Psychology, Professional Practice, and the Public Interest

Simon, Gottlieb C.

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“…= -;02) or when compensated ranks are compared with the uncompensated ranks (rho = -.66). The most frequently performed activities are donating profes-sional services (Item 1), encouraging program evaluation (25), and obtaining training to meet changing social conditions (5). The least performed activities are assisting a jury in evaluating evidence (37), participation in jury selection (36), and withholding research findings to avoid doing harm (28).…”

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Public interest activities of APA members.

Good¹,

Simon²,

Coursey³

1981

American Psychologist

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Public interest activities of 990 American Psychological Association (APA) members were surveyed using a 38-item public interest questionnaire. Activities are presented in terms of the percentage of psychologists performing them, the amount of time invested during a 12-month period, and the extent to which they were uncompensated. Results show every activity to have drawn at least some reports of participation, with frequencies ranging from 2% to 67% of the sample. Slightly more than one half of the activities are primarily uncompensated. As we define the term, 4% of the respondents say they did no public interest work during the past year. At the other extreme, 9% report doing public interest work on almost a full-time basis (between 1,000 and 2,000 hours a year). The median APA member reports spending nearly 300 hours a year on public interest activity. This survey is the first to provide a baseline measure of public interest activity and will help psychology to monitor and encourage such activity in the future. It does not answer the question of whether APA members spend "enough" time in public interest work. That is a value commitment we urge psychologists, individually and collectively, to reconsider in light of our findings.One of the significant developments in American society in the last decade has been the emergence of the public interest movement. Long identified with law, public interest groupings have appeared in a variety of other scientific and professional disciplines, including psychology. It is widely assumed by public interest advocates that members of these disciplines do not participate adequately in public interest activities. Thus, addressing the 1976 American Psychological Association (APA) meeting in Washington, D.C., Ralph Nader called on psychologists to develop a greater "public interest dimension" to their work ("Nader Chides Researchers," 1976).Nader's concern is reflected in several developments within the discipline. In 1974 an ad hoc Committee on Promoting Public Interest Activity (COPPIA) was established by the APA's Board of

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Public interest activities of APA members.

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Coursey³

1981

American Psychologist

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“…One invalid assumption may be that the individual psychologist is fully in control of his or her own practice. Some of the dilemmas and constraints of psychologists working in a complex society with conflicting pressures are discussed by Simon (1975), Pettifor (1980Pettifor ( , 1985Pettifor ( , 1986, Wand (1981) and Ritchie (1982). Pressures include those from third party payers, employers, family members in conflict with a client, and inadequate resources.…”

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Enhancing fairness and justice in the ethical complaint process.

Pettifor¹,

Sinclair²

1991

Canadian Psychology / Psychologie canadienne

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Through requests for anonymous case studies, a Conversation Hour discussion at the 1988 CPA Conference, letters and interviews, the CPA Committee on Ethics identified three main concerns of Canadian psychologists about fairness and justice in the ethical complaint process: inappropriate or vindictive complaints from colleagues, non-compliance with principles of natural justice, and lack of more constructive ways to resolve problems. Each of these concerns is discussed. Guidelines are offered for psychologists who are considering making formal complaints, psychologists against whom complaints are made, and investigators/adjudicators.

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The legal regulation of psychology: Scientific and professional interactions.

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Psychology and the Law.

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B ships between law and psychology, I begin with a conceptual schema describing how these distinct disciplines are integrated. This model demonstrates that the legal regulation of psychology, also called the law of psychology, is a critical aspect of this interface but one relatively ignored in the explosion of research and writing. This model will also demonstrate that the study of this topic requires the involvement of both scientists and practitioners.

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Psychology, Professional Practice, and the Public Interest

Cited by 4 publications

References 46 publications

Public interest activities of APA members.

Public interest activities of APA members.

Enhancing fairness and justice in the ethical complaint process.

The legal regulation of psychology: Scientific and professional interactions.

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