Reviews for Principles of Psychology

The average rating for Principles of Psychology based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-10-08 00:00:00 Nancy Johnson This is a shrink's book on poetry, dreams and the subsconscious, published in a psychoanalytical vein. It makes for some tough reading, since the style is self-relevatory and entails much stream-of-consciousness. It probably took guts to write, given the private nature of the writing. The book also forces the reader - this reader, at least - to become more introspective and less careless about evaluating words and their various meanings. Parts of the book are straightforward in that it briefly traces the author's background, including his medical training as a psychiatrist, the life influences that shaped his thinking as an analyst and the poetry that evolved as a result. I would recommend this intensely personal book for those readers who have patience and an interest and/or experience with psychoanalysis ... and who are willing to take a look at their personal development as the unique individuals that they are.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-06-15 00:00:00 John Steffanci What happened to Anne?? You'll stay right here with me, Anne-girl," said Gilbert lazily. "I won't have you flying away from me into the hearts of storms. Oh, that's right. She got married. I miss the adventuring Young Anne - with haunted woods and dryad's bubble. I wish we still had the College-gal Anne - with her little cottage of friends. I would even prefer the Schoolmistress Anne - battling the Pringles and educating young minds. Anne was strong, independent, with dreams and ambitions of writing. I liked to see how she reached out and over the heads of many women who were confined to traditional rolls. And all of a sudden, her highest goal is to be married and to raise children. It's like L. M Montgomery flipped a switch. I suppose at those times, women were expected to contentedly give up everything to raise the children but Anne used to have her heart set on so, so many things. And for her to give all that up without even the slightest protest?? She does still have her quiet dreamy-ness and her thoughtless meddling, but everything is so much tamer. So much more domestic. Oh, Marilla, I thought I was happy before. Now I know that I just dreamed a pleasant dream of happiness. This is the reality. So...she does it because...happiness? This whole book had me questioning everything. Namely, what was even the point of the first four books? We spend so much time following Anne through her education. She spent so many of years of her life doing her best in school solely so she could become a school teacher. Then, only a few years in, she completely drops everything?? L. M. Montgomery forced Anne into marriage and erased convenient bits of her personality to fit her into the mold. Audiobook Comments Read by Susan O'Malley and while the audiobook wasn't terrible...the plot of this book just gave me an overall negative impression. YouTube | Blog | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Snapchat @miranda_reads