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8°. XXXI, 237, 9 S. mit 1 Farbtafel u. 10 Figuren im Text. OLn. mit goldgepr. Rückentitel. (International Library of psychology). Wellcome Coll. WW100 1925C71c. - Sehr seltene erste Ausgabe. - "That theories are useful servants but bad masters is borne out by a study of this book. It embodies "the results of research on red-green colourblind subjects," and "the tests were carried out unbiased by any preconceived theory and no rigid classification was attempted during the experiments themselves." A mass of observations on ten excellent subjects, eight being students attending the graduating course in experimental psychology, and two science students, has been accumulated. All will admit that such material is of great value, but that alone it is unlikely to afford an explanation of the complex problem under investigation. Its ultimate value will depend upon the deductions drawn from it, and these must necessarily involve theoretical considerations which may support or be adverse to previous theories. In this respect it is essential that the investigator should be fully cognisant of the facts which have been elicited by previous observers, whether they support any such theory or not" (Nature 116, 492-493, 1925). - Mary Collins (1895-1989), "an expert in colour vision, was a Lecturer in Psychology at Edinburgh University. - "Mary Collins graduated M.A. from Edinburgh University in 1917, going on to obtain a B.Ed. (1919) and a Ph.D. (1923). Upon completing her doctoral work, she was appointed as a Lecturer in Psychology. Besides publishing a monograph Colour-Blindness: With a Comparison of Different Methods of Testing Colour-Blindness, she collaborated on a number of publications with Sir James Drever (1873-1950), Head of Department, and, from 1931, Edinburgh University's first Professor of Psychology. These included Experimental Psychology (1926), A First Laboratory Guide in Psychology (1926), Performance Tests of Intelligence (1928), and Psychology and Practical Life (1936). She would later write an appreciate obituary of Drever for the British Psychological Journal (1951). She subsequently worked closely with Boris Semeonoff (1910-1998). Collins was promoted to Senior Lecturer by 1950 and Reader in Psychology by 1956. She retired before 1962" (University of Edinburgh). - Gelenke unauffällig restauriert, gutes sauberes Exemplar. Sprache: englisch.
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