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.     

Post-War Trends in Employment,Crime, Insanity,and Heart Disease

Abstract

(Snyder, W. U. Casebook of Non-Directive Counseling. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1947. Pp. 339.) Reviewed by Albert Ellis

(Newcomb, T. M., &; Hartley, E. L., Eds. Readings in Social Psychology. New York: Holt, 1947. Pp. 672.) Reviewed by Gwynne Nettler     

The Prognostic Value of the Washburne Social Adjustment Inventory

Abstract

(Cameron, N. The Psychology of Behavior Disorders: A Biosocial Interpretation. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1947. Pp. 622.) Reviewed by Carl P. Duncan.

(Hsü, Francis L. K. Under the Ancestors' Shadow: Chinese Culture and Personality New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 1948. Pp. 317.) Reviewed by Marvin K. Opler.     

Tone Shapes: A Novel Type of Synaesthesia

(Reich, W. The Mass Psychology of Fascism. New York: Orgone Institute Press, 1946. Pp. XXIV-344.) Reviewed by Philipp Weintraub.

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

The Changing Composition of “Intelligence”: A Study in T-Technique

Abstract

(Kantor, J. R. Problems of Physiological Psychology. Bloomington. Ind.: Principia Press, 1947. Pp. 398.) Reviewed by John Bucklew

(Dunlap, K. Religion; Its Functions in Human Life. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1946. Pp. 362.) Reviewed by Sidney Kosofsky     

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.     

Effect of Group Identification on the Use of Attributions

Abstract

(Tomkins, S. S. The Thematic Apperception Test; the Theory and Technique of Interpretation. New York: Grune &; Stratton, 1947. Pp. 297.) Reviewed by Frederick Wyatt     

The Generalization of Conditioned Responses: I. The Sensory Generalization of Conditioned Responses with Varying Frequencies of Tone

(Snyder, W. U., Ed. Casebook of Non-Directive Counseling. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1947. Pp. 339.) Reviewed by C. H. Patterson

(Newcomb, T. M., &; Hartley, E. L., Eds. Readings in Social Psychology. New York: Holt, 1947. Pp. 672.) Reviewed by George K. Morlan     

The Comparative Value of Two Geometry Prognosis tests in Predicting Success in Plane Geometry

Abstract

(Sheldon, W. H. The Varieties of Temperament. New York: Harper, 1942. Pp. 520.) Reviewed by Nathan Israeli.

(Goldstein, K., &; Scheerer, M. Abstract and Concrete Behavior. Psychol. Monog., 1941, 53, No. 2. Pp. 151.) Reviewed by W. Eliasberg.

(Sanders, J. H. Chains of Shadows. New York: Rwell, 1943. Pp. 318.) Reviewed by Anne Anastasi and John P. Foley, Jr.     

The Theoretical Aspect of Psychology

Abstract

Arlitt, A. S. Psychology of Infancy and Early Childhood. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1928. Pp. 228. $2.00.

Gesell, A. Infancy and Human Growth. New York: Macmillan, 1928, Pp. 418. $3.50.

Watson, J. B. Psychological Care of Infant and Child. New York: Norton, 1928. Pp. 195. $2.00. Reviewed by C. J. Warden

Taylor, W. S. Morton Prince and Abnormal Psychology. New York: Appleton, 1928. Pp. xi + 137. Reviewed by Edmund S. Conklin

De Sanctis, S. Religious Conversion: A Bio-psychological Study. Translated by Helen Augur. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1927. Pp. 324. Reviewed by Edmund S. Conklin

Freud, S. The Ego and the Id. Translation by Joan Riviere. London: Hogarth Press, 1927. Pp. 88. Reviewed by Edmund S. Conklin

Burrow, T. The Social Basis of Consciousness. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1927. Pp. xviii + 256. $4.00. Reviewed by Edmund S. Conklin

Brousseau, K., &; Brainerd, H. G. Mongolism: A Study of the Physical and Mental Characteristics of Mongolian Imbeciles. Baltimore: Williams &; Wilkins, 1928. Pp. 210. $4.50. Reviewed by Myra W. Kuenzel     

The Accuracy of the Median and Mean of a Group of Judgments

Abstract

(Cantril, H. The “Why” of Man's Experience. New York: Macmillan, 1950. Pp. 198.) Reviewed by Paul F. Secord.

(Sargent, S. S. Social Psychology. New York: Ronald Press, 1950. Pp. 519.) Reviewed by Benjamin Wolman.     

Scores of Spanish-Speaking Children on Repeated Tests

Abstract

(Burrow, T. The Biology of Human Conflict. New York: Macmillan, 1937. Pp. 435.) Reviewed By William Galt

(Wheeler, R. H. The Science of Psychology. New York: Crowell, 1940. Pp. 436.) Reviewed By David G. Ryans     

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.     

Books

Köhler, W. Gestalt Psychology. (3rd printing, revised.) New York: Liveright, 1929. Pp. x+402. Reviewed by R. M. Ogden

Prince, M. Clinical and Experimental Studies in Personality. Cambridge, Mass.: Sci-Art Publishers, 1929. Pp. xvi+559. Reviewed by Edmund S. Conklin

Wheeler, R. H. The Science of Psychology. New York: Crowell, 1929. Pp. xvii+556. Reviewed by P. H. Ewert

Marston, W. M. Emotions of Normal People. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1928. Pp. xiii+405. Reviewed by Frank A. Geldard     

Comparison of the Attitudes of College Men with the Attitudes of College Women in Regard to Fellowship Behavior

Abstract

Wolff, W. The Expression of Personality: Experimental Depth Psychology. New York: Harper, 1943. Pp. 334. Reviewed by Eugene Lerner.

Meier, N. C. Military Psychology. New York: Harper, 1942. Pp. 395. Reviewed by Nathan Israeli.     

Radio Listening Habits of Children

Abstract

Young, K. Social Psychology. (2nd ed.) New York: Crofts, 1945. Pp. 578. Reviewed by C. R. Carpenter.

Schilder, P. Goals and Desires of Man. New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 1942. Pp. 305. Reviewed by Nathan Israeli.     

Perceived Accuracy of Fortune Telling and Belief in the Paranormal

Abstract

(Seashore, C. E. Psychology of Music. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1938. Pp. 408.) Reviewed by Paul R. Farnsworth

(Brown, J. F. Psychology and the Social Order. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1936. Pp. 529.) Reviewed by L. A. Pennington     

Critical Reviews of Recent Books

Abstract

(Strong, Edward K., Jr. Psychological Aspects of Business. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1938. Pp. 629.) Reviewed by Herbert Moore

(Brown, J. F. Psychology and the Social Order. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1936. Pp. 529.) Reviewed by Lawrence M. Baker