Concern about the public's perception of psychology is now a prominent issue in the profession. However, research on this issue is meager, dated, and of questionable methodology. Using the prototype strategy, this project studied that attitudes of undergraduate students (nonpsychology majors) and their parents toward psychologists, psychiatrists, physicians, counselors, teachers, and scientists. Results showed a favorable attitude toward psychologists, who were seen as very similar to psychiatrists and dissimilar to scientists. However, the extent of the sample's familiarity with psychologists was doubtful. Prior recommendations for public education regarding the profession were supported.
EI is a necessary skill in today's health care environment, and our study found that a tool from another sector was useful in assessing resident EI skills. Because our EI coaching intervention was unsuccessful, the effects of coaching on interpersonal and communication skills could not be assessed.
This research has proven extremely useful in increasing effectiveness and promoting therapeutic efforts (Katakis, 1986;G. Vassiliou & V. Vassiliou, 1982), and in bypassing the cultural biases stressed by Ho (1985), which psychologists who have studied abroad carry to their home countries.In addition to research related to psychosocial processes, much work has been done in the area of test development and standardization. Both intelligence and projective tests have been studied (Geor-
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