Applied psychology / by H.L. Hollingworth and A.T. Poffenberger.

  • Harry L. Hollingworth
Date:
1917
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Credit: Applied psychology / by H.L. Hollingworth and A.T. Poffenberger. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Books in the field of applied psychology have tended in the past to belong in one or several of three categories, which may be described in some such way as the follow- ing: (1) Technical monographs, such ag are intelligible only to the advanced student or the professional psycholo- gist; (£, Volumes covering in an intensive way some par- ticular and limited field of practice, such as education, ad- vertising, mental examination; (3) General and more or less prophetic popular essays, pointing out suggestive fields of interest. There exists no book which well serves as a general text of applied psychology, presenting its principal aims, types, methods, its various fields of endeavor, and its outstanding results and accomplishments. Students of ap- plied psychology must at present be referred to a very scattered series of special articles, monographs or books, of varying value, and by no means generally, easily or equally accessible. The general reader, working without expert ouidance, can hardly do more than dip in a random way into magazine stories, subscription books, and an occasional Series exposition of the more restricted type. The general text books of psychology do not have the practical point of view for which he is in search. . Applied psychology is clearly on the way toward a digni- fied and prosperous existence. The present year has been
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