Review of The basic teachings of the great psychologists

Abstract

Reviews the book, The basic teachings of the great psychologists by S. Stansfeld Sargent (1944). The book covers about all the major topics in psychology with a pretty fair balance. It includes most of the applied field as well as the general field, but the former is usually somewhat implicit in the discussions of the latter rather than being set off by itself as applied psychology. In each chapter the treatment is essentially chronological, comprising a brief summary of the findings or theories of quite a number of people on the topic under consideration. The treatment is not critical, and the controversial questions are left open. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)