Book reviews

ISAACSON, R. L. The Limbic System. Second Edition. New York: Plenum Press. 1982. Pp. 327. ISBN 0 306 40874 0.

DOMJAN, M. and BURKHARD, B. The Principles of Laming and Behavior. Monterey, Calif.: Brooks/Cole, 1982. Pp 389. $21.95 ISBN 0 8185 0466 8.

GRAY, J.A. The Neuropsychology annxiety. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1982. Pp 548. £27.50 ISBN 0 19 852109 x.     

Book reviews

What is Mathematics, Really?. Reuben Hersh, 1997 New York, Oxford University Press xxiv+343, $CAN 51.95, $US 35.00, ISBN 0–19–511368–3

Philosophy of Mathematics: Structure and Ontology. Stewart Shapiro, 1997. Oxford, Oxford University Press x + 277, $CAN 73.95, ISBN 0–19–509452–2     

Stories,stories everywhere; But not a truth to think

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Black Sheep and Kissing Cousins: How our family stories shape us by Elizabeth E. Stone New York: Penguin, 1989

Narrative means to therapeutic ends by Michael White and David Epston New York: Norton, 1990

Between psychology and psychotherapy: A poetics of experience by Miller Mair London: Routledge, 1989

Moments of engagement by Peter Kramer New York: Norton, 1989

Metaphor & meaning in psychotherapy by Ellen Y. Siegelman New York: Guilford Press, 1990     

Clinical Judgment and Clinical Significance in Psychotherapy Practice

The use of outcome measurement in psychotherapy practice is briefly discussed, as is Jacobson and Truax’s (J Consult Clin Psychol 59:12–19, 1991) conception of clinically significant change. A more flexible and user friendly application of clinically significant change compatible with clinical judgment is proposed for psychotherapy practice. Examples are given and a free Windows program is described for computing RC and estimating the probability associated with it.     

Purple Haze: The Puzzle of Consciousness

Book Information Purple Haze: The Puzzle of Consciousness. Purple Haze: The Puzzle of Consciousness Levine Joseph New York Oxford University Press 2001 204 Hardback £22.50 By Levine Joseph. Oxford University Press. New York. Pp. 204. Hardback:£22.50,     

Book reviews

The Behavioral Basis of Perception. By James G. Taylor. New York and London: Yale University Press. 1962. Pp. xv + 379. 68s.

The Brain as a Computer. By F. H. George. Oxford: Pergamon Press. 1961. Pp. 413. 63s.

Recent Advances in Biological Psychiatry, Vol. IV. Edited by Joseph Wortis, M.D. New York: Plenum Press. 1962. Pp. xiii + 385. $12.50. £5 8s.

Speech and Thought in Severe Subnormality. By N. O'Connor and B. Hermelin. Oxford: Pergamon Press. 1963. Pp. xi + 122. 25s.

Signs, Signals and Symbols. A presentation of the British approach to Speech Pathology and Therapy. Ed. Stella E. Mason. London: Methuen. 1963. Pp. xii + 212. 35s.

Thinking: An Introduction to its Experimental Psychology. By George Humphrey. London and New York: Wiley, Science Editions. 1963. Pp. xi + 331. 17s.

Decisions, Values and Groups. Edited by Norman F. Washburne. Oxford: Pergamon Press. 1962. Pp. 521. £5.

An Introduction to the Science of Human Behavior. By J. I. Nurnberger, C. B. Ferster and J. P. Brady. Foreword by D. McK. Rioch. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts. 1963. Pp. xvi + 379. $5.95.

Electrical and Drug Treatments in Psychiatry. By A. Spencer Paterson. Amsterdam and London: Elsevier. 1963. Pp. xii + 248. 56s.     

Book reviews

Postman, L. And Keppel, G. (Eds.). Norms of Word Association. New York and London: Academic Press. 1970. Pp. vi+ 467. £12.00.

Wolstenholme, G. E. W. and Knight, J. (Eds.). Taste and Smell in Vertebrates. London: J. & A. Churchill. 1970. Pp. x + 402. £4.00.

Tobias, J. V. (Ed.). Foundations of Modern Auditory Theory, Vol. I. New York and London: Academic Press. 1970. Pp. xv + 466. £10.50.

Hexmelin, B. and O'connor, N. Psychological Experiments with Autistic Children. Oxford: Pergamon Press. 1970. Pp. 142. £3.00.

Black, P. (Ed.). Physiological Correlates of Emotion. New York and London: Academic Press. 1970. Pp. xvi + 309. £6.30.

Baird, J. C. Psychophysical Analysis of Visual Space. Oxford: Pergamon Press. 1970. Pp. viii + 321. £4.50.

Flores D'Arcais, G. B. and Levelt, W J. M. (Eds.). Advances in Psycholinguistics. Amsterdam and London: North Holland. 1970. Pp. x + 454. £8.40.

Dodwell, P. C. Visual Pattern Recognition. Holt, Rhinehart & Wilson. 1970. Pp. 276. $9.00.

Gladwin, Thomas. East is a Big Bird. Oxford: University Press. 1970. Pp. 241. £4.75.

GULICR, W. L. Hearing: Physiology and Phychophysics. New York: Oxford University Press. 1971. Pp. viii+257. £4.50.

Plomp, R. and Smoorenburg, G. F. (Eds.). Frequency Analysis and Periodicity Detection in Hearing. Leiden: A. W. Sijthoff. 1970. Pp. xvi+482.

Jaffe, Joseph and Feldstein, Stanley. Rhythms of Dialogue. New York: Academic Press. 1970. Pp. 156. £3.95     

The Moral and Political Status of Children

Book Information The Moral and Political Status of Children. The Moral and Political Status of Children David Archard, Colin M. Macleod, eds., Oxford and New York : Oxford University Press, 2002, viii + 296, US$60 (cloth). Edited by David Archard;, Colin M. Macleod;, eds.. Oxford University Press. Oxford and New York. Pp. viii + 296. US$60 (cloth).,     

Leibniz,Whitehead and the Metaphysics of Causation

Medieval Thought: The Western Intellectual Tradition from Antiquity to the Thirteenth Century by Michael Haren Second Edition. Macmillan 1992. Pp. ix + 315.

Being a Philosopher: The History of a Practice by D. W. Hamlyn London and New York: Roudedge 1992. Pp. x + 187. ISBN 0–415–02968–6.

A History of Western Philosophy Vol. 3, Renaissance Philosophy by Brian B. Copenhaver and Charles B. Schmitt Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992. Pp. 450. Hb £30.00. Pb £8.99.

La Scepsi moderna. Interpretazioni dello scetticismo da Charron a Hume by Gianni Paganini Pp. 528. Cosenza: Edizioni Il Busento 1991. L 60,000.

A History of Modern Political Thought 185 A History of Modern Political Thought, Major Political Thinkers from Hobbes to Marx by Iain Hampsher‐Monk Oxford: Blackwell 1992 Pp. xiii + 609 Paperback, £14.99.

Malebranche and Ideas 189 Malebranche and Ideas by Steven M. Nadler New York: Oxford University Press 1992. Pp. 192. ISBN 0–19–507724–5. £35.00

Kantian Aesthetics Pursued by Anthony Savile Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, 1993, ISBN 0–7486–0439–1

Philosophy and Logic in Central Europe from Bolzano to Tarski by Peter Simons Kluwer 1992     

Books

Maccurdy, J. T. Common Principles In Psychology And Physiology. Cambridge, England: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1928. Pp. Xvii + 284. Reviewed by James Drever.

Brasol, B. The Elements Of Crime. New York: Oxford University Press, 1927. Pp. Xi + 433. $5.00. Reviewed by Carl Murchison

Luckiesh, M. Foundations Of The Universe. New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1925. Pp. Vii + 245. $3.00. Reviewed by Carl Murchison

Watson, J. B. Psychological Care Of Infant And Child. New York: Norton, 1928. Pp. 195. $2.00. Reviewed by M. Goodrie

Herskovits, M. J. The American Negro. New York: Knopf, 1928. Pp. Xiv + 92. $2.00 Reviewed by Carl Murchison

Rickman, J. Index Psychoanalyticus. London: Hogarth, 1928. Pp. 276. 18S. Reviewed by Carl Murchison     

Book reviews

British Medical Bulletin: Experimental Psychology. Edited by A. Summerfield. London: Medical Department of the British Council. 1964. Vol. 20, Number 1. Pp. 86. 30s.

Reading Disability: Progress and Research Needs in Dyslexia. Edited by John Money. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press (London: Oxford University Press). 1962. Pp. × + 222. 40s.

Mathematical Methods in Small Group Processes. Edited by Joan H. Criswell, Herbert Solomon and Patrick Suppes. London: Oxford University Press (for Stanford University Press). 1962. Pp. viii + 361. 78s.

Menial Radio. By Upton Sinclair, with an Introduction by William McDougall, a Preface by Albert Einstein, and a Report by Walter Franklin Prince. Springfield, Illinois: C. C. Thomas. Revised Second Printing, 1962. Pp. xiv + 237.

Clinical Correlations of Experimental Hypnosis. Compiled and edited by Milton V. Kline. Springfield, Illinois: C. C. Thomas. 1963. Pp. xv + 624. $15.75.

Hypnotism: An Objective Study in Suggestibility. By A. M. Weitzenhoffer. London and New York: John Wiley (Science Editions). 1963. Pp. xvi + 380. 20s.

The Menially Retarded Child. Edited by A. R. Luria. Translated from the Russian by W. P. Robinson. Oxford: Pergamon Press. 1963. Pp. viii + 207. 50s.

Determinants of Infant Behaviour II. Edited by B. M. Foss. With a Foreword by John Bowlby. London: Methuen. 1963. Pp. xii + 248. 45s.

Scientific Principles of Psychology. By Donald J. Lewis. New Jersey and London: Prentice-Hall. 1963. Pp. xi + 580. 64s.

Psychology-the Study of Behaviour. By Paul Swartz. Princeton, New York, Toronto and London: van Nostrand. 1963. Pp. xix + 451. 54s. 6d.

Multivariate Procedures for the Behavioral Sciences. By William W. Cooley and Paul R. Lohnes. London and New York: Wiley. 1963. Pp. × + 211. 51s.

Perception tachistoscopique et communication. By Arthur Fauville. Louvain: Nauwelaerts. 1963. Pp. 56. 80 FB.

Measurement in Personality and Cognition. Edited by Samuel Messick and John Ross. New York and London: Wiley. 1963. Pp. xi + 334. 45s.

Maternal Behaviour in Mammals. Edited by H. L. Rheingold. London and New York: Wiley. 1964. Pp. viii + 349. 66s.

The Selective Process in the Functional Visual Field. By A. F. Sanders. Soesterberg, Netherlands: Institute for Perception RVO-TNO Monograph. 1963. Pp. vi + 190.

Clinical Psychology: An Introduction to Research and Practice. By N. D. Sundberg and L. E. Tyler. London: Methuen. 1963. Pp. xviii + 564. 50s.

Expression of the Emotions in Man. Edited by Peter H. Knapp, M.D. New York: International Universities Press (London: Bailey Bros. & Swinfen.) 1964. Pp. 351. 68s.     

REVIEWS

T homas N agel . The Possibility of Altruism. New York: Oxford University Press, 1970. 148 pp.
D avid L yons . In the Interest of the Governed: A Study in Bentham's Philosophy of Utility and Laic. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1973. 150 pp. $8.     

Book reviews

John Christian Laursen (ed.). Religious Toleration: ‘The Variety of Rites’ from Cyrus to Defoe. New York, St Martin's Press, 1999. xx + 252 pp. $45.00. ISBN 0–312–22233–5.

Daniel Garber. Descartes Embodied: Reading Cartesian Philosophy through Cartesian Science Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2001, £40.00 hb; £14.95 pb. xii + 337 pp. ISBN 0–521–00337–7 pb. 0–521–80279–2 hb.

Olli Koistinen and John Biro (eds). Spinoza: Metaphysical Themes, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2002. x + 255 pp. £40.00. ISBN 0–19–512815‐X.

Paul Abela. Kant's Empirical Realism. Oxford and New York, Clarendon Press, 2002. vii + 303 pp. £40.00. ISBN 0–19–924274–7.

Bruce L. Kinzer. England's Disgrace? J. S. Mill and the Irish Question. Toronto, Buffalo, and London, University of Toronto Press, 2001. 292 pp. $60. ISBN 0–8020–4862–5.

Maria Dimova‐Cookson. T. H. Green's Moral and Political Philosophy: A Phenomenological Perspective. Basingstoke, Palgrave, 2001. £40.00. xiii + 175 pp. ISBN 0–333–9144–7.

Stephen Mulhall. Inheritance &; Originality. Wittgenstein, Heidegger, Kierkegaard. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 2001. £40.00. xii + 448 pp. ISBN 0–19–924390–5.

Paul Gorner. Twentieth‐Century German Philosophy. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2000. iii + 225 pp. £12.99. ISBN 0–19–289309–2.

Karen Green. Dummett: Philosophy of Language. Cambridge, Polity Press, 2001. xi + 236 pp. £55.00 (hb), £14.99 (pb). ISBN 0–7456–2294–1 (hb) 0–7456–2295‐X (pb).     

Book reviews

Timing in Temporal Tracking. By J. A. Michon. Soesterberg, Netherlands: Institute for Perception RVO-TNO, Netherlands. 1967. Pp. 127.

Human Performance. By Paul M. Fitts and Michael I. Posner. Belmont, California: Brook/Cole Publishing Co. 1967. Pp. x + 162. 14s.

Human Memory. By Jack A. Adams. New York: Mcgraw Hill. I967. Pp. ix + 326. $9.50.

Biological Foundations of Language. By Eric H. Lenneberg. With Appendices by Noam Chomsky and Otto Marx. New York and London: Wiley. 1967. Pp. xvi+489. £6.

The Genesis of Language: A Psycholinguistic Approach. Edited by Frank Smith and G. A. Miller. Cambridge, Massachusetts and London: The M. I. T. Press. Pp. xii + 400. $4.

Acquisition du Langage at Developpement de la Pensee. By H. Sinclair-de Zwart. Paris: Dound. 1967. Pp. vi+ 168. 23F.

Principles and Methods of Social Psychology. By E. P. Hollander. London and New York: Oxford University Press. 1967. Pp. xxiii + 520. 64s.

Current Perspectives in Social Psychology. Second Edition. Edited by E. P. Hollander and R. G. Hunt. London and New York: Oxford University Press. 1967. Pp. vii + 685. 40s. (paper).

The Use of Lateral Thinking. By Edward de Bono. London: Cape. 1967. Pp. 157. 18s.

“Instinct” and “Intelligence”: The Science of Behaviour in Animals and Man. By S. A. Barnett. London: Macgibbon & Kee. 1967. Pp. xiv + 250. 45s.     

Book reviews

Scientific Discovery A. Kantorovich 1993 New York, State University of New York Press $17.95

A Model of the Universe Storrs McCall, 1994 Clarendon Press, Oxford 288pp. plus 15pp. appendices, plus 14pp. references plus index 0198240538 £30.00

Explanation David Hillel Ruben (ed. 1993) Oxford University Press pp vi + 365 ISBN 019875129X. Pb £9.95, Hb £27.50     

Living with Gratitude: Spouse’s Gratitude on One’s Depression

Research has shown that gratitude makes people happier (McCullough and Tsang in Psychol Gratitude, Oxford University Press, pp 123–141, 2004; Wood et al. in Clin Psychol Rev 30(7):890–905, 2010), healthier (McCullough et al. in J Pers Soc Psychol, 86(2):295–309, 2004), more considerate (Bartlett and DeSteno in Psychol Sci 17(4):319–325, 2006), and better evaluated (Gordon et al. in Pers Individ Differ 50(3):339–343, 2011), enabling more stable relationships (Algoe et al. in Pers Relationsh 17(2):217–233, 2010; Algoe et al. in Emotion 8(3):425–429, 2008; Lambert et al. in Psychol Sci 21(4):574–580, 2010). However, no study has extended research beyond individual persons to investigate the impact of one’s gratitude on the mental well-being of those who surround her or him. Thus, we tested this possibility and found in Study 1 that within marriage, husbands’ depositional gratitude negatively correlated with their wives’ depressive emotion. The results of Study 2 validated Study 1 by showing that a wife’s depression would be relatively palliated if her husband was assigned to express appreciation to her and not share daily hassles. While a causal relationship was demonstrated as hypothesized, a difference between genders also emerged. We discuss in particular the latter in terms of its mechanism, limitations, and practical implications for marriage.     

Friendship and Romantic Stressors and Depression in Emerging Adulthood: Mediating and Moderating Roles of Attachment Representations

Although friendships and romantic relationships represent important social relationships during emerging adulthood, problems stemming from these relationships may also pose a threat to emerging adults’ psychological functioning (Collins and Madsen in Handbook of personal relationships. Cambridge University Press, New York, pp 191–209, 2006; La Greca and Moore Harrison in J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 34(1): 49–61, 2005). Thus, investigating relational stressors in friendships and romantic relationships is an important step toward understanding emerging adults’ psychological adjustment. This study focused on examining the relationship between relational stressors and depression, and the mediating and moderating roles of relationship-general attachment representations between these constructs. Data were collected from 164 emerging adults attending a Midwestern university. In partial support of our hypotheses, emerging adults’ attachment anxiety mediated the relationship between experiences of friendship and romantic stressors and depression; this result, however, was not found for attachment avoidance. Furthermore, results showed that attachment avoidance and anxiety moderated the relationship between friendship stressors and depression in emerging adulthood. Supporting our hypothesis, friendship stressors were predictive of higher levels of depression only for emerging adults who were high in attachment avoidance or anxiety. Future research and practical implications are discussed.     

Book reviews

GRAY, J. A. Elements of a Two-Process Theory of Learning. London: Academic Press. 1975. Pp. 423. £6.60.

STOCKBRIDGE, H. C. W. Behaviour and the Physical Environment :Case Studies in Psychology and Ergonomics. London: Batsford. 1975. Pp. 191. £7.50.

CRYSTAL, D. The English Tone of Voice-Essays in Intonation, Prosody and Paralanguage. London: Edward Arnold. 1975. Pp. 198. £3.75.

MCFARLAND, D. J. (Ed.). Motivational Control Systems Analysis. London and New York: Academic Press. 1974. Pp. xii + 523. £11.00.

IVERSEN, S. D. and IVERSEN, L. L. Behavioral Pharmacology. New York and London: Oxford University Press. 1975. Pp. xiv + 310. £2.75.

LEVITT, R. A. Psychopharmacology. A Biological Approach. New York: Wiley. 1975. Pp. x + 502. £9.45.

DOWNS, R. M. and STEA, D. (Eds). Image and Environment. Chicago: Aldine. 1973. (London: Arnold). Pp. xxii + 439. £6.75.

MACCOBY, E. E. and JACKLIN, C. N. The Psychology of Sex Differences. London: Oxford University Press. 1975. Pp. 634. £7.00.

MASSARO, D. W. (Ed.). Understanding Language. New York: Academic Press. 1975. PP. 438. £7.90.

HILGARD, E. R., ATKINSON, R. C., and ATKINSON, R. L. Introduction to Psychology. Sixth Edition. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. 1975. Pp. 658. £8.10.     

FABRICATED MAN: THE ETHICS OF GENETIC CONTROL. Paul Ramsey

Sir Malcolm Knox. Action. New York: Humanities Press, 1968. Pp. 1–250. Indexed. $7.50

Gary Iseminger. Logic and Philosophy: Selected Readings. New York: Appleton‐Century‐Crofts, 1968. Pp. viii, 248. Not indexed. Paper, $3.95.

Allan Bloom. The Republic of Plato : Translated with Notes and an Interpretive Essay. New York: Basic Books, 1968. Pp. xx, 487. Indexed. Paper, $4.95.

W. F. R. Hardie. Aristotle's Ethical Theory. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1968. Pp. 1–370. Indexed. $7.00.

Arthur C. Danto. Analytical Philosophy of Knowledge. London: Cambridge University Press, 1968. Pp. xiv, 270. Indexed. $9.50.

John Lange. The Cognitivity Paradox. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1970. Pp. vii, 117. Not indexed. $5.75.

Maurice Mandelbaum. Phenomenology of Moral Experience. Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1969. Pp. 1–336. Indexed. $2.45 (paper).

A. J. M. Milne. Freedom and Rights. New York: Humanities Press, 1968. Pp. 1–376. Not indexed. $9.50.

Rush Rhees. Discussions of Wittgenstein. New York: Schocken Books, 1969. Pp. viii, 157. Indexed. $6.00.

Alice Ambrose and Morris Lazerowitz (editors). G. E. More: Essays in Retrospect. New York: Humanities Press, 1970. Pp. 1–376. Indexed. $10.00.