors were investigated in protocols from the 1949 and 1974 editions of the WISC. Potential consequences of such errors and a discussion of ways to lower the rate are presented. (Author)

Review of the literature on computer technology in clinical psychology services for people with mental retardation is organized around stages of a scientist-practitioner working model: assessment, formulation, and intervention. Examples of technologies to facilitate work at each stage are given. Practical difficulties with implementation of…

Discussion of computer-assisted psychological evaluation focuses on its use as legal evidence. Topics discussed include legal criteria for expertise; clinical psychology and standards for expertise; factors relating to reliability and validity, including the proper use of data; computerized test administration; computer-based test interpretation;…