Review of Dynamic Psychology: An Introduction to Modern Theory and Practice

Abstract

Reviews the book, Dynamic Psychology: An Introduction to Modern Theory and Practice by Thomas Verner Moore (1924). The book is divided into 6 parts. The first, entitled, The Analysis, of Mind, briefly sets forth the nature of psychology and the roots from which it sprang. The science is defined as "the science of human personality." Part Two, Stimulus and Response and Human Behavior treats reflex actions and tropisms in the usual manner. Part Three, deals with Human Emotional Life. Part Four, entitled The Driving Forces of Human Nature and their Adjustment, contains chapters on Instinct and Impulse, Desire, The Conflict, Psychotaxes and Parataxee, Compensation and Sublimation. Parts Four and Five are entitled Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. Part Six deals with Volitional Control. The teacher of psychology who examines this book as a possible elementary text will miss formal treatment of Sensation, Perception, Imaging and other intellectual processes. Probably the book would be most serviceable in an advanced course in Abnormal Psychology. The work is broadly conceived on a philosophical groundwork, manifesting at the same time warm human interests and scholarly regard for facts. To the professional psychologist it may furnish basis for coordinating hitherto isolated facts; to the enlightened layman it will unquestionably serve as a source-book for authoritative statements regarding psychological questions that are before the attention of the public. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)