Book Notes

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Identification of Book Reviewers for this Number. William H. Cole is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Biology in Clark Chris.

Anfänge der Reifezeit. By William Stern. Leipzig, Quelle & Meyer. 1925, pp. 125.

Mental Hygiene as Taught by Jesus. By Alexander B. MacLeod. New York, The Macmillan Company. 1925, pp. 138.

The Nature of Intelligence and the Principles of Cognition. By Charles E. Spearman. London, Macmillan and Co., Ltd. 1923, pp. viii+358.

Genetic Studies of Genius. By Lewis M. Terman et Al. California, Stanford University Press. 1925, pp. xv+648.

Principles of Psychotherapy. By Dr. Pierre Janet. New York, The Macmillan Company. 1924, pp. viii+322.

Chimpanzee Intelligence and its Vocal Expressions. by Robert M. Yerkes and Blanche W. Learned. Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins Company. 1925, pp. 157.

Neurological Foundations of Animal Behavior. By C. Judson Herrick. New York, Henry Holt and Company. 1924, pp. xii+334.

Physiological Foundations of Behavior. By Charles M. Child. New York, Henry Holt and Company. 1924, pp. v+330.

The Field of Psychology. By Madison Bentley. New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1925. pp. xvi+545.

Experience and Nature. By John Dewey. Chicago, Open Court Publishing Company. 1925, pp. xi+443.

Abnormal Psychology and Education. By Frank Watts. New York, D. Appleton and Company. 1924, pp. xiv+220.

Psychology for Child Training. By Arland D. Weeks. New York, D. Appleton and Company. 1925, pp. xi+312.

Animals Looking Into the Future. By William A. Kepner. New York, The Macmillan Company. 1925, 197 pp.     

Book Notes

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Identification of Book Reviewers for this Number. John H. Wigmore is Dean of the Northwestern University Law School. George F. White is Professor of Chemistry in Clark University. Edward W. Flagg is Professor Emeritus, State Normal School, Potsdam, New York. Carl Murchison is Editor of this journal.

American White Criminal Intelligence. By Carl Murchison. Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology. Vol. 15, No. 2, August, 1924, 77 pages. Vol. 15, No. 3, November, 1924, 60 pages.

Education for Moral Growth. By Henry Neuman, Ph.D. New York: D. Appleton & Company. 1923, 383 pp.

Prisons and Common Sense. By Thomas Mott Osborne. Philadelphia, J. P. Lippincott Co., 1924. pp. 105. $1.25.

Twenty-five Years of American Education. By I. L. Kandel. New York, The Macmillan Co., 1924. pp. 469.

Elements of Educational Psychology. By Lawrence Augustus Averill. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1924. pp. 425.

Psychological Principles Applied to Teaching. By William Henry Pyle. Baltimore, Warwick & York, Inc., 1924. pp. 190.

The Education of Handicapped Children. By J. E. Wallace Wallin. Boston, Houghton, Mifflin Co., 1924. pp. 369. $2.25.

Fundamentals of Vocational Psychology. By Charles H. Griffitts. New York, The Macmillan Company, 1924. pp. 372.

Laboratory Studies in Educational Psychology. By Egbert Milton Turner and George Herbert Betts. New York, D. Appleton & Company, 1924. pp. 217.

Mind as Behavior. By Edgar Arthur Singer, Jr. Columbus, R. G. Adams, 1924. pp. 293.

The Child's Mind and the Common Branches. By Daniel Wolford La Rue. New York, The Macmillan Company, 1924. pp. 479.

An Introduction to Philosophy. By G. T. W. Patrick. Boston, Houghton, Mifflin Co., 1924. pp. 463. $2.50.

Principles of Psychology. By J. R. Kantor. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1924. pp. 464.

An Intermediale Textbook of Physiological Chemistry with Experiments. By C. J. V. Pettibone, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Physiological Chemistry, Medical School, University of Minnesota. Second edition. C. V. Mosby Co., St. Louis, 1923. pp. 376.     

The Theoretical Aspect of Psychology

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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     

Bible Study and Character

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Thomas, W. I., &; Thomas, D. S. The Child in America. New York: Knopf, 1928. Pp. xiv+575.

Thomas, D. S. Some New Techniques for Studying Social Behavior. New York: Bur. Pubis., Teach. Coll., 1929. Pp. viii+203.

Healy, W., Bronner, A. F., Baylor, E. M. H., &; Murphy, J. P. Reconstructing Behavior in Youth. New York: Knopf, 1929. Pp. vii+325.

Calverton, V. F., &; Schmalhausen, S. D. [Editors]. The New Generation. New York: Macaulay, 1930. Pp. 717.

Furfey, P. H. The Growing Boy. New York: Macmillan, 1930. Pp. viii+192.

Hollingworth, L. S. The Psychology of the Adolescent. New York: Appleton, 1928. Pp. xiii+259.

Brooks, F. D. The Psychology of Adolescence. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1929. Pp. xxiii+652.

Pratt, K. C., Nelson, A. K., &; Sun, K. H. The Behavior of the Newborn Infant. Columbus: Ohio State Univ. Press, 1930. Pp. xiii+237.

Bühler, C. The First Year of Life. New York: John Day, 1930. Pp. x+281.

Bühler, C. Kindheit und Jugend. Leipzig: S. Hirzel, 1930. Pp. xx+308.

Bühler, K. The Mental Development of the Child. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1930. Pp. xi+170.

Curti, M. W. Child Psychology. New York: Longmans, Green, 1930. Pp. ix+527.

Piaget, J. The Child's Conception of Physical Causality. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1930. Pp. viii+309.     

Religious Symbols and the WISC-R Performance of Roman Catholic Junior High School Students

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Susan Isaacs. Intellectual Growth in Young Children. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1930. Pp. xi+370. $4.00.     

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.     

Some Differences in Extinction by Normal and Whole-Body Irradiated Monkeys

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Blanchard, P. The Child and Society: An Introduction to the Social Psychology of the Child. New York: Longmans, Green, 1928. Pp. ix + 369. $2.25.

Cobb, S. The New Leaven: Progressive Education and Its Effect upon the Child and Society. New York: John Day, 1928. Pp. x + 340.

Jones, R. M. New Studies in Mystical Religion. New York: Macmillan, 1927. Pp. 205. $1.75.

Woodburne, A. S. (Introduction by Shailer Mathews.) The Religious Attitude. New York: Macmillan, 1927. Pp. vi+353. $2.50.

Holzinger, K. J. Statistical Methods for Students in Education. Boston: Ginn, 1928. Pp. viii + 372. $3.60.

Hartshorne, H. and May, M. A. Studies in Deceit. New York: Macmillan, 1928. Bk. I, pp xxi+414; Bk. II, pp. viii+306. $4.50.

Claremont, C. A. Intelligence and Mental Growth. New York: Norton, 1928. Pp. 120. $1.00.

Malinowski, B. Myth in Primitive Psychology. New York: Norton, 1926. Pp. ix+94. $1.00.

Malinowski, B. The Father in Primitive Psychology. New York: Norton, 1927. Pp. 95. $1.00.

Miller, E. Types of Mind and Body. New York: Norton, 1927. Pp. 95. $1.00.

Warden, C. J. A Short Outline of Comparative Psychology. New York: Norton, 1927. Pp. xii+96. $1.00.

Wheeler, W. M. Emergent Evolution and the Development of Societies. New York: Norton, 1928. Pp. vii+80. $1.00.     

Brief reviews

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DR. STEPHEN NIEGER, Overcoming Sexual Inadequacy Chicago: Instructional Dynamics Incorporated 1973 (12 audio cassettes)

ORTHOMOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY: Treatment of Schizophrenia, eds. David Hawkins and Linus Pauling, W. H. Freeman and Company, San Francisco, 1973,679 pages, $17.00.

THE ADOLESCENT YEARS, By William W. Wattenberg, New York. Harcourt, Brace, Javanovich. 1973. (Second Edition)

REPRODUCTION, SEX AND PREPARATION FOR MARRIAGE (2nd Edition) by Lawrence Q. Crawley, James L. Malfetti, Ernest I. Stewat, Jr., and Nini Vas Dias. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Rentice-Hall, 1973. 254 pages.     

The Effects of Context on Parent—Child Interactions

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Revue Internationale de Pédagogie Comparative. Nantes (France): Auguste Mailloux, Rédacteur en chief. Mars, 1899, 1e année, No. 1. pp. 68. 10 francs a year. Reviewed by Will S. Monroe.

An Introduction to the Study of Literature. Edited by Edwin Herbert Lewis, Ph. D. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1899, pp. 410. Reviewed by W. S. Small.

L'Enfant et l'Adolescent dans la Société Moderne, par Louis Defert. Preface de M. Th. Ranssel. Paris, Montgredien et Cie, 1897. pp. 217. Reviewed by W. S. Small.

Une enquěte pédagogique dans les écoles primaires de Lyon. Par M. Chabot. Bulletin de l'Instruction primaire du Rhóne. January, 1899. pp. 51-55. Reviewed by Will S. Monroe.

Women and Economics, by Charlotte Perkins Stetson. Boston, 1898. pp. 340. Reviewed by J. P. Hylan.

Talks to Teachers on Psychology: and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals, by William James. Henry Holt &; Co., New York, 1899. pp. 301.

Psychology and Life, by Hugo Munsterberg. Houghton, Mifflin &; Co., Boston and New York, 1899. pp. 286.

From Comte to Benjamin Kidd, by Robert Mackintosh. The Macmillan Co., New York, 1899. pp. 312.

From the Child's Standpoint, by Florence H. Winterburn. Baker &; Taylor Co., New York, 1899. pp. 278.

Der Stoffwechsel des Kindes, von Wilhelm Camerer. Tübingen, 1896. pp. 160.

Tom Tit Tot, by Edward Clodd. London, 1898. pp. 249.

The Story of Ab; A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man, by Stanley Waterloo. Chicago and New York, 1899. pp. 351.

Legends of the Saints, by G. R. Woodward. London, 1898. pp. 104.

A Country Schoolmaster; James Shaw, Tynron, Dumfriesshire. Edited by Robert Wallace. Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, 1899. pp. 392.

Creative Myths of Primitive America in Relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind, by Jeremiah Curtin. Little, Brown and Co., Boston, 1898. pp. 530.

The Art of Teaching, by David Salmon. Longmans, Green and Co., New York, 1898. pp. 289.

The Life of Henry Drummond, by George Adam Smith. London, 1899. pp. 506.

Émile Zola, by Édouard Toulouse. Paris, 1896. pp. 285.

The Great Affirmations of Religion, by Thomas R. Slicer. Houghton, Mifflin &; Co., Boston and New York, 1898. pp. 273.

Have You a Strong Will? by Charles G. Leland. George Redway, London, 1899. pp. 235.

Early Chapters in Science, by Mrs. W. Awdry. J. Murray, London, 1890. pp. 348.

L'Ignorance et l'Irréflexion, par L. Gérard-Varet. F, Alcan, Paris, 1898. pp. 296.

L'Ignorance et l'Irréflexion, par L. Gérard-Varet. F, Alcan, Paris, 1898. pp. 296.

Die Spiele der Menschen, von Karl Groos. Jena, 1899. pp. 538.

Popular Education in England, by J. George Hodgins. Toronto, 1899. pp. 77.

Psychologisches Lesebuch zusammengestellt mil Rücksicht auf pädagogische Verwertung, von S. Hoffmann. E. Wunderlich, Leipzig, 1896. pp. 167.

Special Method in Natural Science, by Charles A. McMurry and Mrs. Lida B. McMurry. Bloomington, Ill., 1899. pp. 267.

Through Nature to God, by John Fiske. Houghtou, Mifflin and Co., Boston, 1899. pp. 194.

L'Éducation Nouvelle, par Edmond Demolins. Paris. pp. 320.

Les François d'aujourd'hui, par Edmond Demolins. Paris. pp. 465.

A Study of the Kindergarten, by Frederic Burk and Caroline Frear Burk. San Francisco, 1899. pp. 123.

The Pedagogues, by Arthur Stanwood Pier. Small, Maynard &; Co., Boston, 1899. pp. 287.

L'Enfant, par Comtesse Nacla. E. Flammarion, Paris, 1899. pp.203.

Autobiography of a Child. Wm. Blackwood &; Sons, London, 1899. pp. 299.     

Book Review

Rosanoff, A. J. [Ed.] Manual of Psychiatry. (6th Ed. Rev.) New York: Wiley; London: Chapman & Hall. 1927. Pp. xvi + 697. $6.00. Reviewed by J. W. Bridges.

Kelley, T. L. Interpretation of Educational Measurements. Yonkers: World Book, 1927. Pp. xiii + 363. $2.20. Reviewed by Raymond R. Willoughby.

Briffault, R. The Mothers. New York: Macmillan, 1927. 3 vols. Pp. xix + 781; xx + 789; xv + 841. $27.00. Reviewed by Carl Murchison.

Griffith, C. R. General Introduction to Psychology. (Rev. Ed.) New York: Macmillan, 1928. Pp. xix + 607. $2.75. Reviewed by Carl Murchison.

Gates, G. S. The Modern Cat: Her Mind and Manners. New York: Macmillan, 1928. Pp. xvi + 196. $2.00. Reviewed by Carl Murchison.     

Books

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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.     

The Content of Experimental Manuals in Psychology

Murphy, G. An Historical Introduction to Modern Psychology. (Supplement by H. Klüver.) New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1929. Pp. xvii+470. Reviewed by G. S. Brett.

Pillsbury, W. B. The History of Psychology. New York: Norton, 1929. Pp. 326. Reviewed by G. S. Brett.     

Jean Piaget,the Child's Conception of Physical Causality (Victoria Hazlitt)

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Jean Piaget. The Child's Conception of Physical Causality. (Trans. by M. Gabain.) London: Kegan Paul; New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1930. Pp. viii+309.     

The Utilization of Light Avoidance as Motivation in the Investigation of Perceptual Differentiation in the Pigeon

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Stammering and Cognate Defects of Speech. By C. S. Bluemel. Two volumes. New York, G. E. Stechert &; Co., 1913. pp. vii, 365, 391.

Psychologie der Sprachpädagogik: Versuche zu einer Darstellung der Principien des fremdsprachlichen Unterrichts auf Grund der psychologischen Natur der Sprache. Von Chr. B. Flagstad. Leipzig u. Berlin, 1913, pp. xxviii., 370. Mit einigen Kurzungen und Ånderungen vom Verfasser aus dem Dänischen übersetzt. Price, geh. M 5, geb. M 6.

School Hygiene. By Fletcher B. Dresslar, Ph. D. New York, Macmillan, 1913. 369 p.     

Book Reviews

Publishers wishing to have their books considered for review in this column should send two copies of each book to Editor, Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1607 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20009. Turning On by Rasa Gustatis. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1969. 326 pp. $6.25. Introduction to Guidance: Selected Readings edited by Bruce Shertzer and Shelley C. Stone. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1970. 459 pp. $5.95. A Strategy for Guidance by Edward C. Roeber, Garry R. Walz, and Glen E. Smith. New York: Macmillan Company, 1969. 293 pp. $6.95. The Future Academic Community: Continuity and Change edited by John Caffrey. Washington, D.C.: The American Council on Education, 1969. 342 pp. $7. Drugs I: Society and Drugs and Drugs II: Students and Drugs by Richard H. Blum and Associates. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc., 1969. 400 pp. and 399 pp., respectively. $25 for the set. Rehabilitation Counseling: Collected Papers by C. H. Patterson. Champaign, Illinois: Stipes Publishing Company, 1969. 256 pp. $5.50. Occupations and Careers by S. Norman Feingold and Sol Swerdloff. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1969. 372 pp. $6.96.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book review in this article
T he R iddle of the S phinx . By Geza Roheim. With a preface by Ernest Jones.
A D ynamic T heory of P ersonality . By Kurt Lewin.
P rinciples of G estalt P sychology . By K. Koffka. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1935.
T he S ubnormal M ind . By Cyril Burt.     

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     

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

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(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     

Book review

Crime and creativity

EISENMAN, R. (1991). From Crime to Creativity: Psychological and Social Factors in Deviance. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co. (128 pp.). ISBN 0–8403–6848–8.

A penchant for the trenchant

SCHULMAN, M. (1991). The Passionate Mind. New York: The Free Press (352 pp.). ISBN 0029281113.

The essential nature of ethical, social, and historical context in examining creativity and innovation

GRUDIN, R. (1990). The Grace of Great Things: Creativity and Innovation. New York: Ticknor & Fields, Houghton Mifflin Co. (257 pp.). ISBN 0–89919–940–2.