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This book is divided into 5 parts and 12 chapters, each of which is comprised of multiple articles by many different authors. A sequential listing of the chapters gives a comprehensive idea of the contents and progression of the presentations: 1) Research Philosophies, 2) Ethical Issues, 3) Experimental Design, 4) Measurement, 5) Criterion Problems, 6) Spontaneous Remission, 7) Time Dimensions, 8) Therapist Variables, 9) Patient Variables, 10) Relationship Variables, 11) Interview Models, 12) Verbal Conditioning Models. The subject matter is broad and many points of view and methods of approach to the subject matter are presented. That these are of interest to people in many different disciplines is evident from the titles of some of the individual articles. “Some Learnings from a Study of Psychotherapy with Schizophrenics” is the very interesting lead-off article by C. R. Rogers, and is followed by “Research Methods in Psycho-analysis” by Glover. This article points up the stagnation in a great deal of research aimed at application of Freudian theory, and many of the errors introduced by selection of material and bias of investigators. Other articles under the heading of “Research Philosophies” include one on Conditioning Therapies in Relation to Learning Theory, by L. J. Reyna; one on Reinforcement, Verbal Behavior and Psychotherapy by L. Krasner; one on Psychotherapy Research by Extrapolation from Social Psychology, by A. P. Goldstein.
The articles have been reprinted from many different journals, the majority of which are representative of aspects of the field of psychology, including counseling and social psychology. It is unfortunate that the titles and positions of the individual authors are not indicated, and that the Index is an author index only. The Index includes the names of all authors referred to in the text.
This book contains much information valuable to those who engage in research, particularly mass research aimed at establishing generally operative