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• Psychology by the Numbers

  What Do You Know About Psychology Organizations? 31The original total membership list of the American Psychological Association (APA) at its founding in 1892.152,000The number of APA members today.25,245The number of members of the National Association of School Psychologists, according to NASP’s 2009 membership statistics.13The number of specializations offered by the American Board of Professional Psychologists.2,823The number of applicants who successfully matched through the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC) in 2010. 846 applicants were not matched to an internship position.1,090The number of chapters of Psi Chi, the International Honor Society in Psychology for undergraduate and graduate students. Psi Chi chapters are found in the USA, Canada, and Ireland. There are more than 500,000 lifetime members.

• The Growing Field of Telepsychology

  In every area imaginable, technology has paved the way for innovations that make life more convenient—from the first television, to the microwave oven, to smartphones, the list is constantly growing. And the field of mental health is no exception. People who desire to speak with a psychologist can now do so from the comfort of their homes. Telepsychology is a method of therapy that provides psychological services using technology such as telephone, e-mail, online chat, text, and videoconferencing. Telepsychology allows more flexibility, increasing access between doctor and patient because the session isn’t limited to face-to-face visits. However, questions remain as to its legitimacy and effectiveness. In response to these questions, the American Psychological Association (APA) has prepared eight guidelines to educate psychologists and their patients regarding the opportunities and challenges to using telepsychology. The guidelines were developed by the Joint Task Force for the Development of Telepsychology Guidelines for Psychologists, established by the following three entities: The APA, the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards, and the APA Insurance Trust. The guidelines for psychologists using telepsychology are as follows: Guideline #1: ...

• Top Psychology Schools in the U.S.

  Top Psychology Schools in the U.S. A number of online academic resources have come out with lists of the best U.S. colleges for psychology majors. We decided to take a look at College Crunch, Social Psychology Network, Schoolahh to see which undergraduate programs were highly ranked across the board.Stanford University in Palo Alto, California ranks number one on all three of the lists above. This isn’t surprising given that Stanford’s psychology department has been collecting kudos for more than fifty years. The philosophy of the department is that success results from the connection between teaching and scientific research. It’s organized into five areas of study within the field of psychology: Cognitive, Developmental, Neuroscience, Personality and Social Psychology. Research at Stanford includes (but is not limited to) topics like aggression, social behavior, competitiveness, dreaming, color perception, spatial relations, learning and memory.The University of Michigan Ann Arbor appears in the top five of each list. This Big Ten School offers three concentrations: 1) Psychology, 2) Brain, Behavior and Cognitive Science and 3) Neuroscience. The school has many research labs that provide ...

• Words of “Wisdom” from Some of Psychology’s Favorite Names

  While the forefathers of psychology established many theories that became building blocks of what we study today, sometimes some of our highest-regarded researchers came up with some ideas that don’t necessarily fit with today’s view of the world of psychology. The following are some bits of “wisdom” from some familiar names. “I wish that one would be persuaded that psychological experiments, especially those on the complex functions, are not improved [by large studies]; the statistical method gives only mediocre results; some recent examples demonstrate that. The American authors, who love to do things big, often publish experiments that have been conducted on hundreds and thousands of people; they instinctively obey the prejudice that the persuasiveness of a work is proportional to the number of observations. This is only an illusion.” — Alfred Binet (1903). L' Études expérimentale de l'intelligence (p. 299). Paris, France: Schleicher. “Being in love with the one parent and hating the other are among the essential constituents of the stock of psychical impulses which is formed at that time and which is of such importance in determining the symptoms ...

• Psychologists by the Numbers

  34 The percentage of psychologists who are self-employed—mainly as private practitioners.* 12 The percentage of employment growth expected between 2008 and 2018 for the overall field of psychology. Clinical, counseling, and school psychology are expected to grow about 11%, while industrial-organization psychology is expected to grow 26%.* 6,800 The projected number of additional neuropsychologists that will be needed by 2018 to keep up with demand.* 2 The number of states that currently allow appropriately-trained psychologists to prescribe medications (Louisiana and New Mexico).* 170,200 The number of jobs held by psychologists in 2008.* 0.270% The percentage of the employed population who are psychologists in New Mexico, the state with the highest concentration of psychologists. Massachusetts, New York, Vermont, and Connecticut all have concentrations of more than 0.1% of their respective populations.* $87,130 The annual mean wage for psychologists in New Jersey, the top paying state for psychologists.* 93,000 According to the American Psychological Association’s (APA) Center for Workforce Studies, the number of practicing psychologists in the U.S. 31 The number of psychologists who are members of a union.* *Information from the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics.

• Who is the Most Influential Person in the History of Psychology?

  Every once in a while a person or publication will try to rank the most influential people in the field of psychology, past and present. Inevitably each list delivers different results, so we want to bring the question to you. Fromm? Freud? Frasier? Who gets your vote? Is there a place on the list for popular culture? We would love to hear who you think is the most influential person in the history of psychology and why. Please comment.