Abstract Undoubtedly we have seen a noticeable expansion of our discipline, especially in recent years. It is true that psychology had been considered only very modestly and conservatively in the decisive first recommendations of the Council on Scientific Affairs. The efforts of many colleagues were successful, however, to the effect that not only the number of psychological institutes in the Federal Republic increased from 22 in 1959 to 39 within only 10 years. But also the number of those members of the institutes who have at least their Ph. D. went up from 122 to 358 (an increase of 192 %), during the same period. Since the number of graduate students in psychology quadrupled over the same period of time, however, the demands made upon the staffs of the institutes had increased after the ten years of expansion. Not only does an increase in teaching load and difficulty pertain to the demands, but also an increasing amount of administrative work for professors and assistants because of the growing size o...