The Influence of Intelligence and Personality Traits upon False Beliefs

Abstract

Leonard Bloomfield. Language. New York: Holt, 1933 Pp. ix+564. $3.00. Reviewed by Raymond Royce Willoughby.     

A New form of Tachistoscope

Howard C. Warren. Dictionary of Psychology. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1934. Pp. x+372. $4.50 Reviewed by Raymond Royce Willoughby     

A Social-Psychological Version of the Aesthetic Attitude

Abstract

Robert Latou Dickinson and Lura Beam. The Single Woman. Baltimore: Williams &; Wilkins, 1934. Pp. xix+469. $5. Reviewed by Raymond Royce Willoughby.     

Prison Research: Techniques and Methods

Abstract

(Thurstone, L. L. Multiple Factor Analysis. Chicago: Univ. Chicago Press, 1947. Pp. 535.) Reviewed by H. J. Eysenck.

(Sherif, M., &; Cantril, H. The Psychology of Ego-Involvements. New York: Wiley, 1947‥ Pp. 525.) Reviewed by H. J. Eysenck.     

Maternal Influences on Anal or Compulsive Character in Children

Abstract

Hunter, W. S. Human Behavior. Chicago: Univ. Chicago Press, 1928. Pp. X + 355. $2.00 Reviewed by Herbert Woodrow

Pavlov, I. P. Lectures on Conditioned Reflexes. (Trans. by W. H. Gantt and G. Volborth.) New York: International Publ., 1928. Pp. 414. $6.50. Reviewed by C. J. Warden

Copeland, E. B. Natural Conduct: Principles of Practical Ethics. Stanford University: Stanford Univ. Press, 1928. Pp. vii+262. $3.50. Reviewed by Raymond R. Willoughby

Hull, C. L. Aptitude Testing. Yonkers-on-Hudson: World Book, 1928. Pp. iv + 535. $2.68. Reviewed by L. M. Harden     

Book Review

Rosanoff, A. J. [Ed.] Manual of Psychiatry. (6th Ed. Rev.) New York: Wiley; London: Chapman & Hall. 1927. Pp. xvi + 697. $6.00. Reviewed by J. W. Bridges.

Kelley, T. L. Interpretation of Educational Measurements. Yonkers: World Book, 1927. Pp. xiii + 363. $2.20. Reviewed by Raymond R. Willoughby.

Briffault, R. The Mothers. New York: Macmillan, 1927. 3 vols. Pp. xix + 781; xx + 789; xv + 841. $27.00. Reviewed by Carl Murchison.

Griffith, C. R. General Introduction to Psychology. (Rev. Ed.) New York: Macmillan, 1928. Pp. xix + 607. $2.75. Reviewed by Carl Murchison.

Gates, G. S. The Modern Cat: Her Mind and Manners. New York: Macmillan, 1928. Pp. xvi + 196. $2.00. Reviewed by Carl Murchison.     

An Examination of the Relationship Between Chartered Accountants' Demographic Backgrounds and Professional Examination Performance

Abstract

Margaret Mead. Coming of Age in Samoa. New York: Morrow, 1928. Pp. xv+297. $3.00.

Margaret Mead. Growing Up in New Guinea. New York: Morrow. 1930. Pp. xii+372. $3.50. Reviewed by Raymond R. Willoughby.     

Book Reviews

Wilhelm Wundts Werk: ein Verzeichnis seiner sämmtlichen Schriften. Herausgegeben von ELEONORE WUNDT. Abhandlungen der sächs. staatl. Forschungsinstitute: Forschungsinstitut für Psychologie No. 28. München, C. H. Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. 1927. Pp. [iv] 78. Price Mk. 4.00. Reviewed by E. B. Titchener.

Psychologies of 1925: Powell Lectures in Psychological Theory. By Madison Bentley, Knight Dunlap, Walter S. Hunter, Kurt Koffka, Wolfgang Köhler, William McDougall, Morton Prince, John B. Watson and Robert S. Woodworth. Preface by Carl Murchison. Worcester: Clark University, 1926. Pp. 412, 19 lectures. $6.00. Reviewed by John P. Nafe.

Conditioned Reflexes. By Ivan P. Pavlov. London: Oxford University Press, 1927. Pp. xv+430. 28 shillings. Reviewed by Raymond R. Willoughby.

An Introduction to the Theory of Perception. By Sir John Herbert Parsons. New York: The Macmillan Co., 1927. Pp. vi+254. $5.25. Reviewed by John P. Nafe.

A First Laboratory Guide in Psychology. By Mary Collins and James Drever. New York: Dutton, 1927. Pp. viii+108. $1.60. Reviewed by Frank A. Geldard.

Principles of Abnormal Psychology. By Edmund S. Conklin. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1927. Pp. x+457. $4.50; student edition $3.60. Reviewed by Carl Murchison.

Social Psychology Interpreted. By Jesse W. Sprowls. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1927. Pp. xii+268. $4.00. Reviewed by Carl Murchison.     

Books Received

Edwin G. Boring. The Physical Dimensions of Consciousness. New York: Century, 1933. Pp. xii+251 Reviewed by Frank A. Geldard.

J. G. Beebe-Center. The Psychology of Pleasantness and Unpleasantness. New York: Van Nostrand, 1932. Pp. viii+427 Reviewed by Frank A. Geldard.     

The Effect of Parental Orientation on the Development of the Child's Orientation

Abstract

(Burt, Sir Cyril. Intelligence and Fertility: The Effect of the Differential Birth Rate on Inborn Mental Characteristics. London: Hamilton, 1946.) Reviewed by Raymond B. Cattell

(Wolff, W. The Personality of the Preschool Child. New York: Grune &; Stratton, 1946. Pp. 341.) Reviewed by Dorothy Tilden Spoerl     

Books

Flrtcher, H. Speuh an.l Hrarin), New York: Van Nostrand, 1929. Pp. 331. Reviewed by Morgan Upton

Hollingworth, H. L. Psycholoc y : Its Facts and Principles, New York: Appleton, 1923. Pp. xviii-l- 539. Reviewed by Raymond H. Wheeler

WELD, H. P. Psychology as Scicncr : lts Problams and Points of Vicw, New York: Holt, 1928. Pp. xi+297.     

The Effect of Student Involvement on the Development of Academic Self-Concept

Abstract

Charles A. Ellwood. Methods in Sociology: A Critical Study. Durham, N. Car.: Duke University Press, 1933. Pp. 214. $1.50. Reviewed by Gardner Murphy     

Jung's Psychological Types,Including the Four Functions

(Dunlap, K. Personal Adjustment. New York: McGraw Hill, 1946. Pp. 446.). Reviewed by George K. Morlan.

(Eysenck, H. J., et al. Dimensions of Personality. London: Kegan Paul, 1947. Pp.308.). Reviewed by Raymond Cattell.     

The Influence of a Dramatic Production upon Audience Attitudes toward the Play's Thesis

Abstract

(Cattell, Raymond B. Factor Analysis: An Introduction and Manual for the Psychologist and Social Scientist. New York: Harper, 1952. Pp. 462.) Reviewed by Alvin E. Winder     

Books

Abstract

Lynd, R. S., & Merrell, H. Middletown, a Study in Contemporary American Culture. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1929. Pp. 550. $5.00.

Mead, M. Coming of Age in Samoa. New York: Morrow, 1928. Pp. 297. $3.00.

Hollingworth, L. S. The Psychology of the Adolescent. New York: Appleton, 1928. Pp. 227. $2.50.

Chadwick, M. Difficulties of Child Development. New York: Day, 1928. Pp. 411. $4.00.

Johnson, Harriet M. Children in the Nursery School. New York: Day, 1928. Pp. 325. $3.00.

Gesell, A. Infancy and Human Growth. New York: Macmillan, 1928. Pp. 418. $3.50. Reviewed by Helen McM. Bott

Hamilton, G. V. A Research in Marrige. New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1929. Pp. 570. $10.00

Hamilton, G. V. & Macgowan, K. What is Wrong With Marriage? New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1929. Pp. 319. $3.00. Reviewed by Ernest R. Groves

Hollingworth, H. H. Vocational Psychology and Character Analysis. New York: Appleton, 1929. Pp. 409. $3.00. Reviewed by June E. Downey

Cason, H. Common annoyances: a psychological study of every-day aversions and irritations. Psychol. Monog., 1920, 40, No. 182. Pp. v+218.

Kroh, O. Die Psychologie des Grundschulkindes. Friedrich Mann's Päd. Mag., 1930, No. 1122. Päd. Untersuchungen (V. Reihe: Untersuchungen zur Psychologie und Theorie der Bildung), No. 1. Pp. 352. 6,60 RM.

Lasswell, H. D. Psychopathology and politics. Chicago: Univ. Chicago Press, 1930. Pp. x+286. $3.00.

Maeterlinck, M. The life of the ant. (Trans. by Bernard Miall.) New York: Day, 1930. Pp. xiii+282.

Seligman, E. R. A., & Johnson, A. [Eds.] Encyclopedia of the social sciences. Vol. II: All-Bri. New York: Macmillan, 1930. Pp. xxvii+ 646. $7.50.

Saint-Paul, G. Invertis et homosexuals. Paris: Vigot, 1930. Pp. 158. 15 frs.

Wheeler, R. H. Readings in psychology. New York: Crowell, 1930. Pp. x+597. $3.97.     

An Analysis of the Effect of the Test Situation upon the Rorschach Record: Formal Scoring Characteristics

Abstract

Andrew, Gwen; Hartwell, Samuel W.; Hutt, Max L.; and Walton, Ralph E. The Michigan Picture Test. Chicago: Science Research Associates, 1953. Reviewed by Edwin S. Shneidman, Ph.D.

Beck, Samuel J. The Six Schizophrenias: Reaction Patterns in Children and Adults. New York: The American Orthopsychiatric Association, Inc. 1954. Pp. x + 238. Reviewed by Mortimer M. Meyer.

Bellak, Leopold. The Thematic Apperception Test and the Children's Apperception Test in Clinical Use. New York: Grune and Stratton, 1954. pp. 282. $6.75. Reviewed by Edwin S. Shneidman, Ph.D.

Meehl, Paul E. Clinical versus statistical prediction. A theoretical analysis and a review of the evidence. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1954. Pp. x + 149. Reviewed by Kenneth B. Little

Rubinstein, Eli A., and Lorr, Maurice (Eds.). A Survey of Clinical Practice in Psychology. New York: International Universities Press, 1954, pp. 363. Reviewed by Ruth S. Tolman

Sarason, S. B. The Clinical Interaction: with special reference to the Rorschach. New York: Harper Brothers, 1954. Pp. X + 425. Reviewed by Mortimer M. Meyer

Ulett, George. Rorschach Introductory Manual: A Primer for the Clinical Psychiatric Worker; With Interpretative Diagram to Permit Clinical Use While Learning the Ink-blot Technique; Beverly Hills: Western Psychological Services, 1955; Price: $3.50. Reviewed by Walter G. Klopfer, Ph.D.     

Books

Abstract

Carl Murchison [Ed.] A History of Psychology in Autobiography, Volume I. (By James Mark Baldwin, Mary Whiton Calkins, Edouard Claparède, Raymond Dodge, Pierre Janet, Joseph Jastrow, F. Kiesow, William McDougall, Carl Emil Seashore, C. Spearman, William Stern, Carl Stumpf, Howard C. Warren, Theodor Ziehen, and H. Zwaardemaker.) Worcester, Mass.: Clark Univ. Press; London: Oxford Univ. Press, 1930. Pp. xvii+516. Reviewed by R. M. Ogden.

Carl Murchison [Ed.] Psychologies of 1930. (By Alfred Adler, Madison Bentley, Edwin G. Boring, G. S. Brett, Harvey Carr, John Dewey, Knight Dunlap, J. C. Flugel, Walter S. Hunter, Pierre Janet, Truman L. Kelley, K. Koffka, Wolfgang Köhler, K. N. Kornilov, William McDougall, John Paul Nafe, I. P. Pavlov, Friedrich Sander, A. L. Schniermann, C. Spearman, Leonard T. Troland, Margaret F. Washburn, Albert P. Weiss, and Robert S. Woodworth.) Worcester, Mass.: Clark Univ. Press; London: Oxford Univ. Press, 1930. Pp. xix+497. Reviewed by R. M. Ogden.     

Identifying the Insecure Child: III. The Use of Children's Drawings

Abstract

(Terman, L. M., &; Oden, M. H. The Gifted Child Grows Up. Stanford: Stanford Univ. Press, 1947. Pp. 448.) Reviewed by Nathan Israeli

(Cameron, N. The Psychology of Behavior Disorders. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1947. Pp. 622.) Reviewed By P. E. Lichtenstein     

Learning of a Pet's Conure

Abstract

(Goldstein, K. The Organism. New York: American Book, 1939. Pp. 519.) Reviewed By L. A. Pennington

(Pratt, C. C. The Logic of Modern Psychology. New York: Macmillan, 1939. Pp. 185.) Reviewed By Ralph W. Erickson