Excerpt from The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, Vol. 16: 1921-1922<br><br>If we enter the sphere of more permanent social relations, the many adjustments of the human being to his social environment require an understanding of socio-psychological laws. The adjust ments of husband and wife as well as those between parents and chil dren bring us into close touch with contributions from the abnormal psychology Of the Freudian school. In the social adjustments of deviating personalities abnormal concepts are also-of great value. The psychology of ultra-radical movements, of Bolshevism, spiritual istic fanaticism, and the like, is really that of the abnormal personality and its falling out with the regime of society. The failure to adjust to the requirements of the social group is the ground for many depar tures from the normal. In fact it constitutes in many cases of insanity' the leading and most comprehensive symptom of modern diagnosis.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.