Document Type
Research Paper
Abstract
The Annual Review of Psychology (ARP), which has been published since 1950, provides a useful profile of post - World War II developments in American psychology. In 1979, Gilgen and Hultman identified the authorities and subject matter areas emphasized in the ARP volumes for the 1950 through 1974 period. The present study extends that investigation through 1998. Based on the earlier investigation, American psychology during the third quarter of the century was characterized by a strong interest in research methodologies and psychometrics, Hullian and then Skinnerian perspectives on learning and conditioning, animal research, the perceptual theory of James J. Gibson, Gestalt inspired social psychology, and the emerging perspective of Carl Rogers on personality and psychopathology. The present work shows that while psychometrics and methodological matters remained salient, many American psychologists shifted their attention to the investigation of cognitive processes especially as they were manifested in social and developmental contexts. Interest in gender and women studies, gerontological psychology, health psychology, and sport psychology also accelerated, and many more women were highly cited during the final quarter of the century than was the case during the more immediate post-World War II years.
Publication Date
1999
Journal Title
Conference Proceedings: Undergraduate Social Science Research Conference
Volume
3
Issue
1
First Page
205
Last Page
214
Copyright
©1999 by the University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Publisher
University of Northern Iowa
City
Cedar Falls, IA
Recommended Citation
Tatman, Anthony W. and Gilgen, Albert R.
(1999)
"Authorities and Reseach Emphasized in the Annual Review of Psychology, 1975-1998,"
Conference Proceedings: Undergraduate Social Science Research Conference: Vol. 3:
Iss.
1, Article 34.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/csbsproceedings/vol3/iss1/34
