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.     

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     

The Influence of General Predispositions on Specific Attitudes

Abstract

(Saenger, G. Today's Refugees, Tomorrow's Citizens: A Story of Americanization. New York: Harper, 1941. Pp. 286.) Reviewed by Gardner Murphy.     

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     

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     

A Comparison of Rorschach Responses Between Negro and White College Students

Abstract

David, Henry P. and Brengelmann, J.C., (eds.). Perspectives In Personality Research. New York: Springer, Inc., 1960. 370 pp. $7.50. Reviewed by Kenneth R. Wurtz

Gottsegen, Monroe G. and Gottsegen, Gloria B. Professional School Psychology. New York: Grune &; Stratton, 1960, Pp. 292, $7.75. Reviewed by Henry L. Levy

Klopfer, Walter G. The Psychological Report: Use and Communication of Psychological Findings. New York: Grune &; Stratton, 1960. Pp. ix and 146. Reviewed by Dale S. Higbee     

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 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.     

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     

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.     

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.     

Exploratory Experiments in Color Discrimination

Gesell, A., Amatruda, C. S., Castner, B. M., &; Thompson, H. Biographies of Child Development. New York: Harper, 1939. Pp. 328.) Reviewed by Livingston Welch

Muenzinger, K. F. Psychology: The Science of Behavior. Denver: World Press, 1940. Pp. XIII + 343.) Reviewed by Egon Brunswik     

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     

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.     

Marital Compatibility as Related to Personality Traits of Husbands and Wives as Rated by Self and Spouse

Abstract

Gunther, John. Inside Africa. New York: Harper, 1955. Pp. 952. Reviewed by Carl Murchison     

A Note on the “Halo Effect” in Ratings

Abstract

Sheldon, W. H. Atlas of Men. New York: Harper, 1954. Pp.—. Reviewed by Louise Bates Ames     

Some Characteristics of the Written Speech of Stutterers: I.

Abstract

(Bühler, Charlotte. The Child and his Family. Translated by Henry Beaumont. New York: Harper, 1939. Pp. 187.) Reviewed by Walter L. Wilkins