Review of Child Psychology. Child Development and Modern Education

Abstract

Reviews the book, Child Psychology. Child Development and Modern Education by Charles E. Skinner and Phillip L. Harriman (1941). During the past few years Dr. C. E. Skinner has served as editor for multi-authored textbooks covering the whole range of educational psychology. The justification for this method of producing elementary texts is apparently found in a quotation from the preface of this volume. No single person can hope to speak authoritatively on all phases of child psychology. Specialization in psychology has not gone so far that the truth of this statement is self-evident. However, in the present instance careful editing has resulted in a collection of chapters by different authors which has remarkable coherence. The fourteen contributors have done workmanlike jobs in selectively summarizing the literature of their various topics, and have presented the results in a style and at a level well adapted to a textbook for students of education. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)