Fact and Fiction in Psychology
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By H. J. Eysenck. (Penguin, 5s.) This is the third of Professor Eysenck's attempts to bring psychology to the masses but here he rides his hobby-horses almost to extinction. After one chapter in whict1 he describes his own laboratory and the techniques he uses, he goes on to describe his own concepts of Personality. This is followed by a comparison between Behaviour Therapy and Psychoanalysis in the treatment of a limited number of neurotic condition5 and finally he discusses such social problems as accidents and crime. In all these
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