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     

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     

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.     

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     

Critical Reviews of Recent Books

Abstract

(Katz, D., & Schanck, R. L. Social Psychology. New York: Wiley, 1938. Pp. 700.) Reviewed by Gladys C. Schwesinger     

The Geotropic Conduct of Young Kittens

Skinner, B. F. The Behavior of Organisms. New York: Appleton-Century, 1938. Pp. 457. Reviewed by John L. Finan.

Sakel, M. Pharmacological Treatment of Schizophrenia. New York and Washington : Nervous and Mental Disease Publishing Co., 1938. Pp. 135. Reviewed by Hudsonho Acland.     

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.     

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     

Comparison of the Attitudes of College Men with the Attitudes of College Women in Regard to Fellowship Behavior

Abstract

Wolff, W. The Expression of Personality: Experimental Depth Psychology. New York: Harper, 1943. Pp. 334. Reviewed by Eugene Lerner.

Meier, N. C. Military Psychology. New York: Harper, 1942. Pp. 395. Reviewed by Nathan Israeli.     

Book Reviews

Wilhelm Wundts Werk: ein Verzeichnis seiner sämmtlichen Schriften. Herausgegeben von ELEONORE WUNDT. Abhandlungen der sächs. staatl. Forschungsinstitute: Forschungsinstitut für Psychologie No. 28. München, C. H. Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. 1927. Pp. [iv] 78. Price Mk. 4.00. Reviewed by E. B. Titchener.

Psychologies of 1925: Powell Lectures in Psychological Theory. By Madison Bentley, Knight Dunlap, Walter S. Hunter, Kurt Koffka, Wolfgang Köhler, William McDougall, Morton Prince, John B. Watson and Robert S. Woodworth. Preface by Carl Murchison. Worcester: Clark University, 1926. Pp. 412, 19 lectures. $6.00. Reviewed by John P. Nafe.

Conditioned Reflexes. By Ivan P. Pavlov. London: Oxford University Press, 1927. Pp. xv+430. 28 shillings. Reviewed by Raymond R. Willoughby.

An Introduction to the Theory of Perception. By Sir John Herbert Parsons. New York: The Macmillan Co., 1927. Pp. vi+254. $5.25. Reviewed by John P. Nafe.

A First Laboratory Guide in Psychology. By Mary Collins and James Drever. New York: Dutton, 1927. Pp. viii+108. $1.60. Reviewed by Frank A. Geldard.

Principles of Abnormal Psychology. By Edmund S. Conklin. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1927. Pp. x+457. $4.50; student edition $3.60. Reviewed by Carl Murchison.

Social Psychology Interpreted. By Jesse W. Sprowls. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1927. Pp. xii+268. $4.00. Reviewed by Carl Murchison.     

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     

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     

Books

Flrtcher, H. Speuh an.l Hrarin), New York: Van Nostrand, 1929. Pp. 331. Reviewed by Morgan Upton

Hollingworth, H. L. Psycholoc y : Its Facts and Principles, New York: Appleton, 1923. Pp. xviii-l- 539. Reviewed by Raymond H. Wheeler

WELD, H. P. Psychology as Scicncr : lts Problams and Points of Vicw, New York: Holt, 1928. Pp. xi+297.     

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.     

Foveal Sensitivity as Influenced by Peripheral Stimulation

Daniel, R. S., &; Louttit, C. M. Professional Problems in Psychology. New York: Prentice-Hall, 1953. Pp. 416. Reviewed by Henry P. David.     

Books

(Sargant, W. Battle for the Mind: A Physiology of Conversion and Brain-Washing. New York: Doubleday, 1957. Pp. 263.) Reviewed by Gladys C. Schwesinger.

(Anastasi, A. Differential Psychology, 3rd Ed. New York: Macmillan, 1958. Pp. 664.) Reviewed by Gladys C. Schwesinger.     

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.     

Conditioning and the Coordination of Movements

(Krech, D., and Crutchfield, R. S. Theory and Problems of Social Psychology. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1948. Pp. 639.) Reviewed by Gwynne Nettler     

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