Despite an early interest in pediatrics among psychologists and a natural partnership between psychology and pediatrics, psychologists’ impact on services for children in primary care settings could be much greater than it is. The purpose of this article is to describe the special contributions of pediatric psychologists and pediatricians in the development of comprehensive, integrated systems ...

We make the case that psychologists should make wider use of structural econometric methods. These methods involve the development of maximum likelihood estimates of models, where the likelihood function is tailored to the structural model. In recent years these models have been developed for a wide range of behavioral models of choice under uncertainty. We explain the components of this method...

Play has been an interesting but elusive topic in comparative psychology and related fields for more than a century. Gordon M. Burghardt has been grappling with its problems for nearly a quarter as long. In this volume, Burghardt explores the problems of defining and conceptualizing play along with the evolution and adaptive significance of behavioral patterns that might be labeled as play. The...

The proposal that psychologists should pursue prescriptive authority was first put forth 25 years ago, and it has been an official goal of the American Psychological Association for 15 years. Since then some form of prescriptive authority has been approved by three states, the Territory of Guam, and three branches of the military. Psychologists are also eligible to prescribe in the Public Healt...