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(1)THE general nature and scope of Mr. McDougall's book is admirably expressed, in the words of his preface, as βan attempt to deal with a difficult branch of psychology in a way that shall make it intelligible and interesting to any cultivated reader, and that shall imply no previous familiarity with psychological treatises on his part;β¦ a book that may be of service to students of all the social sciences, by providing them with the minimum of psychological doctrine that is an indispensable part of the equipment for work in any of these sciences.β After an introductory chapter pointing out the grave need in the sciences of ethics, economics, history, and politics for a more accurate and thoroughgoing psychological analysis than that employed at the present time, the author proceeds to give a description and classification of the emotional constituents of the mind, which he vindicates as of paramount importance for social life.
(1) An Introduction to Social Psychology.
By William McDougall. Pp. xv + 355. (London: Methuen and Co., n.d.) Price 5s. net.
(2) Lectures on the Elementary Psychology of Feeling and Attention.
By Prof. E. B. Titchener. Pp. ix + 404. (New York: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1908.) Price 6s. net.
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BROWN, W. (1) An Introduction to Social Psychology (2) Lectures on the Elementary Psychology of Feeling and Attention. Nature 80, 245 (1909). https://doi.org/10.1038/080245a0
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