Gamma Anyone? Comments on the Sanford-Krech Proposals
- Author(s):
- Carlson, Rae
- Publication Year:
- 1969
- Report Number:
- RM-69-17
- Source:
- ETS Research Memorandum
- Document Type:
- Report
- Page Count:
- 8
- Subject/Key Words:
- Graduate Study, Krech, D., Psychologists, Sanford, N.
Abstract
Sanford and Krech (1969) have earned the grateful applause of the discipline by posing a critical problem (the need for immediate training of "social clinicians" and "problem-centered generalists" in psychology departments) and a set of solutions to the problem (graduate-student recruitment, curriculum reform, and field work). Yet many of us who, for years, have been saying "Alpha"--in tones ranging from gentle whispers through shrill screams--will pause a bit before voicing the "Beta" of their script. One cannot quarrel with their goals, nor repudiate their means--yet the proposals feel wrong, somehow.
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