Review of Child behaviour. A critical and experimental study of young children by the method of conditioned reflexes

Abstract

Reviews the book, Child behaviour. A critical and experimental study of young children by the method of conditioned reflexes by Florence Mateer (1918). This is a technical volume dealing with the Pavlov Method which was first applied to normal children by Krasnogorski in studying the development and decadence of conditioned reflexes and inhibitions in sucklings and young children, later to cases of neuropathic and feebleminded children. The author criticizes Krasnorgorski's account of his experiments for its serious omissions. Preliminary experiments upon a few subjects were made with the aim of studying and understanding the method itself. The author makes no claim of finality in her finding, but points out their significance in our progress towards the use of objective methods of child study. Her survey of the history and results of child study up to the present is thorough, yet admirably concise. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)