The psychology of industry

Abstract

Reviews the books, The Psychology of Industry by James Drever (1921); Lectures on Industrial Psychology by Bernard Muscio (see record 1922-10317-000 ); and Mind and Work by Charles S. Myers (see record 1920-10373-000 ). These three books all treat the standard phases of industrial psychology and all skillfully plead that industry be organized on a scientific basis with an eye to the welfare of the worker. The slight differences between the three books consist chiefly of individualities in emphasis upon particular points in the Muscio book arguments designed to meet the objections brought by labor against scientific management, in the Myers book a chapter on Systems of Wage payment, and in the Myers and Drever books the unfoldment of a dream of a central bureau of industrial psychology, similar to the National Institute in England and the Psychological Corporation m the United States. The Drever book contains also two chapters on the applications of psychology in advertising and selling and a series of six tests chosen from the Terman revision of the Binet series. Written as they were, not primarily for the delectation of psychologists but for the enlightenment of intelligent laymen, these three books should not be expected to bring new contributions to science. However, the psychologist should be happy to have his case stated so carefully and attractively as it is in these books. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)