Psychological Science in Australia.

This paper is a brief account of the Australian Strategic Review of the Psychology Discipline and its Research. Issues discussed include Australia's contribution to world research in psychological science, research funding, the age and qualifications of researchers, the social and economic benefits arising from the applications of research outcomes, multidisciplinary issues, the role of psychology in industry, links between the discipline and the profession of psychology, professional training, cross-cultural issues, and educational issues. Priorities for development of research and postgraduate training are identified, and include human factors and other areas related to technological change, clinical psychology with particular attention to health psychology, industrial and organizational psychology, and neuroscience and physiological psychology. Cet article est un expose succinct de la ≪Revue strategique australienne de la psychologie en tant que discipline et domaine de recherche≫. Parmi les questions abordees se trouvent la contribution australienne a la recherche mondiale en psychologie, le financement de cette recherche, l'age et les qualifications des chercheurs, les benefices sociaux et economiques qui resultent de l'application des resultats de recherche, les aspects multidisciplinaires, le role de la psychologie dans l'industrie, les liens entre la discipline et la profession, la formation professionelle, les dimensions multiculturelles, et les problemes relies a l'enseignement. Les priorites dans le developpement de la recherche et da la formation postgradues sont identifies, parmi lesquelles sont incluses l'ergonomie et autres domaines associes aux changements technologiques, la psychologie clinique (surtout la psychologie de la sante), la psychologie industrielle et organisationelle, les neurosciences et la psychophysiologie. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]