This is a textbook for senior university courses in psychology. It is a masterly, though highly selective, account of human development from birth to death synthesized from the 'proven facts' that have emerged from experimental research. 'Only the meat of experimental studies and graphs is used.' References to the findings of psycho-analysis are few and far between in text and bibliography, but not adverse; thus, in describing childhood as the foundation period of life, the author writes, 'The poorly adjusted adult, Freud pointed out many years ago, is the product of unfavorable childhood experiences.'