AttentionDallenbach, K. M.
doi: 10.1037/h0075668pmid: N/A
A somewhat detailed review of literature on this topic appearing within the past three years. 34 titles are discussed under the heads: (1) definition and ultimate nature of attention, (2) special aspects, as range, fluctuation, etc., (3) relation of attention to other phenomena, (4) technological.
MemoryMcGeoch, J. A.
doi: 10.1037/h0070183pmid: N/A
A review of 141 titles, organized under the heads of (1) memorizing: learning curves; influence of serial position, frequency, vividness, whole and part methods, logical and rote methods, tobacco and alcohol, hypnosis, fatigue, transfer, age and sex differences, etc.; (2) retention: curve of retention, interpolated activity, association aids, influence of intelligence, age and sex differences, testimony, etc.
Experimental studies of thought and reasoningPratt, C. C.
doi: 10.1037/h0072982pmid: N/A
A review of 46 titles brings out substantial support for three conclusions regarding the nature of thought: (1) that the sequences in a train of thought cannot be accounted for in terms of association; (2) that there are persistent contents of thought that reveal no sensory or imaginal character whatever; (3) that some selective or directive factor which as yet eludes precise description is strikingly evident.
Review of 'Psychology: Its Facts and Principles'Fernberger, Samuel W.
doi: 10.1037/h0068809pmid: N/A
Reviews "Psychology: Its Facts and Principles," by H. L. Hollingworth . It is seldom nowadays that anyone lays claim to a system of psychology. Whatever the reason for this, there are still appearing in undiminished number works which are to be distinguished from the run of textbooks in that each offers a well-knit treatment of its author's peculiar outlook on psychology as a whole. Professor Hollingworth's recent book is in our estimation a noteworthy addition to the literature on the broader, theoretic framework of psychology. We do not imply that it is not a textbook. We mean rather that the book is chiefly important as a contribution to serious systematization. His central concept is that of Redintegration. The author introduces us to the general laws of redintegration with explanations such as: "consequents (responses) may follow fragments or partial details of their former antecedents (stimuli)." In elaboration of this primary law there are something like 13. For example: "The completeness of a redintegrated response varies with the completeness of its stimulus." The remainder of the book applies and reapplies these fundamental principles to the domains represented by the accepted categories of psychology. Hollingworth is an exception in not avoiding a frankly philosophical discussion. He gives us his philosophy of nature, of science, of observation, of conjecture. He does not name his philosophy; he does not even say he has one; but the reviewer would call it positivism because it seems to have such faith in unprejudiced description. All in all this book of Hollingworth's is serious business.