A third example of this centralizing influence is seen in the Federal Government Manpower Statistics forms, where the categories for indicating area of affiliation or specialization are predetermined, and therefore standardized. I am going to examine in this paper some techniques for synthesizing the two prototypes. The practice of titling is so commonplace that its significance is not generally realized. In psychology, the two obvious areas where titling is significant are book titles and article titles. The archival function serves to document and identify each piece of scientific writing contributed to the literature.
Library catalogues allow access to the information through the titles of the works.
The integrative function of titles refers to the fact that the actual process of choosing the words for the title of an article determines the location in the literature of the particular title. The author then, in titling, relegates his article to certain areas in the literature, thus tying his research into the body of scientific articles. The external organization of a publication unit is mediated by titles. The title is the link between the text and indices, catalogues, journal or source of publication, and the author. All publication units require titles in order to be assimilated into the literature as the title serves as the identification marker which distinguishes a particular unit of text from all others.