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Educating Professional Psychologists
This is a story of the development of professional psychology. It is a story that Donald Peterson is uniquely qualified to tell. This book defines the basic issues with which all professional psychologists must be concerned. This account is personal and local. Embedded in a rich understanding of the history of psychology, this book provides a coherent ideology for professional psychology and education of its practitioners. In its entirety, the statement embraces commentary on the epistemological foundations of our discipline, an outline of its substantive content, means for continuing appraisal and improvement of professional education, and proposals for improving the functional value of the profession in meeting the needs of the larger society.
Twelve Years of Correspondence with Paul Meehl
In 1996 Division 12 of the APA presented Centennial Awards to two psychologists who were considered to have made the greatest lifetime contributions to the discipline. One of those individuals was Paul Meehl. Dr. Meehl's writings on research methodology and mental illness influenced generations of researchers and psychotherapists. Twelve Years of Correspondence With Paul Meehl is composed mainly of letters between Drs. Paul Meehl and Donald Peterson during the final 12 years of Meehl's life. After Meehl's death, Dr. Peterson revisited their correspondence, and found a remarkable order in it. One topic flowed into another. With some connective, explanatory text, the letters shaped themselves ...
