Journal of Consulting Psychology

Wright, C.

doi: 10.1037/h0062060pmid: N/A

The Porteus Maze Test was scored in terms of qualitative errors for a group of 54 delinquent California boys. The results are almost identical with those secured for a comparable group of delinquent boys in Hawaii. The differences between normal and delinquent boys found by Porteus in his study are apparently indicative of some more general factor than the peculiar conditions of life in the Territory of Hawaii.

Carter, J. W.

doi: 10.1037/h0063509pmid: N/A

A report is given on the history, organization, function, and procedures of the Center.

Boulger, C.; Arthur, G.

doi: 10.1037/h0058687pmid: N/A

This is a history of the search to find a new design test to take the place of the Kohs' Block Design Test in Form II of the Point Scale of Performance Tests. Preliminary work leads to the conclusion "that the principle upon which the test was constructed has value from the standpoint of intelligence testing, but that the materials used were far from satisfactory."

Arthur, G.

doi: 10.1037/h0061111pmid: N/A

A new test utilizing the stencil principle (similar to Kohs' Block Design Test) is described and tentative norms established on the basis of 500 subjects. More reliable norms will be made available later.

Baruch, D. W.

doi: 10.1037/h0063283pmid: N/A

The problems of labor turnover and absenteeism are analyzed. Prominent causes are fatigue and resentment; they drain energy, reduce efficiency, augment conflict, debilitate health and morale. Status and mutual understanding produce the opposite effects. A table, Causes of and Suggested Antidotes for Absenteeism and Termination, concludes the article.

Symonds, J. P.

doi: 10.1037/h0051469pmid: N/A

Reviews the book, Psychology for the fighting man by a Committee of the National Research Council and Science Service; edited by Edwin G. Boring and Marjorie Van de Water (1943). If a volume can be judged by the clarity of its purpose, and the degree to which it achieves its aims, then "Psychology for the Fighting Man" is a good book. Its mission is to provide soldiers with whatever they can put to immediate and practical use, from among all the assets of psychology. This end is pursued relentlessly. One can hardly think of a pertinent topic that has been omitted or slighted seriously. On the other hand, many of the psychological warhorses that continue in elementary psychological textbooks by the force of tradition are absent, because they are not applicable to the business at hand. The book is a collaboration of fifty-nine authors who contributed in varying degrees. Explicit instruction is given on such topics as how to see well in the dark, how to hear efficiently, how not to get air-sick, how to teach something, how to do a mechanical job efficiently, how to fight fear, how to avoid a panic, and how to control rumor. That the final product is so smooth and so free from repetitions and inconsistencies is a tribute to the hard work as well as to the ability of the editors, Dr. Boring and Miss Van de Water. The content falls into two general classes: practical helps, and explanations. The importance of this book to psychologists goes beyond the military situation that evoked it. The publication of a first-rate psychology book to sell for twenty-five cents is an event of significance in itself.

Symonds, J. P.

doi: 10.1037/h0050060pmid: N/A

Reviews the book, Vocational interests of men and women by Edward K. Strong, Jr. (1943). Strong presents a detailed account of his own research on vocational interests, showing how it has developed during a period of twenty years. He also reviews the contributions of other investigators, as they pertain to his own work. The presentation is such as to interest serious students of counseling, especially teachers, vocational advisors, and psychologists concerned with the problems of personality, motivation, and happiness. The general style and content of the book will combine to make it attractive to a wide audience. Teachers in courses on general, developmental, social, educational, and applied psychology will find Strong's "Vocational Interests of Men and Women" a valuable reference or source book. It deserves to be read and discussed by every psychologist and guidance worker. Contributions of such importance appear but rarely.

Symonds, J. P.

doi: 10.1037/h0050600pmid: N/A

Reviews the books, Educational Measurement and Evaluation by H. H. Remmers and N. L. Gage (1943); and An Evaluation of Modern Education by J. Paul Leonard and Alvin C. Eurich (Eds.), with the cooperation of six others (1942). With the first title as text and, as references, the second title, one has the nucleus of a bibliography for a teacher-training course in educational measurement and evaluation that brings into deserving prominence the principles and techniques of evaluation developed in the last decade. The keynote of the books is that evaluation of the outcomes of education should be based on a careful statement of objectives, that it should be comprehensive in regard to the aspects of individual development appraised and that it should be continuous, that is, comparable data on such development should be secured, recorded, interpreted and applied at appropriate intervals. A unique feature of the text by Remmers and Gage, is inclusion of physical development among the six aspects of individual development among the six aspects of individual development to be evaluated. Leonard and Eurich and their collaborators perform a great service in bringing together into one volume an annotated and classified summary of studies on the relative merits of older and newer methods of instruction and school organization.