Annals of Theoretical Psychology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Arthur W. Staats

      Pages 1-8

3. Unification (Uninomic) Psychology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

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   2. Unified Positivism Philosophy for the Revolution to Unity

      • Arthur W. Staats

      Pages 11-54

4. The Place of Division in Unification

   1. A Good Divorce Is Better Than a Bad Marriage

      • Howard H. Kendler

      Pages 55-89

   2. The Growth of a Unified Scientific Psychology

      • Hans J. Eysenck

      Pages 91-113

5. Conceptual Schemas for Unification

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115

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   2. Toward the Integration of Individual Psychodynamic Theories and Family Systems Theories

      • Paul L. Wachtel

      Pages 117-140

   3. Behavioral Intervention

      • Vicente Pelechano

      Pages 141-156

   4. Psychoanalytic and Cognitive Dissonance Theories

      • Earl S. Hishinuma

      Pages 157-178

   5. The Psychological Level of Organization in Nature and Interdependencies among Major Psychological Concepts

      • Albert R. Gilgen

      Pages 179-209

6. Metatheory in Unification

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 211-211

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   2. Unity and Diversity in the Behavioral and Natural Sciences

      • Paul Fraisse

      Pages 213-240

   3. Toward a Unified Psychological Science

      • Mariano Yela

      Pages 241-274

   4. A Strategy for Developing Unifying Theory in Psychology

      • Joseph R. Royce

      Pages 275-285

   5. Disunity in Psychology

      • John H. Kunkel

      Pages 287-314

   6. A Comparative Analysis of the General Theories of Modern Behaviorism

      • Karl A. Minke

      Pages 315-343

   7. Integrity or Unity?

      • Leendert P. Mos

      Pages 345-347

7. Back Matter

   Pages 349-363

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I have been involved in constructing a unified theory for many years, in considering the state of psychology's unity-disunity, and in generally attempt­ ing to persuade our profession to work on its unification. In this work I have had the opportunity to become acquainted with the works of a number of other psychologists whose statements indicated that they had something to say on these topics. I saw also that it would be very productive for psychology to have these individuals address themselves to psychology's disunity-unity, consid­ ered as a problem that should be confronted and addressed. In 1983 I began to indicate that it was my intention to devote a book to the topic, as seen through the eyes of a group of prominent psychologists concerned with related issues. It was very fortunate from my standpoint that Joseph Royce and later Leendert Mos, who were editing this series, were interested in this book. I accepted the former's invitation to do within the present series the book I had planned. Although I must assume responsibility for selection of the contributors, for the book's organization, and for the first editing of their papers for substance, Pro­ fessor Mos offered to help in an editorial capacity and I am most grateful for his contributions to the formal editing. The volume is much improved as a result of his careful efforts, which in one case involved rewriting material.

• Motivation
• Proposition
• anxiety
• cognition
• development
• learning
• learning theory
• psychoanalysis
• psychoanalytic theory
• psychodynamics
• psychology
• sociology
• structuralism
• theoretical psychology
• transference

• Department of Psychology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, USA

  Arthur W. Staats

• Center for Advanced Study in Theoretical Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

  Leendert P. Mos

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