Normality: An Historical and Comparative Analysis of the Concept
The problem of this study is to analyze the concept of normality from an historical and comparative point of view. Special emphasis is placed upon the work of authori ties of the nineteenth and twentieth cen turies which has had significant influence upon present day thinking along the lines of what is normal. The subject might be treated from many angles, for instance: the legal, the medical, the physiological, the moral, and the sociological. The problem is delimited, however, in this work and an intensive study is made primarily within the confines of sta tistics and psychology, where an analysis, comparison, and contrast are made of the literature which deals with some phase of the concept of normality. Throughout, underly ing connections, trends, and principles are stressed.