Review of: Educational Psychology

Reviews the book "Educational Psychology" by Thomas R. Garth . According to the reviewer, this textbook offers no new perspective on the field of general or educational psychology. Intended as behavioristic, but with a liberal use of mentalistic concepts, the systematic point of view is a...

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Published in:Psychological Bulletin 1937-12, Vol.34 (10), p.854-857
Main Author: Melton, Arthur W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behaviorism
Educational Psychology
Empirical Methods
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Summary:Reviews the book "Educational Psychology" by Thomas R. Garth . According to the reviewer, this textbook offers no new perspective on the field of general or educational psychology. Intended as behavioristic, but with a liberal use of mentalistic concepts, the systematic point of view is a mixture of Watsonian behaviorism and the psychology of Thorndike as represented in his "Educational Psychology" of 1913. The reviewer states that the most serious criticism of the text is that the thought and research of psychologists during the past ten years have been considered only sporadically in arriving at empirical generalizations.
ISSN:0033-2909
1939-1455
DOI:10.1037/h0052872