Problem Tendencies in Children

A Method for Their Measurement and Description

Author:

Willard C. Olson

“The methods used are carefully described so that they can be applied by any reader, and the results so far secured are candidly set forth and discussed.”

British Journal of Psychology
Catalog, 1931

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Psychology

Willard C. Olson was Director of Research in Child Development and Associate Professor of Education at the University of Michigan.

“A highly scientific contribution, the purpose of which is to develop techniques for studying problems of behavior in quantitative terms and to ascertain the relation between behavior problems and such variables as age, grade, sex, achievement, and intelligence . . . An essential book for students of problem tendencies.”

Loyola Educational Digest
Catalog, 1931

“The methods used are carefully described so that they can be applied by any reader, and the results so far secured are candidly set forth and discussed.”

British Journal of Psychology
Catalog, 1931

“This volume offers an encouraging note to persons who decry the lack of scientific approach in the study of behavioral problems.”

Social Science Review
Catalog, 1931