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Introduction.

Roback, A. A.

Pages: 23 –32

The author defines the term "common sense," noting that sense is the residue of our fund of experience which enables us to act soundly at any given time. The author then examines intelligence and common sense, noting that many people are intelligent, but many intelligent people have limited...

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What is sanity?

Roback, A. A.

Pages: 35 –83

"Sanity" belongs to the category of terms that every one knows a good deal about until a definition is requested. This chapter attempts to define sanity through various ways; first, the etymological definition is provided, then the juristic angle is examined. The author then examines the concept...

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Sex in dynamic psychology.

Roback, A. A.

Pages: 87 –131

The author argues that sex is still surrounded with a mist; and that sex education does not necessarily enlighten. The author argues that religious, social, and political influences have engaged in a conspiracy of silence about sex, and not until Havelock Ellis's book Studies in the Psychology of...

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The neurotic through the ages.

Roback, A. A.

Pages: 135 –158

In this chapter, the author defines neurosis and provides a historical description of people suffering from neurosis and paranoia, from 2,000 years ago. He also discusses Shakespeare's insight into the human character and neurosis, neurosis in the 17th century, and the neurotic depicted in...

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The Infantilization of America.

Roback, A. A.

Pages: 161 –176

For some years, on the basis of sociological observations, the author has come to the belief that the majority of the inhabitants of the United States were becoming more like children, or better, that the barrier between child and adult was breaking down and both ages were being reduced to the...

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The "new" psychology.

Roback, A. A.

Pages: 179 –190

This chapter examines the "new" psychology. After discussing the criterion of "newness" in psychology, the author discusses the new psychology and examines the differences between psychology and other sciences, specifically the idea that psychology builds on itself, whereas new concepts in other...

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Technological Fascism and Psychology.

Roback, A. A.

Pages: 193 –209

This chapter presents the psychological view on technology. The author argues that although the tenet of technocracy is grounded in a revolutionary postulate (equity) its rule would certainly constitute a species of fascism. If technocracy had its day, then, under the guise of science, it could...

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The quack in psychology.

Roback, A. A.

Pages: 213 –236

This chapter deals with quackery in the science of psychology, which operates in the shadow of science and trades upon the ignorance and utter lack of discrimination of the mass of people. Quackery, according to the author, always takes its cue from developments in the world of knowledge. For...

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The Psychology of Success.

Roback, A. A.

Pages: 239 –250

This chapter focuses on the psychology of success, looking at the sensations, emotions, feeling, secretions, muscular contractions that occur in the pursuit and on the attainment of success. After looking at animal models of achievement and success, the author describes the "little" or average...

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Marriage lore.

Roback, A. A.

Pages: 253 –266

This chapter focuses on courtship and marriage lore. There are very few problems as complicated as this. Nature has seen to it that there should be no simple guide; otherwise the world would become depopulated. The most experienced and wisest of men and women have been groping about like babes in...

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