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Motives and goals in groups
BEHAVIOR
THERAPY (1973) 4, 169--171
Book Reviews Briefly Noted
ZANDER, ALVIN. Motives and Goals in Groups. New York: Academic Press, 1971, xiv + 212 Pp. $11.00 A group's objectives determine many of its qualities and this book attempts to unravel the factors pertinent to group aspiration and members' motives as revealed in a series of systematic and carefully designed studies. Primarily an outgrowth of the Research Center for Group Dynamics of the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, the emphasis is upon the group process rather than the individual and his personal interactions.
MATARAZZO,J. D., BERGEN,A. E., FRANK,J. O., LANG,P. J., MARKS, I. M., & STRUI~P, H. H. (Eds.). Psychotherapy 1971: An Aldine Annual. Chicago, IL: AldineAtherton, x + 593 Pp. $20.00 After much soul searching the editors abandoned the title Psychotherapy and Behavior Therapy in favor of the more traditional Psychotherapy on the ground that this is a generic term which subsumes all. With little more ado, some 48 recent and timely journal articles of (generally) major significance are grouped into five areas: overview and current trends in psychotherapy and behavior therapy; therapeutic conditions and outcome in psychotherapy, desensitization and flooding: theory and application; behavior therapy: adaptive response training; group, family, marathon, and encounter therapies. While the papers reprinted are indeed a truly impressive compilation of the best in the area, it is a pity that this is not supplemented by a more extensive and critical commentary than that provided by the senior editor in his worthy but all too brief Foreward.
NEBYLITSYN, V. C., & GaAr¢, J. A. (Eds.). Biological Bases of Individual Behavior. New York: Academic Press, 1972, xvii + 440 Pp. $18.00. This book is a rare and important event on at least three accounts. First, it is a truly collaborative venture between Soviet and English-speaking psychologists. Second, in so doing it bridges the communication gap between basically like-minded scientists in both camps. Third, it makes available in English significant Soviet studies not otherwise readily accessible to those who--unlike Gray--do not read and speak fluent Russian. The first section, written primarily by Soviet authors, and stemming to a large extent from the work of the late B. M. Teplov and his successor, V. D. Nebylitsyn, deals with Soviet explanations of behavior in terms of the neurophysiological dynamics 169 Copyright O 1973 by Academic Press, Inc. All rights of reproduction in any form reserved.
THERAPY (1973) 4, 169--171
Book Reviews Briefly Noted
ZANDER, ALVIN. Motives and Goals in Groups. New York: Academic Press, 1971, xiv + 212 Pp. $11.00 A group's objectives determine many of its qualities and this book attempts to unravel the factors pertinent to group aspiration and members' motives as revealed in a series of systematic and carefully designed studies. Primarily an outgrowth of the Research Center for Group Dynamics of the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, the emphasis is upon the group process rather than the individual and his personal interactions.
MATARAZZO,J. D., BERGEN,A. E., FRANK,J. O., LANG,P. J., MARKS, I. M., & STRUI~P, H. H. (Eds.). Psychotherapy 1971: An Aldine Annual. Chicago, IL: AldineAtherton, x + 593 Pp. $20.00 After much soul searching the editors abandoned the title Psychotherapy and Behavior Therapy in favor of the more traditional Psychotherapy on the ground that this is a generic term which subsumes all. With little more ado, some 48 recent and timely journal articles of (generally) major significance are grouped into five areas: overview and current trends in psychotherapy and behavior therapy; therapeutic conditions and outcome in psychotherapy, desensitization and flooding: theory and application; behavior therapy: adaptive response training; group, family, marathon, and encounter therapies. While the papers reprinted are indeed a truly impressive compilation of the best in the area, it is a pity that this is not supplemented by a more extensive and critical commentary than that provided by the senior editor in his worthy but all too brief Foreward.
NEBYLITSYN, V. C., & GaAr¢, J. A. (Eds.). Biological Bases of Individual Behavior. New York: Academic Press, 1972, xvii + 440 Pp. $18.00. This book is a rare and important event on at least three accounts. First, it is a truly collaborative venture between Soviet and English-speaking psychologists. Second, in so doing it bridges the communication gap between basically like-minded scientists in both camps. Third, it makes available in English significant Soviet studies not otherwise readily accessible to those who--unlike Gray--do not read and speak fluent Russian. The first section, written primarily by Soviet authors, and stemming to a large extent from the work of the late B. M. Teplov and his successor, V. D. Nebylitsyn, deals with Soviet explanations of behavior in terms of the neurophysiological dynamics 169 Copyright O 1973 by Academic Press, Inc. All rights of reproduction in any form reserved.