General: Murray, Henry A. 'Psychology and the University.' Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat., 34, 803, October 1935.

The author points to the need of that kind of a psychology which explains why people perceive, feel, think and act as they do. Academic psychology with its introspectionism, behaviourism, etc., are critically reviewed and shown to have passed over the great central problems of human nature. The medical psychologists and especially the psycho-analysts have provided the greatest impetus to an understanding of the problems in their elaboration of a thoroughly dynamic scheme for the representation of personality. Although conceding that the analysts in the main are correct, they are criticised for their inadequate presentation of facts, irresponsible speculation, hasty conclusions and the hypostatization of facts. This is attributed to their lack of training in the fundamental sciences and their pervading neuroticism. The learning of psychology in the graduate school of the university is unsatisfactory because human nature is not taught there; to go to a medical school and then study psycho-analysis is unnecessarily long and expensive. The medical school hinders the development of a psychological attitude and does not lead to an adequate standard of critical judgment in the student. The author lumps the medical psychologies together into four entirely incompatible schools of psycho-analysis. He suggests that some great university should establish a school of psychology with a four-year course of instruction. Along with courses in anatomy, physiology, psychology and the experimental methodology the psychology of personality would be stressed. Psychopathology, psychotherapy, principles of clinical medicine and psycho-analysis would be taught in the final years. The necessity of a psychology of human motivation is all-important. The case for the incorporation of the psychotherapeutist in the university is based upon his contribution to the science of psychology, his knowledge of abnormal mental phenomena and his position as an experimentalist. It is believed t