Psychology as a profession.
Series: Doubleday papers in psychology,; 8
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 1954
Place of publication: Garden City, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 65
Subjects: Psychology -- Vocational guidance.
Description: The present paper is a clarification of Psychology as a Profession. Professor Robert I. Watson here describes the development of the professional psychologist in the community, reviews the intraprofessional and interprofessional problems and solutions, and provides a perspective for assessing more readily the psychologist's potential as a community resource. The presentation is thoroughly documented and relies in large measure on the reports of committees of professionally responsible investigators. Individuals interested in the study of psychology and cognate fields, practitioners such as physicians and social workers and educators who may wish to call upon psychologists, as well as agency and institution heads who are interested in the availability of such services, will all find this report of great aid. Not only does it describe the general position of psychology, it also goes into considerable detail on the nature of the training of psychologists and the code of ethics of the profession.