PLEASURE AND PAIN - A SCIENTIST PROFESSIONAL LOOKS AT ORGANIZED PSYCHOLOGY

Mutual interdependencies among the activities of psychologists engaged in the creation of knowledge, its application to pressing human concerns, and their organizations are explored. Current crises concerning inadequate support for universities and the national research councils are described. Demonstrating that personal, social, economic, and political crises and disasters have behavioural and social origins and are amenable to solution appears essential. Exemplars are needed by the general public. The case of infant pain and the development of measures and a better understanding are presented. Strong organizations are needed to demonstrate the power of psychological science and praxis.