Book Reviews - Spring 1988, Volume 101, Number 1

1879 and All That: Essays in the Theory and History of Psychology. By Mary Henle, Daniel N. Robinson (Series Ed.), Critical Assessments of Contemporary Psychology. New York: Columbia University Press, 1986, xxvii + 295 pp. Reviewed by Michael Wertheimer Spring 1988, Vol. 101, No. 1, pp. 135-142.

The Raising of Intelligence: A Selected History of Attempts to Raise Retarded Intelligence. By Herman H. Spitz (with a chapter by Ellis B. Page). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum, 1986, 260 pp. Reviewed by Robert J. Sternberg. Spring 1988, Vol. 101, No. 1, pp. 142-146.

Visual Cognition. Edited by Steven Pinker. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1985, 280 pp. Reviewed by Irving Biederman. Spring 1988, Vol. 101, No. 1, pp. 146-148.

User Centered System Design: New Perspectives on Human-Computer Interaction. Edited by Donald A. Norman and Stephen W. Draper. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum, 1986, 526 pp. Reviewed by Nancy S. Anderson. Spring 1988, Vol. 101, No. 1, pp. 148-151.

Philosophy of Psychology. By Daniel N. Robinson. New York: Columbia University Press, 1985, 188 pp. Reviewed by Fred Dretske. Spring 1988, Vol. 101, No. 1, pp. 151-152.

Medical Thinking: The Psychology of Medical Judgment and Decision Making. By Steven Schwartz and Timothy Griffin. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1986, x + 277 pp. Reviewed by William E. Cooper Spring 1988, Vol. 101, No. 1, pp. 152-155.

Communication and Persuasion: Central and Peripheral Routes to Attitude Change. By Richard E. Petty and John T. Cacioppo. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1986, 262 pp. Reviewed by Dominic W. Massaro. Spring 1988, Vol. 101, No. 1, pp. 155-156.


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