the contrary, we have a bewildering variety, and America has contributed a large and brilliant share. Yet the plan and aim of the present book are very different from all of them.One difference is indicated even by its sub-title; it includes the applied psychology as well as the general. Hitherto the textbooks have been confined to the theoretical study. The time seems ripe for bringing the psychological work into full contact with the practical efforts of civilization. The application of psychological studies to education and law, to industry and commerce, to health and hygiene, to art and science, deserves its place in the psychological curriculum. Thus the last third of this book may be a supplement to any other textbook.But the book adds to the usual material still another essential part. The psychology of our textbooks is individual psychology; this volume also includes the social psychology. The processes which result from the social contact have traditionally been neglected, because individual psychology had to reach a certain completeness before the scientific interest could turn to social consciousness. But our day, which has seen the ripening of applied psychology, has brought us also the rapid growth of social psychology, and its outlines ought to be drawn in any map of the psychological world.Finally, the traditional psychology is confined to descriptions and explanations.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

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