The very fact that a systematic presentation of the problems and methods of vocational psychology is possible signifies an enormous advance beyond the very recent stage in which all vocations were mysteries, all choices a serious form of gambling, and all employment confessedly a matter of impressionistic prejudice. To those who become familiar not only with the program of this new branch of applied science, but as well with the outstanding definite and positive contributions which that program has already yielded, the words of a constructive pioneer in this branch of scientific inquiry seem to be already becoming a statement of fact, rather than the mere expression of a hope. "The nineteenth century witnessed an extraordinary increase in our knowledge of the material world, and in our power to make it subservient to our ends; the twentieth century will probably witness a corresponding increase in our knowledge of human nature, and in our power to use it for our welfare."
CLASSIFIED BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR VOCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Bloomfield, M.: The Vocational Guidance of Youth
Davis, J. B.: Moral and Vocational Guidance Hollingworth, H. L.: Vocational Psychology
Münsterberg, H.: Psychology and Industrial Efficiency
Thorndike, E. L.: "Educational Diagnosis," Science, Jan. 24 1913
Bonser, F. G.: Fundamental Values in Industrial Education
Hanus, P.: Beginnings in Industrial Education
Righter and Leonard: Educational Surveys and Vocational Guidance
Weeks, R. M.: The People's School; a Study in Vocational Training
Those interested in the historical features of vocational psychology will find innumerable books and monographs on magic, clairvoyance, astrology, chiromancy, palmistry, phrenology, physiognomics, character-analysis, etc. All of these have only historical interest. See also an interesting survey of the development and motives of these systems, by Prof. Joseph Jastrow, in _Popular Science Monthly_, June, 1915
Cattell and Farrand: "Physical and Mental Measurements of the Students of Columbia University," _Psychological Review_, Nov., 1896
Stern, W.: Die Differentielle Psychologie
---- The Psychological Methods of Testing Intelligence
Thorndike, E. L.: Educational Psychology, Vol. III