What if psychology had a revolution?

In September, 1999, the then-President of the American Psychological Association published a column in the APA Monitor that proposed a number of “What ifs”. I have had that column posted on my bulletin board ever since. Here are a few of those “What ifs” that I still wonder about, and wonder if we’ve gotten anywhere with 6 years later (with some editorial comments added in brackets):

What if...

“All graduate programs in professional psychology integrated research, hand-on experience, theory and applications, and lecture formats were rarely used? The best skill acquisition comes from such experiential learning.” (And what if students and profs took the risk of letting go of the expectation of lectures for learning?)

What if...

“Every practitioner offered community consultation to achieve behavioral changes?” (What if the community grew to understand the potential contribution of psychologists at the systemic level?)

What if...

“Every graduate student designed and conducted ... a research project that tested hypotheses and had basic science and applied implications?” (With the understanding that ‘hypothesis testing’ might also be read as ‘some form of disciplined inquiry’?)

Paul