American Psychologist

Wolfle, Dael

1960 American Psychologist

doi: 10.1037/h0046101

"If we are to make full use of our intellectual resources, the first requisite is that we employ all the means at our command to encourage the development of talent. The second requisite is that we learn more about the social factors that aid or impede the development of talent . . . . [We should] go beyond personal action and beyond scientific research to consider the question of how our professional activities concerned with talent can be supported and unified by an underlying policy of talent development––a policy that seeks to maximize achievement and thus to maximize the value to society of our resources of talent." Major sections are: The Encouragement of Talent, Social Factors in Talent Development, Policy for Talent Development, The Value of Diversity, Implications, Conclusion.

Campbell, Donald T.

1960 American Psychologist

doi: 10.1037/h0048255

It is argued that in the next edition of Technical Recommendations for Psychological Tests and Diagnostic Techniques "there should be a considerable strengthening of a set of precautionary requirements more easily classified under construct validity than under concurrent or predictive validity as presently described."

Leuba, Clarence

1960 American Psychologist

doi: 10.1037/h0038747

In its recent report (Amer. Psychologist, 1959, 14, 820-825, the Ad Hoc Planning Group on the Role of the APA in Mental Health Programs and Research makes several critical comments on the concepts of mental health and mental illness. These are listed in this article.

Scott, Edward M.

1960 American Psychologist

doi: 10.1037/h0039479

Comment regarding the necessity of establishing a Division of Philosophical Psychology in the APA. There are several clear indications that other disciplines and particular scholars in our own discipline are taking cognizance of this problem. Feigl's article "Philosophical Embarrassments of Psychology" is suggestive of the growing concern.

Freeman, Frank S.

1960 American Psychologist

doi: 10.1037/h0038729

This note is a protest against the use of the ugly-sounding word "psychologic" and a plea that it be abandoned in favor of the formerly almost universal term "psychological."

Schwarz, Wolfgang

1960 American Psychologist

doi: 10.1037/h0039611

Prompted by an article by J. L. McCary , author Wolfgang Schwarz wanted to relate his own experiences of being an expert witness. The introduction in the article by McCary states that "this case material should familiarize the psychologist with some of the usual problems encountered in testifying as an expert witness." However, Schwarz's qualifications as an expert witness were not challenged to the degree related in McCary's experiences. McCary's presentation in its condensed and extensive deleted form does not allow for an evaluation regarding the specific testimony. Expert testimony experiences have led Schwarz to the conclusion that satisfactory preparation for the court requires command of the material about which one is testifying, a thorough knowledge of behavioral norms and psychopathology, and an adequate fund of general information. McCary's case material may be unusual in the amount of repartee it contains and the number of ad hominem exchanges.

McGinnies, Elliott

1960 American Psychologist

doi: 10.1037/h0046896

"It is hoped that American psychologists interested in foreign developments in their field will achieve a better understanding of Japanese research from this review and will be more aware of their own influence on the Japanese psychological scene." Major sections are: Psychological Publications, Foreign Influences, Research Emphases in Japan, Current Research Effects (Visual Perception, Learning, Comparative and Physiological, Personality and Psychodiagnostics, Social Psychology, Industrial Psychology), Educational Practices, Professional Activity. "Japanese psychology is in active ferment and . . . Japanese psychologists aspire to a position of increasing international prominence."