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Psychology in flux: The academic-professional bipolarity

Psychology in flux: The academic-professional bipolarity The "main fission in psychology is that between academic psychology and professional psychology." Clinical, industrial, and social psychology, among other applied fields, have expanded dramatically since World War II. Experimental psychology itself is now being professionalized. Serious problems stem from the fact that most graduate curricula are oriented to training "pure scientists" as scholars while most psychology graduates will "wind up in professional work outside universities and colleges." One solution is "to set up a school forthrightly embracing both academic and professional graduate training." There would be an "academic department" and a separate "professional department." http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Psychologist American Psychological Association

Psychology in flux: The academic-professional bipolarity

Tyron, Robert C.
American Psychologist , Volume 18 (3): 10 – Mar 1, 1963
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American Psychological Association
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Copyright © 1963 American Psychological Association
ISSN
0003-066x
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1935-990X
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10.1037/h0046989
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Abstract

The "main fission in psychology is that between academic psychology and professional psychology." Clinical, industrial, and social psychology, among other applied fields, have expanded dramatically since World War II. Experimental psychology itself is now being professionalized. Serious problems stem from the fact that most graduate curricula are oriented to training "pure scientists" as scholars while most psychology graduates will "wind up in professional work outside universities and colleges." One solution is "to set up a school forthrightly embracing both academic and professional graduate training." There would be an "academic department" and a separate "professional department."

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American Psychologist – American Psychological Association

Published: Mar 1, 1963

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