+ Ath p377 S 17 ’20 220w
“The author reveals throughout his work the poise of the man who has mastered his subject. The book will be welcomed by those who wish to know the latest developments in psychology.” F. W. C.
+ Boston Transcript p9 O 2 ’20 810w
“His survey of the Freudian theories is both readable and clear. His graphic method of presenting the interaction between consciousness and the unconscious in convenient spatial diagrams is very helpful as long as the reader guards himself against taking them too literally.” A. B. Kuttner
+ − Freeman 2:308 D 8 ’20 730w
“Mr Tansley’s book is most satisfactory when he is dealing with such matters as the interpretation of dreams, the ‘rationalisations’ by which men try to justify conduct which is really prompted by non-rational motives, and the great psychic complexes which correspond to the main instincts of man. The book is less satisfactory in the general theoretical chapters with which it opens.” H. S.
+ Nature 105:770 Ag 19 ’20 780w
“Mr Tansley’s book seems to me the best general survey of psychology now available. It is the best, partly because it is the latest, but chiefly because Mr Tansley enjoys a fine gift of exposition. He himself has an orderly and a lucid mind, and an unfailing respect for the reader.” W. L.
+ |New Repub 25:112 D 22 ’20 1000w
“Particularly interesting is his discussion of the ‘universal complexes’ of the ego, herd, and sex which result from the play of experience upon the primary instincts. The book is on the whole free from those pathological exaggerations which characterize so many of the productions of so-called psychoanalysts.” Bernard Glueck