The origin of psychological species: History of the beginnings of American Psychological Association divisions.

T., Jr. Benjamin Ludy

doi:10.1037/0003-066x.52.7.725

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“…In fairness to researchers, measurement theorists have for decades moved away from the core areas of mainstream psychology. G. Glass (1986) suggested that this movement began about 1940, with a clear indicator being the refusal of the Psychometric Society in 1945 to accept an invitation to become a division of the American Psychological Association (Benjamin, 1997). During this long period, measurement researchers focused increasingly on highly technical models and practical issues of ability testing-areas of little interest to most substantive psychological researchers.…”

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On dimensionality, discriminant validity, and the role of psychometric analyses in personality theory and measurement: Reply to Kruglanski et al.'s (1997) defense of the Need for Closure Scale.

Neuberg

West²,

Judice³

et al. 1997

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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s (1994) Need for Closure Scale (NFCS) confounds multiple dimensions and is redundant with existing instruments (S. L. Neuberg, T. N. Judice, & S. G. . A. W. Kruglanski and his colleagues ( 1997) dismissed these findings as "psychometric naysaying," although they presented no data that refute them. Moreover, Kruglanski et al. (1997) suggested that researchers (a) be unconcerned with the NFCS's lack of discriminant validity and (b) use the scale as if it were unidimensional. These recommendations are problematic. Using the NFCS in this manner invites interpretational ambiguity and theoretical confusion. In contrast to the Kruglanski et al. (1997) position, proper psychometric analyses play a critical role in theory testing and in the development of conceptually coherent measures of individual differences.Several years ago, Webster and Kruglanski (1994) presented their Need for Closure Scale (NFCS), an instrument designed to capture individual differences in people's desire to come to relatively quick closure in thejr decisions and judgments. Although young, the NFCS has already demonstrated impressive predictive validity: People who score high on the NFCS are more likely to exhibit impression primacy effects (Webster & Kruglanski, 1994), fall victim to the correspondence bias (Webster, 1993), assimilate new information to existing beliefs

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On dimensionality, discriminant validity, and the role of psychometric analyses in personality theory and measurement: Reply to Kruglanski et al.'s (1997) defense of the Need for Closure Scale.

Neuberg

West²,

Judice³

et al. 1997

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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“…The Psychometric Society, which was supposed to have been Division 4, voted not to join. In 1946, Division 11 (Abnormal Psychology and Psychotherapy) merged into Division 12 (Clinical Psychology), leaving the Number 11 vacant as well (Benjamin, 1997). Thus, the APA's newly created structure included 17 divisions.…”

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125 years of the American Psychological Association.

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Cautin

2017

American Psychologist

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The American Psychological Association (APA) began 125 years ago as a small club of a few dozen members in the parlor of its founder, G. Stanley Hall. In the decades since, it has faced many difficulties and even a few existential crises. Originally a scientific society, it spent the decades between the world wars figuring out how to accommodate the growing community of applied psychologists while still retaining and enhancing its scientific reputation. After World War II, with an expanded mandate, it developed formal training models for clinical psychologists and became an important player in legal cases pertaining to civil rights and other social justice issues. With practitioners taking an ever-greater role in the governance of the organization in the late 1970s, and the financial viability of the association in doubt in the 1980s, many psychological scientists felt the need to create a separate organization for themselves. The 1990s and early 2000s brought more challenges: declining divisional memberships; a legal dispute over fees with practitioners; and a serious upheaval over the APA Board of Directors' cooperation with governmental defense and intelligence agencies during the "war on terror." These clashes appear to have precipitated a decline in the association's membership for the first time in its history. The APA has faced many storms over its century-and-a-quarter, but has, thus far, always ultimately found a way forward for itself, for its members, and for the wider discipline of psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record

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“…Psychology topics like persuasion and motivation were relevant to brand management, retailing, and advertising [23]. The field of consumer behavior emerged and culminated in the 1960 founding of Division 23 (Consumer Psychology) of the American Psychological Association [24] and the founding of the Association of Consumer Research in 1969 [25].…”

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The Influence of Marketing Scholarship’s Legacy on Nonprofit Marketing

Wymer

2013

IJFS

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This inquiry contributes to the literature on the development of "nonprofit marketing thought" by describing how the field's early period established a legacy effect on nonprofit marketing scholarship to the present day. This qualitative work uses a wide variety of sources from a protracted historical period in order to more fully inform a perspective on the relevant issues that have influenced the development of nonprofit marketing scholarship. The investigation suggests that, although the debate on whether or not marketing is a science was nominally resolved years ago, the origins of marketing scholarships as an applied business discipline remain influential. The effects on this influence is a body of research that is fragmented, conflicted, sometimes invalid, and has produced few general theories indicative of a social science. Recommendations are offered for improving the quality of nonprofit marketing scholarship.

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The origin of psychological species: History of the beginnings of American Psychological Association divisions.

Abstract: Editor's note. James L. Pate served as action editor for this article.

Cited by 28 publications

References 17 publications

On dimensionality, discriminant validity, and the role of psychometric analyses in personality theory and measurement: Reply to Kruglanski et al.'s (1997) defense of the Need for Closure Scale.

On dimensionality, discriminant validity, and the role of psychometric analyses in personality theory and measurement: Reply to Kruglanski et al.'s (1997) defense of the Need for Closure Scale.

125 years of the American Psychological Association.

The Influence of Marketing Scholarship’s Legacy on Nonprofit Marketing

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