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     

The Problem-Solving Aspect of Suicide

G. B. Gottsegen, and M. G. Gottsegen, Professional School Psychology, Vol. 3. New York: Grune &; Stratton, 1969, 407 pages, $17.75. Reviewed by Gilbert R. Gredler     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Some Recent Books on Vision: The Interpretation of Visual Motion. Shimon Ullman. Some Recent Books on Vision: From Images to Surfaces. A Computational Study of the Human Early Visual System. W. E. L. Grimson. Some Recent Books on Vision: Vision. A Computational Investigation into the Human Representation and Processing of Visual Information. David Marr. San Francisco. W. H. Freeman. 1982. Being and Becoming: An Autobiography. Norman L. Munn. The Social Psychology of Tourist Behaviour. Philip L. Pearce. Dimensions of Helping Behaviour. Michael Smithson, Paul R. Amato and Philip Pearce. Neurosis and the Social Environment. Scott Henderson, D. G. Byrne and Paul Duncan-Jones. Time Series in Psychology. Robert A. M. Gregson. Restricted Environmental Stimulation: Research and Clinical Application. Peter Suedfeld. Assessment Strategies for Cognitive-Behavioural Interventions. Philip C. Kendall and Steven D. Hollon (Eds.). Interpersonal Communication in Organisations. Rudi Klass and Bernard M. Bass. Employee-Organization Linkages: The Psychology of Commitment, Absenteeism, and Turnover. Richard T. Mowday, Lyman W. Porter and Richard M. Steers. Current Developments in Psychopharmacology, Volume 6. Walter B. Essman and L. Valzelli (Eds.). Mental Retardation. Law, Policy and Administration. Susan C. Hayes and Robert Hayes. Negotiation Behaviour. Dean G. Pruitt. Introduction to Multidimensional Scaling: Theory, Methods and Applications. Susan S. Schiffman, M. Lance Reynolds and Forrest W. Young. Advances in Cognitive-Behavioral Research and Therapy, Volume 1. Philip C. Kendall (Ed.). Endeavors in Psychology: Selections from the Personology of Henry A. Murray. E. S. Shneidman (Ed.). High-Risk Infants and Children: Adult and Peer Interactions. Tiffany Martini Field, Susan Goldberg, Daniel Stern and Anita Miller Sostek (Eds.). Elements of Discourse Understanding. Aravind Joshi (Ed.). Emotional Disorders of Mentally Retarded Persons: Assessment, Treatment and Consultation. Ludwik Szymanski and Peter Tanguay (Eds.). ProbIems in Pain: Proceedings ofthe First Australia-New Zealand Conference on Pain. Connie Peck and Meredith Wallace (Eds.). Achievement, Stress, and Anxiety. Heinz W. Krohn and Lothar Laux (Eds.). Advances in the Study of Behavior, Volume 12. J. S. Rosenblatt, R. A. Hinde, C. Beer and M. Busnel (Eds.). Research with the Locus of Control Construct, Volume 1. Assessment Methods. Herbert M. Lefcourt (Ed.). Hypnosis and Behavior Therapy: The Treatment of Anxiety and Phobias. J. Christopher Clarke and J. Arthur Jackson.     

Licensure in Counseling: An Alternative Direction

Bernstein, B.L, & Lecomte, C. Licensure in Psychology: Alternative Directions. Professional Psychology, 1981, 12, 200–208.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Expectations and Actions: Expectaney-Value Models in Psychology. Norman T. Feather (Ed). Hillsdale, New Jersey. Lawrence Elbaum Associates. 1982 xi + 436, No Price given. Cultures in Contact. Studies in Cross-Cultural Intraction. Stephen Bochner (Ed.) Oxford. Pergamon Press. 1982. xiv + 232. $38.00 cloth; $14.95 paper. Dangerousness: Problems of Assessment and Prediction. John W. Hinton (Ed.). London. George Allen & Unwin. 1983. x + 177. $29.95. Ethical Problems in Psychological Research. Heinz Schuler. N.Y. Academic Press. 1982. xviii + 269. $68.65 ($US39.50). Paradigms in Transition. Ralph L. Rosnow. New York. Oxford University Press. 1981. x + 170. $11.50. Ideology and Social Psychology. Michael Billig. Oxford. Basil Blackwell. 1982. 243. No price given. Homosexuality and Psychotherapy: A Practitioners Handbook of Afirmative Models. J. C. Gonsiorek (Ed.). N.Y. The Haworth Press. 1982. 216. US$25.00 cloth. Social Skills Training. Jeffrey A. Kelly. Springer Publishing Company. N.Y. 1982. xv + 256. $36.50. Behavior Therapy for Depression: Present Status and Future Directions. Lynne P. Rehm. (Ed.). N.Y. Academic Press. 1981. xix + 389. $29.50. Advances in Clinical Child Psychology, Vol. 5. Benjamin Lahey and Alan Kazdin (Eds.). New York. Plenum. 1982. 375. $35.00. Parent-Child Interaction. Theory, Research and Prospects. Ronald W. Henderson (Ed.). New York. Academic Press. 1981. xiii + 325. $29.50. Introduction to Medical Psychology. James C. Norton. N.Y. The Free Press. 1982. xiv + 313. US22.95. Clinical Behavioural Science. F. Sierles (Ed.). Jamaica, N.Y. MTP Press Limited. 1982.444. UKE30.25. Message-A ttitude-Behavior Relationship. Donald Cushman and Robert McPhee (Eds.). N.Y. Academic Press. 1980. xii + 339. USSi27.00. Ajective Correlates of Learning Disabilities. James W. Chapman and Frederic J. Boersma. Lisse. Swets & Zeitlinger. 1980. vi + 108. USS23.75. Handbook of Research Methods in Human Memory and Cognition. C. R. Puff (Ed.). New York. Academic Press. 1982. xvi + 474. US%45.00. Latvians in Australia. Aldis L. Putnins. Canberra. Australian National University Press. 1981. 131. $9.50 paper. Psychology of Language. Allan Paivio and Ian Begg. New Jersey. Prentice Hall Inc. 1981. xiv + 417. No price given. What Writers Know: The Language, Process and Structure of Written Discourse. Martin Nystrand (Ed.). N.Y. Academic Press. 1982. xvii + 391. US$32.00. Emergency Intervention. Jane Allyn Piliavin, John Dovidio, Samuel L. Gaertner, and Russell D. Clark, 111. N.Y. Academic Press. 1981. xiv + 293. No price given. Beginning Psychology. Malcolm Hardy and Steve Hayes. London. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1979. xi + 228. $1 1.95. A Survey of Social Psychology (2nd ed.). Leonard Berkowitz. New York. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. 1980. No price given.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Human Information Processing: An Introduction to Psychology. By Peter H. Lindsay and Donald A. Norman . Human Memory: Research and Theory. By L. S. Cermak . Organization of Memory. Edited by Endel Tulving and Wayne Donaldson . Associations or Addresses: a Study in Serial Verbal Learning. By F. J. Strømnes . Verbal Learning Research and the Technology of Written Instruction. Edited by Ernst Z. Rothkopf and Paul E. Johnson . Inhibition and Learning. Edited by R. A. Boakes and M. S. Halliday . Purposive Explanation in Psychology. By Margaret A. Boden . The Double Brain. By S. Dimond . Limbic System Mechanisms and Autonomic Function. Edited by C. H. Hockman . Languages of the Brain: Experimental Paradoxes and Principles in Neuropsychology. By K. H. Pribram . Perception in Everyday Life. By S. Howard Bartley . Language and Social Behaviour. By W. P. Robinson . Language Development: Structure and Function. By Philip S. Dale . Language of the Mentally Retarded. Edited by Richard L. Schiefelbusch . Studies in Dyadic Communication. Edited by A. W. Siegman and B. Pope . The Social Animal. By Elliot Aronson . Moral Learning and Development, Theory and Research. By Douglas Graham . The Social Influence Processes. Edited by J. T. Tedeschi . Perception and Cognition: a Cross-Cultural Perspective. By Barbara B. Lloyd . The Psychology of Humor. Edited by J. H. Goldstein and P. E. Mc Ghee . Males and Females. By Corinne Hutt . The Interview: Research on its Anatomy and Structure. By Joseph D. Matarazzo and Arthur N. Wiens . Inquiring Man: the Theory of Personal Constructs. By D. Bannister and Fay Fransella . Change and Continuity in Infancy. By Jerome Kagan . The Psychology of Consciousness. By R. E. Ornstein . Occupational Psychology. By Donald E. Super and Martin J. Bohn , Jr .     

Re: Views

Book reviewed in this article: Adventures in Therapy Part 2 Biofeedback Applications in Counseling and Education. David G. Danskin and Timothy J. Lowenstein Adventures in Therapy Part 2 Behavioral Interviewing With Couples. Phil Stockton and John Gottman Adventures in Therapy Part 2 Self-Control: Learning to C.A.R.E. for Yourself. Educational film written by Carl E. Thoresen; produced and directed by Don L. Sorensen Adventures in Therapy Part 2 Control Yourself. David R. Wheeler Adventures in Therapy Part 2 Positive Addiction. William Glasser Adventures in Therapy Part 2 Counseling Methods. John D. Krumboltz and Carl E. Thoresen Adventures in Therapy Part 2 Self-Directed Systematic Desensitization. Wes W. Wenrich, Harold H. Dawley, and Dale A. General Adventures in Therapy Part 2 The Growing Edge of Gestalt Therapy. Edward W. L. Smith, Editor Adventures in Therapy Part 2 The Passions: The Myth and Nature of Human Emotion. Robert C. Solomon Adventures in Therapy Part 2 Rational Emotional Therapy: Clinicians Guide and Rational Emotive Self-Help Techniques. Albert Ellis Adventures in Therapy Part 2 Rational Emotive Psychotherapy: An Interview. (#77517) Albert Ellis Adventures in Therapy Part 2 Rational Emotive Psychotherapy Applied to Groups. (#75518) Albert Ellis. Adventures in Therapy Part 2 A Demonstration With a Young Divorced Woman. (#77520) Adventures in Therapy Part 2 A Demonstration With an Elementary School Age Child. (#77519) Albert Ellis     

Re: Views

Book Reviews in this article: American Educational Research Journal. Maryellen McSweeney, Editor. The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. Eli M. Bower, Editor. American Psychologist. Charles A. Kiesler, Editor. The Counseling Psychologist. John Whitely, Editor. Focus on Guidance. Carolyn Acheson, Editor. Journal of Career Education. H. C. Kazanas, Editor. The Journal of Counseling Psychology. Samuel H. Osipow, Editor. The Occupational Outlook Quarterly. Melvin C. Fountain, Editor.     

Book reviews

Recent Books by Division Members The Art of the Psychotherapist. New York: W.W. Norton, 1987. 321 pp. (hardcover). $27.95.

Don Dinkmeyer Sr., Gary D. McKay, Don Dinkmeyer, Jr., James S. Dinkmeyer, and Jon Carlson. PREP for Effective Family Living. Circle Pines, MN: American Guidance Service, 1985. (complete PREP kit). $79.50.

Tom Greening (Ed.). American Politics and Humanistic Psychology. Dallas: Saybrook Publishing, 1984. 223 pp. (paperback). $10.00.

Arthur Freeman and Vincent Greenwood (Eds.). Cognitive Therapy: Applications in Psychiatric and Medical Settings. New York: Human Sciences Press, 1986. 234 pp. (paperback). $16.95.

G. Marian Kinget. On Being Human: A Systematic View (Enlarged Ed.). Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1987. 262 pp. (paperback/ hardcover). $14.50/$26.75.

Jeffrey A. Kottler. On Being a Therapist. San Francisco: Jossey‐Bass, 1986. 169 pp. (hardcover).

Alvin R. Mahrer. Therapeutic Experiencing: The Process of Change. New York: W. W. Norton, 1986. 419 pp. (hardcover). $34.95.

Rollo May. My Quest for Beauty. Dallas: Saybrook Publishing, 1985. 244 pp. (hardcover). $18.95.

Edward L. Murray. Imaginative Thinking and Human Existence. Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press, 1986. 271 pp. (hardcover). $24.00.

William W. Purkey and John J. Schmidt. The Inviting Relationship: An Expanded Perspective for Professional Counseling. Englewood Cliffs, N J: Prentice‐Hall, 1987. 180 pp. (paperbook). S 15.95.

Edward W. L. Smith. Sexual Aliveness. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1987. 126 pp. (hardcover). $16.95.

Judi Striano. How to Find a Good Psychotherapist: A Consumer Guide. Santa Barbara, CA: Professional Press, 1987. 67 pp. (paperback). $8.95.

Florence J. van Zuuren, Frederick J. Wertz, and Bep Mook (Eds.). Advances in Qualitative Psychology: Themes and Variations. Berwyn, PA: Swets North America, 1987. 209 pp. (paperback). $22.00

New dimensions in family therapy

Brief Therapy With Single‐Parent Families, by Anita Morawetz, M.S.W. and Gillian Walker, M.S.W. New York: Brunner/Mazel, Publishers, 1984. 373 pages, (hardcover) $30.00     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: The Psychology of Visual Illusion. By J. O. Robinson . Human Senses in Action. By Roland Harper . Cognition and the Development of Language. Edited by John R. Hayes . Psycholinguistics: Chomsky and Psychology. By Judith Greene . A Primer of Signal Detection Theory. By D. Mc Nicol . Psychology of Reasoning: Structure and Content. By P. C. Wason and P. N. Johnson -Laird . Psychology of the Arts. By Hans Kreitler and Shulamith Kreitler . Coding Processes in Human Memory. Edited by A. W. Melton and E. Martin . Sleep Research: a Critical Review. By F. R. Freemon . The Context of Social Psychology: a Critical Assessment. Edited by Joachim Israel and Henri Tajfel . Social Psychology: a Cognitive Approach. By E. Stotland and L. K. Canon . The Social Psychology of Work. By Michael Argyle . Social Organization: a General Systems and Role Theory Perspective. By Alvin L. Bertrand . The Practice of Managerial Psychology. By A. J. Du Brin . Carmichael's Manual of Child Psychology. Third edition. Volumes I and II. Edited by P. H. Mussen . Psychopathological Disorders of Childhood. Edited by H. C. Quay and J. S. Werry . Perspectives in Child Psychopathology. Edited by H. E. Rie . Child Rearing and the Development of Moral Structure. By Günni Kärrby . Advances in Educational Psychology I. Edited by W. D. Wall and V. P. Varma . Clinical Behavior Therapy. Edited by Arnold A. Lazarus . Schizophrenia: Pharmacotherapy and Psychotherapy. By Lester Grinspoon , Jack R. Ewalt and Richard I. Shader . The Female Orgasm. By S. Fisher .     

Journal Reviews

Astor , J. (London). ‘A conversation with Dr Michael Fordham.’Journal of Child Psychotherapy Astor , J. (London). ‘Adolescent states of mind found in patients of different ages seen in analysis.’Journal of Child Psychotherapy Blomeyer , R. (Berlin) ‘Der Umgang des Analytikers mit der Analyse’ (The interrelationship between the analyst and the analysis). Analytische Psychologie Blomeyer , Rudolf (Berlin). ‘Analytische Psychologie und Ich-Psychologie’. (Analytical Psychology and Ego-Psychology). Analytical Psychology Rudolf Blomeyer . ‘Anmerkungen zur Typologie’ (Comment on typology). Analytische Psychologie Corbett , L. Kugler , P. ‘The self in Jung and Kohut’ in Progress in self Psychology Dehing , J. ‘Jung aus der Sicht der anderen: anlässlich einiger Kritiken von Seiten der Freudianer.’ (Jung as others see him: some Freudian criticisms.) Analytische Psychologie Erlenmeyer , A. ‘Das kannabalische Phantasma—eine Annäherung’ (Cannibalistic fantasy—an appraisal). Analytische Psychologie Giera -Krapp , Margitta (Berlin). ‘Constellation of the good/bad mother archetype in the treatment of early disturbances.’Analytische Psychologie Lyard , D. (Paris). ‘Le corps et la “redonne” archetypique de l'adolescence.’ (The body and archetypal rebirth in adolescence) in Cahiers jungiens de psychanalyse Noschis , K. (Geneva). ‘La maison du jour et de la nuit’ (The house by day and by night). Le Journal des Psychologues “Le langage de notre intérieur” (The language of our interior). Les Cahiers Médicosociaux Erenest L. Rossi . ‘Mind Body Therapy: methods of ideodynamic healing in hypnosis.’ Norton Professional Books. New York. Samuels , A. (London). ‘Pluralism and the post-Jungians: A reply to Peter Bishop.’ Spring. Samuels , Andrew . (London). ‘A relation called father—Part I: The father in depth psychology.’British Journal of Psychotherapy Steinberg , Warren . (New York). ‘The Fear of Success’. Quadrant Thibaudier , Vivane (Paris). ‘La notion de Grande Mère dans l'optique Jungienne’Cahiers Jungiens de Psychanalyse     

Books

Boring, E. G. A History of Experimental Psychology. New York: Century, 1929. Pp. xvi+699 Reviewed by R. M. Ogden.

Murchison, C. [Ed.] The Foundations of Experimental Psychology Worcester, Mass.: Clark Univ. Press, 1929. Pp. x+907 Reviewed by R. M. Ogden.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Crime and Psychology: By Claud Mullins . The Social Psychology of Education: By C. M. Fleming . A Landmark in English Education: By H. C. Dent . The New Education Bill: By H. C. Dent . The Human Factor in the Army: Some Applications of Psychology to Training, Selection, Morale and Discipline: By C. W. Valentine , M.A., D.Phil. The Case for Examinations: By J. L. Brereton . The Revision of the Stanford-Binet Scale: By Q. Mc Nemar .     

Retraction statement: Making sense of war: Using the interpretation comparison model to understand the Iraq conflict

The following article from the European Journal of Social Psychology, “Making sense of war: Using the interpretation comparison model to understand the Iraq conflict” by Stapel, D. A., and Marx, D. M., published online on 23 August 2006 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), has been retracted by agreement between the co‐author, the journal Editor in Chief, Tom Postmes, and John Wiley and Sons Ltd. The retraction has been agreed upon following the results of an investigation into the work of Diederik A. Stapel ( https://www.commissielevelt.nl/ ). The Levelt Committee has determined that this article was likely to have contained data that were fabricated by Diederik A. Stapel. The co‐author was unaware of his actions and not in any way involved. REFERENCE Stapel, D. A., & Marx, D. M. (2007). Making sense of war: Using the interpretation comparison model to understand the Iraq conflict. European Journal of Social Psychology 37(3), 401–420.     

Book Reviews

Schabracq, Marc J., Winnibst, Jacques A.M. and Cooper, Cary L., Handbook of Work and Health Psychology Bandura, Albert, Self-efficacy: the exercise of control Wiggins, Jerry S. The Five-Factor Model of Personality. Theoretical Perspectives Arredondo, Patricia, Successful diversity management initiatives: a blueprint for planning and implementation     

The Roles of Intelligence and Social Status in Rejections on the Holtzman Inkblot Technique

French, Thomas M. and Fromm, Erika, Dream interpretation, A new approach, New York: Basic Books, 1964, 224 pp., $5.50. Reviewed by Ernest Kramer

Kaplan, Bert (Ed.) The Inner World of Mental Illness. New York: Harper &; Row, 1964, pp. 467. Reviewed by Bernard Landis

L'Abate, Luciano, Principles of Clinical Psychology, New York: Grune &; Stratton, 1964, xx, 317 pp. $8.75. Reviewed by David H. Mills

Levine, Murray and Spivack, George. The Rorschach Index of Repressive Style. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas, 1964, Pp. v+1964. $7.50. Reviewed by Margaret Mercer

Woipe, Joseph, Salter, Andrew and Reyna, Leo J. The Conditioning Therapies: The Challenge in Psychotherapy. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964. Reviewed by Louis Breger     

Counseling as an Interpersonal Influence Process: A Perspective for Counseling Practice

J. D. Corrigan, D. M. Dell, K. N. Lewis, & L. D. Schmidt. Counseling as a social influence process: A review. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1980, 27, 395–441 (Monograph).     

A Review of Finn,Fischer, and Handler (Eds.), Collaborative/Therapeutic Assessment: A Casebook and Guide

Abstract

Oscar N. Myer The Language of Handwriting. Reviewed by Rose Wolfson

Klara Roman Handwriting: a Key to Personality. Reviewed by Rose Wolfson

Frank Victor Handwriting: A Personality Projection. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas, 1952. American Lecture Series Monograph No. 96. Reviewed by Gerald S. Blum, Ph.D.

Robert I. Watson The Clinical Method in Psychology. New York: Harper &; Bros. 1951. $4.50. Reviewed by Walter G. Klopfer, Ph.D.