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The Unstable Child: An Interpretation of Psychopathy as a Source of Unbalanced Behavior in Abnormal and Troublesome Children
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The last word on the significance of mentality and mental testing has not been said. Social problems are beset with a tangled mass of psychological studies and reports which leave the person who has actual children to handle tired, perplexed, and at sea. Twelve years of mental testing by modern methods lie back of us. The optimistic assurance of the first few years of such work still persists among novices. The making of a psycho logical diagnosis is still considered in many clinics a mere matter of technical skill. But in the practical work of courts, dispensaries, and schools a new attitude of eager and critical questioning has developed. Managing the everyday problems of delinquent and troublesome children has definitely demonstrated the fact that a diagnostic classification or a-mental age has little to do with the solution of our social and educational crises.
The last word on the significance of mentality and mental testing has not been said. Social problems are beset with a tangled mass of psychological studies and reports which leave the person who has actual children to handle tired, perplexed, and at sea. Twelve years of mental testing by modern methods lie back of us. The optimistic assurance of the first few years of such work still persists among novices. The making of a psycho logical diagnosis is still considered in many clinics a mere matter of technical skill. But in the practical work of courts, dispensaries, and schools a new attitude of eager and critical questioning has developed. Managing the everyday problems of delinquent and troublesome children has definitely demonstrated the fact that a diagnostic classification or a-mental age has little to do with the solution of our social and educational crises.
483 pages, Paperback
Published August 24, 2018
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