Review of Fundamentals of educational psychology

Abstract

Reviews the book, Fundamentals of educational psychology by O. B. Douglas & B. F. Holland (1938). This book is a text designed for use in a first or elementary course in educational psychology. The authors report that they have satisfactorily used the material in a mimeographed edition at the University of Texas. This book is unique in several respects. In the first place each chapter is so subdivided that one receives an impression of a detailed outline. In the second place each chapter begins with a section explaining the purpose of the chapter. Finally the authors have attempted to define systematically all psychological terms. As a result the text teems with definitions. The material is divided into four parts. Part I serves to introduce the student to the content of educational psychology. Part II includes a discussion of environment and heredity. Learning is discussed in part III. Finally, Tests and Measurement are presented in part IV. This book is recommended for use where the instructor supplements the text material with discussions and readings of the experimental work in the field of educational psychology. Such supplementation becomes necessary because the text only briefly mentions these original experiments and seldom refers to the sources. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)