Solutions to the crisis in confidence psychological literature have been proposed many recent articles, including increased publication of replication studies, a solution that requires engagement by psychology research community. We surveyed Australian and Italian academic psychologists about meaning role psychology. When asked what they consider be study, nearly all participants (98% Australia...

In the 1930s, some psychologists began to study and discuss the normal and pathological mental abilities of old age. This paper explores this research and its implications for an emerging definition of old age in the 1930s and 1940s. The argument is that these psychologists explained old age in terms of tests they had performed on children and young adults. In addition, these professionals proj...