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priate for high school seniors, college students, or indeed anybody who wishes to learn this particular computer language, the aim of the illustrative example is to present the basic concepts of FORTRAN as clearly and simply as possible rather than serve as a series of optimal programs for specific situations. Coverage is comprehensive, even to a chapter on "debugging" procedures, and a useful glossary and list of FORTRAN subprograms are appended. The book is organized so that the reader can initiate simple programs almost from the very beginning. Varied exercises are included at the end of each chapter and an instructor's manual with solutions is available. Of all the digital computer programming langauges FORTRAN IV is probably the most applicable to mathematical and scientific computations, and it is the most universally used even if it is not the most simple. For behavioral scientists seeking a practical introduction to this particular set of skills, this volume is probably one of the least painful routes as long as they are prepared to extend the necessary effort and carry out the various training exercises. Even for those who seek for themselves no direct involvement with the actual mechanics of data processing, it is usually helpful to know something about what the programmer actually does.
EYSENCK, H. J. Eysenck on Extraversion. New York: Halsted Press, 1973, 174 Pp. $4.95. In 1972, Eysenck launched his 1400 page, three-vohime edition of Readings in Extraversion-Introversion upon the psychological world, with reprinted contributions from a variety of authors including Eysenck himself. The inevitable high cost of this hardcover collection--not to mention its positive reception--suggested the desirability of making available a smaller selection of these reprints in paperback form. The articles reproduced here, some of which are not in the original trilogy, were all written by Eysenck hence the new title--and an entirely new Introduction has been added. Unlike Gaul, the book is divided into three still highly viable parts: The Nature of Extraversion (wherein is included a fine 16-page historical introduction specially prepared for this edition); Extraversion and Social Behavior; The Experimental Study of Extraversion. For those interested in this fascinating appoach to personality and behavior theory, this little volume is excellent value at $4.95 and can stand alone. At the same time, it is a splendid introduction to the three-volume set of which it remains essentially a part.
CLAIBORN,WILLIAM L., & COHEN, ROBERT (Eds.). School Intervention: Vol. 1--Of a Continuing Series in Community-Clinical Psychology. Behavioral Publications: New York, 1973, 265 Pp. $7.95. This is basically a collection of 15 edited papers originally submitted as part of the University of Maryland First Annual Symposium on Current Issues in Community-Clinical Psychology, March 1971. Topics include the history of school intervention and the issues involved, training and preparation for such intervention, examples of innovative mental health programs, and program evaluation. Gall Chandler's brief overview of training in behavior modification techniques for school personnel is far too general and sketchy to be of practical use but it does make some telling points with respect to the manner in which the behaviorally oriented mental health consultant can relate to the school system. As for the rest of the
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priate for high school seniors, college students, or indeed anybody who wishes to learn this particular computer language, the aim of the illustrative example is to present the basic concepts of FORTRAN as clearly and simply as possible rather than serve as a series of optimal programs for specific situations. Coverage is comprehensive, even to a chapter on "debugging" procedures, and a useful glossary and list of FORTRAN subprograms are appended. The book is organized so that the reader can initiate simple programs almost from the very beginning. Varied exercises are included at the end of each chapter and an instructor's manual with solutions is available. Of all the digital computer programming langauges FORTRAN IV is probably the most applicable to mathematical and scientific computations, and it is the most universally used even if it is not the most simple. For behavioral scientists seeking a practical introduction to this particular set of skills, this volume is probably one of the least painful routes as long as they are prepared to extend the necessary effort and carry out the various training exercises. Even for those who seek for themselves no direct involvement with the actual mechanics of data processing, it is usually helpful to know something about what the programmer actually does.
EYSENCK, H. J. Eysenck on Extraversion. New York: Halsted Press, 1973, 174 Pp. $4.95. In 1972, Eysenck launched his 1400 page, three-vohime edition of Readings in Extraversion-Introversion upon the psychological world, with reprinted contributions from a variety of authors including Eysenck himself. The inevitable high cost of this hardcover collection--not to mention its positive reception--suggested the desirability of making available a smaller selection of these reprints in paperback form. The articles reproduced here, some of which are not in the original trilogy, were all written by Eysenck hence the new title--and an entirely new Introduction has been added. Unlike Gaul, the book is divided into three still highly viable parts: The Nature of Extraversion (wherein is included a fine 16-page historical introduction specially prepared for this edition); Extraversion and Social Behavior; The Experimental Study of Extraversion. For those interested in this fascinating appoach to personality and behavior theory, this little volume is excellent value at $4.95 and can stand alone. At the same time, it is a splendid introduction to the three-volume set of which it remains essentially a part.
CLAIBORN,WILLIAM L., & COHEN, ROBERT (Eds.). School Intervention: Vol. 1--Of a Continuing Series in Community-Clinical Psychology. Behavioral Publications: New York, 1973, 265 Pp. $7.95. This is basically a collection of 15 edited papers originally submitted as part of the University of Maryland First Annual Symposium on Current Issues in Community-Clinical Psychology, March 1971. Topics include the history of school intervention and the issues involved, training and preparation for such intervention, examples of innovative mental health programs, and program evaluation. Gall Chandler's brief overview of training in behavior modification techniques for school personnel is far too general and sketchy to be of practical use but it does make some telling points with respect to the manner in which the behaviorally oriented mental health consultant can relate to the school system. As for the rest of the