Canadian Psychology back issues from May 2001:
[L'expertise psycholegale: balises methodologiques & deontologiques]
May 01, 2001; ... LOUIS BRUNET (dir.) Sainte-Foy, Quebec:Presses de l'Universite du Quebec, 1999, 351 pages (ISBN 2-7605-1016-6, 44.00$CD, couverture souple) Compte rendu de RENEE FUGERE Ce collectif sous la direction de Louis Brunet veut faire le point sur les connaissances et la ...
[The Oxford handbook of memory]
May 01, 2001; ... ENDEL TULVING and FERGUS M. CRAIK (Eds.) New York: Oxford University Press, 2000, 707 pages (ISBN 0-19-512265-8, US$65, Hardcover) Reviewed by DARRYL BRUCE and MARILYN SMITH For those involved in the study of memory, the year 2000 may prove to be especially ...
Expert psychological testimony: Assisting or misleading the trier of fact?
May 01, 2001; ... Abstract The consequences of psychologists' opinions are perhaps most strongly felt when offered in the context of a legal case. Due to this reality, courts are justifiably cautious when deciding whether to admit psychological testimony into evidence at trial. This commentary to the ...
Expert testimony: Does eyewitness memory research have probative value for the courts?
May 01, 2001; ... Abstract Case studies, and more recently DNA testing in the United States, have shown that mistaken eyewitness identification is responsible for more wrongful convictions than all other causes combined. It is argued that scientific laboratory and field research can contribute to the ...
Forensic psychological testimony: Is the courtroom door now locked and barred?
May 01, 2001; ... Abstract Beginning with the Supreme Court of Canada decision in R v. Marquard (1993), it has become increasingly more difficult for lawyers to have proposed psychological testimony admitted into evidence at trial. By reviewing several recent cases, the author shows how courts are ...
Experts in court: A view from the bench
May 01, 2001; ... Abstract There has been a significant increase in the frequency of expert testimony over the past 25 years in Canada. As such, there has also been an increase in psychological expert testimony. In drawing from his experience as a litigator and judge, and reflecting on the articles by ...
A meta-analysis of opinion data on the prescription privilege debate
May 01, 2001; ... Abstract A meta-analysis of opinion survey data examined the attitudes of practicing psychologists, psychologists in training, and directors of clinical and internship training towards prescription privileges for psychologists. Three prescription-relevant statements were reviewed: (1) ...
Psychologists should be free to pursue prescription privileges: A relpy to Walters
May 01, 2001; ... Abstract Unity among psychologists and a cure for the "identity crisis" will not come to fruition by denying those who wish to expand their horizons the opportunity to pursue prescription privileges. More basically, psychologists should by now realize that neurobiological processes are ...
Professional psychology and the prescription debate: Still not ready to go to the altar
May 01, 2001; ... Abstract Although it has been argued that support for the principle of psychologists obtaining prescription privileges has increased, in fact few studies have been done to document this issue. The Walters' (2001) paper, which examines survey data over a 20-year period, is instructive in ...
Memory, Consciousness, and the Brain: Tha Tallinn Conference / The Oxford Handbook of Memory
May 01, 2001; ... ENDEL TULVING (Ed.) Memory, Consciousness, and the Brain: The Tallinn Conference Philadelphia PA: Psychology Press, 1999, 414 pages (ISBN "4169-015-5, us$64.95, Hardcover) ENDEL TULVING and FERGus m. CRAIK (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Memory New York: Oxford University Press, 2000, 707 ...
Psychology: Theoretical-Historical Perspectives, Second Edition
May 01, 2001; ... ROBERT W. RIEBER and KURT D. SALZINGER (Eds.) Psychology: Theoretical-Historical Perspectives, Second Edition Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association, 1999, 509 pages (ISBN 1-5579&524-3, US$49.95, Hardcover) Reviewed by IAN NICHOLSON Historians of psychology ...
Case Studies in the Neuropsychology of Vision
May 01, 2001; ... GLYN H. HUMPHREYS (Ed.) Case Studies in the Neuropsychology of Vision Philadelphia PA: Psychology Press, 1999, 224 pages (ISBN 0-86377-895-X, us$49.95, Hardcover) Reviewed by PATRICIA A. MCMULLEN Imagine a car speeding toward you or liquid pouring into a cup, which is seen as a ...
Person-Centred Counselling: An experiential approach
May 01, 2001; ... DAVID RENNIE Person-Centred Counselling: An experiential Approach Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1998, 160 pages (ISBN 0-7619-5344-2, us$25.95, Softcover) Reviewed by PATRICK O'NEILL It seems that there are still books about psychotherapy that understand it as a ...
Converging Methods for Understanding Reading and Dyslexia
May 01, 2001; ... RAYMOND M. KLEIN and PATRICLA A. MCMULLEN (Eds.) Converging Methods for Understanding Reading and Dyslexia Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1999, 536 pages (ISBN 0-262-11247-7, us$60, Hardcover) Reviewed by MEREDYTH DANEMAN In the preface to this volume, the editors Raymond Klein ...
Career Counseling: A Narrative Approach
May 01, 2001; ... LARRY COCHRAN Career Counseling: A Narrative Approach Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2000, x + 166 pages (ISBN 0-7619-0442-5, us$35, Softcover) Reviewed by ANNE MARSHALL This book introduces a narrative approach to career counselling. The author specifically makes the ...
Affect Regulation and the Development of Psychopathology
May 01, 2001; ... SUSAN J. BRADLEY Affect Regulation and the Development of Psychopathology New York: The Guilford Press, 2000, xii + 324 pages (ISBN 1-57230-548-7, us$40, Hardcover) Reviewed by LINDA M. MCMULLEN In her acknowledgements, Susan Bradley describes the spirit in which she ...
The Addiction-Prone Personality
May 01, 2001; ... GORDON E. BARNES, ROBERT P. MURRAY DAVID PATTON, PETER M. BENTLER, and ROBERT E. ANDERSON The Addiction-Prone Personality New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2000, xvi + 320 pages (ISBN 0-306-46249-4, us$65, Hardcover) Reviewed by ROBERT O. PIHL Searching for a ...