The past two decades have witnessed demographic, social, and economic changes that have affected the nature of psychology. The Committee on Employment and Human Resources of the American Psychological Association (APA), based on an examination of available data, identified six trends with major implications for psychology and the APA: changes in the specialization of new doctorate recipients in psychology, the quality of doctoral training, participation in the field by women and minorities, the employment of psychologists, and the composition of APA. This article discusses these trends and their implications.
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