History of Psychology: An Overview

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as types of neuroses than as processes of adaptation. This shift theoretically but not organizationally made psychoanalysis again an open system and pointed to behaviors as external referents of ego functions1 and the hope that psychoanalysis might join the are¬ na of science. Ego psychology may turn psy¬ choanalysis from exclusive focus on inner conflicts, and a balance between inner needs and outer actualities may be achieved. All in all this is an exciting book despite some of the author's reluctance to hold to firm critical positions. It is highly recom¬ mended to psychiatrists, psychoanalysts, so¬ cial scientists, and those who are interested in the behaviors of man. Roy R. Grinker, Sr., MD

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