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AB - 5ook lactifetus, Psychology: A Study of Mental Life. By R. S. WOODWORTH, Ph. D. (New York, Henry Holt & Co., 1921.) If all the authors of psychological texts should give average ratings of their respective productions, the standing of this book would be not less than second. It is probably among the most carefully prepared books that have been published. It was tried out in mimeograph for two years at Columbia and elsewhere, and subject to constant revision from various sources. It is thus a more objective work and less of a gospel according to Professor So-and-So. At the same time it embodies distinctive and very important conceptual progress. For example may be cited the recognition of sensation as a form of reaction. This matter is now relegated to a single late chapter, with insult added to injury in the assurance that on initial reading it “might perfectly well be omitted.” The concept of prepara- tory reactions is another one of outstanding value. The style is somewhat colloquial, and on this ground has been a little disquieting to the conven- tionalist. It is admirably clear. One might go on with laudatory adjectives indefinitely. There can be little dissent that 
TI - <i>Psychology: A Study of Mental Life.</i> By R. S. Woodworth, Ph. D. (<i>New York, Henry Holt &amp; Co., 1921.</i>)
JF - American Journal of Psychiatry
DO - 10.1176/ajp.79.1.124
DA - 1922-07-01
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