Best of
Psychology

1932

The Invasion of Compulsory Sex-Morality


Wilhelm Reich - 1932
    

Remembering: A Study in Experimental and Social Psychology


Frederic C. Bartlett - 1932
    The landmark book described fascinating studies of memory and presented the theory of schema which informs much of cognitive science and psychology today. In Bartlett's most famous experiment, he had subjects read a Native American story about ghosts and had them retell the tale later. Because their backgrounds were so different from the cultural context of the story, the subjects changed details in the story that they could not understand. Besides containing important seminal concepts, Remembering is fascinating from a historical perspective. Bartlett discusses the ideas and research of Ebbinghaus, Freud, Jung, and Spearman. In addition, his comparison of Swazi African culture and British culture is a study in cross-cultural psychology that was ahead of its time.

The Moral Judgement of the Child


Jean Piaget - 1932
    The seminal book by this century's most important developmental psychologist chronicles the evolution of children's moral thinking.The Moral Judgement of the Child traces children's moral thinking from preschool to adolescence, tracing their concepts of lying, cheating, adult authority, punishment, and responsibility and offering important insights into how they learn -- or fail to learn -- the difference between right and wrong.