BOOK REVIEWS

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Book reviewed in this article: Learning Theory and Social Work. Derek Jehu. Questionnaire Design and Attitude Measurement. A. N. Oppenheim.Kenneth Soddy and Robert H. Ahrenfeldt (Eds.). Mental Health in a Changing World. Vol. I; Mental Health and Contemporary Thought. Vol. II; Mental Health in the Services of the Community. Vol. III Studying the Child in School. I. R. Gordon. Four Years On. Stan Gooch and M. L. Kellmer Pringle. The Development of Personality. T. A. Ratcliffe. Children of Time and Space, of Action and Impulse. Rudolf Ekstein. Biological Factors in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Christopher Ounsted, Janet Lindsay and RonaldNorman. Occupational Information for the Mentally Retarded: Selected Readings. Edited by Lotar V. Stahlecker. Perspectives in Mental Retardation. Edited by Thomas E. Jordan. Psycholinguistic Papers: The Proceedings of the 1966 Edinburgh Conference. J. Lyons and R. J. Wales (Eds.). When a Child is Different. Dr. Maria Egg. Factors Associated with Impairment of the Early Development of Prematures. M. D. S. Braine, C. B. Heimer, H. Wortis and A. M. Freedman. Adoption Policy and Practice. Iris Goodacre. Public Education for Disturbed Children in New York City: Application and Theory. P. H. Berkowitz and E. P. Rothman (Eds.). The Classification of Behaviour Disorders. Edited by Leonard D. Eron. Psychopathological Disorders in Childhood: Theoretical considerations and a proposed classification. The Concept of Human Development. Basic Concepts in Psychology Sieries, E. B. McNeil. Room to Grow; A Study of Parent‐Child Relationships. Carroll Davis. Adaptation and Adaptability. Melvin E. Allerhand, Ruth E. Weber and Marie Haug. How to Prevent your Child from becoming a Neurotic Adult. Albert Ellis, Janet L. Wolfe and Sandra Moseley. Psychological Evaluation in Psychotherapy. Leonard Blank. Emotionally Handicapped Children and the Elementary School. Eli. Z. Ruben, Clyde B. Simpson and Marcus C. Bitwe. Treating the Troubled Family. Nathan W. Ackerman. Adopted Children—how they grow up. A study of their adjustment as adults. A. M. McWhinnie. The Empty Fortress. Infantile Autism and the Birth of the Self. Bruno Bettelheim. The Subculture of Violence. Marvin E. Wolfgang and Franco Ferracuti. Adoption—Facts and Fallacies. Studies in Cliild Development. M. L. Kellmer Pringle. Mild Mental Retardation: A Growing Challenge to the Physician. Report No. 66. A Symposium: Mental Retardation. G. A. Jervis. Social Work and Social Values, Edited by Eileen Younghusband. George Allen and Unwin, London 1967, pp. 200. 35s. Family Advice Services. Studies in Child Development. A. Leissner. The Hawkspur Experiment. W. David Wills. The Nature of Human Intelligence. J. P. Guilford. The Therapeutic Effect of Environment on Emotionally Disturbed and Mentally Sub normal Children. Kenneth Bayes. Theories of Child Development. Alfred L. Baldwin. Adolescent Development. Elizabeth B. Hurlock.