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.     

The Validity of Certain Mechanical Ability Tests for Selecting Cotton Mill Machine Fixers

Abstract

Sherif, M., &; Cantril, H. The Psychology of Ego-Involvements. New York: Wiley, 1947. Pp. 525. Reviewed by Louise Bates Ames

Willkie, H. F. A Rebel Yells. New York: Van Nostrand, 1946. Pp. 311. Reviewed by Samuel Renshaw

Wylie, P. An Essay on Morals. New York: Rinehart, 1947. Pp. 204. Reviewed by Albert Ellis     

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.     

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     

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     

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     

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     

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 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.     

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     

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.     

Book Reviews

DesLauriers, Austin. The experience of reality in childhood schizophrenia. New York: International University Press, 1962, pp. 215. Reviewed by Sohan Lal Sharma.

Farberow, Norman L., Ph. D. and Shneidman, Edwin S., Ph. D., The Cry for Help, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1961, 388 pp., $9.95. Reviewed by Irving R. Stone.

Hirt, Michael (Ed.) Rorschach Science. New York: Glencoe Free Press. 1962. Pp. ix + 438. $8.50 Reviewed by Marvin R. Goldfried.

Kataguchi, Yasufumi, editor. Rorschachiana Japonica, Volume 5. Tokyo Institute of Rorschach Research, Seishin Book Co., 1962, Pp. 275. Reviewed by Bertram R. Forer.

Klopfer, B. & Davidson, Helen. The Rorschach Technique:: An Introductory Manual. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1962, pp. 245. Reviewed by Mortimer M. Meyer.

Tomkins, Silvan S. Affect, Imagery, Consciousness. Vol. I, “The Positive Affects”. New York: Springer Publishing Co., 1962. Reviewed by S. Z. Dudek.

Tallent, Norman. Clinical psychological consultation: A rationale and guide to team practice. Englewood Cliffs, N. J.: Prentice-Hall Inc., 1963. Pp. xviii and 298. Reviewed by Dale Higbee.     

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     

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     

Attitudes toward American Dialects

Abstract

(Britt, Steuart Henderson. Social Psychology of Modern Life. New York: Farrar and Rinehart, 1941. Pp. 562.) Reviewed by Edwin Oscar Smith.

(Zipf, George K. National Unity and Disunity. Bloomington, Ind.: Principia Press, 1941. Pp. 408.) Reviewed by Leonard Carmichael.     

Dissatisfactions in Work

Abstract

(Tolman, E. C. Drives Toward War. New York: Appleton-Century, 1942. Pp. 118.) Reviewed by Nathan Israeli

(May, M. A. A Social Psychology of War and Peace. New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, 1943. Pp. 281.) Reviewed by Nathan Israeli     

A Study of the Attitudes of Some Children of Japanese Descent Toward the Chinese and Japanese

Abstract

(Le Cron, L. M., Ed. Experimental Hypnosis. New York: Macmillan, 1952. Pp. 483.) Reviewed by H. J. Eysenck     

Changes in Attitudes in a Group of College Students during their College Course and after Graduation

Abstract

(Hayakawa, S. I. Language in Thought and Action. New York: Harcourt. Brace, 1949. Pp. 307.) Reviewed by William E. Galt

(Pastore, N. The Nature-Nurture Controversy. New York: King's Crown Press, 1949. Pp. 213.) Reviewed by George K. Morlan