Popular Psychology
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that the dynamic psychology of human behaviour has a part to play in the interpretation and understanding of that behaviour, and an important function in solving its inter-personal inter-national and social aberrations, then we must take note of this growing demand for "popular" knowledge. We must be prepared to put over our knowledge in a way that is helpful and understanding, yet stimulating and understandable at the same time. But if we do so we may
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