Review of Controlling human behavior

Abstract

Reviews the book, Controlling human behavior by Daniel Starch, Hazel M. Stanton, and Wilhelmine Koerth (1936). According to the authors, this book "aims to bring together psychology and living.... [It] endeavors to consider more fully the vital problems of human behavior than the average introductory text. It aims to deal with situations that matter to us, with basic problems around which the world of human affairs revolves. It is designed to deal with problems connected with making a living, with establishing and maintaining family life, with behavior in business operations, with influencing people in the mass, and finally with the art of effective, satisfying living." According to the reviewer, the authors have been successful in producing a book which may be used in either a first or second course in psychology. The book has this advantage over other texts on applied psychology in that it does not presuppose a certain knowledge of psychology. The applications and concrete illustrations are numerous and are taken as far as possible from everyday affairs. Each chapter is followed by many interesting and stimulating questions to help the student in his application of the psychological principles in his own life. The reviewer predicts that this book will be widely adopted, either as a beginning or as a supplementary text. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)