為了使那些有用的心理學原理變得更加有趣、更富實用價值，本書作者采用了生動有趣的方式來表現這些素材。同時，感謝美國心理學協會的科學家們，是他們從一開始就支持我們使用他們的研究成果，這對我們的寫作是一種及時有效的鼓勵。深深地感謝他們——

PROFESSOR GORDON W.ALLPORT

Dartmouth College

PROFESSOR W.C.BAGLEY

Columbia University

PROFESSOR C.HOMER BEAN

Louisiana University

PROFESSOR CHARLES SCOTT BERRY

University of Michigan

DEAN FREDERICK E.BOLTON

University of Washington

PROFESSOR FREDERICK G.BONSER

Columbia University

PROFESSOR WARNER BROWN

University of California

PROFESSOR WILLIAM M.BROWN

Washington and lee University

DR.B.R.BUCKINCHAM

Harvard University

PROFESSOR WILlIAm H.BURNHAM

Clark University

PROFESSOR C.MACFIE CAMPBELL

Harvard Medical School

PROFESSOR LEONARD CARMICHAEL

Brown University

PROFESSOR HARVER A.CARR

University of Chicago

DEAN WILL GRANT GHAMBERS

Pennsylvania State College

PROFESSOR HARRY WOLVEN GRANE

University of North Carolina

PROFESSOR ELMER CULLER

University of Illinois

PROFESSOR A.R.GILLILAND

Northwestern University

PROFESSOR SHELDON GLUECK

Harvard Law School

PROFESSOR JOHN FREDERICK DASHIELL

University of North Carolina

PROFESSOR JUNE E.DOWNEY

University of Wyoming

PROFESSOR RICHARD M.ELLIOTT

University of Minnesota

PROFESSOR HORACE B.ENGLISH

Antioch College

PROFESSOR J.E.EVANS

Iowa State College

PROFESSOR PAUL R.FARNSWORTH

Stanford University

PROFESSOR SHEPHERD IVORY FRANZ

University of California

PROFESSOR FRANK N.FREEMAN

University of Chicago

PROFESSOR CORA LOUISA FRIEDLINE

Randolph-Macon Woman's College

PROFESSOR SVEN FROEBERG

Gustavus Adolphus College

Dr.PAUL HANLY FURFEY

Catholic University of America

PROFESSOR HENRY E.GARRETT

Columbia University

PROFESSOR THOMAS RUSSELL GARTH

University of Denver

PROFESSOR ARTHUR I.GATES

Columbia University

DEAN ESTHER ALLEN GAW

Ohio Wesleyan University

PROFESSOR ARNOLD GESELL

Rale University

PROFESSOR SAMUEL RENBHAW

Ohio State University

DR.A.A.ROBACK

University Extension Lecturer

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

PROFESSOR HENRY HERBERT GODDARD

Ohio State University

PROFESSOR H.M.HALVERSON

Yale University

PROFESSOR SAMUEL P.HAYES

Mt.Holyoke College

PROFESSOR ARTHUR W.K.ORNHAUSER

University of Chicago

PROFESSOR HOWARD SCOTT LINDELL

Cornell University

DR.D.I.MACHT

Johns Hopkins University

PROFESSOR MARK A.MAY

Yale University

PROFESSOR W.A.MCCALl

Columbia University

PROFESSOR MAX FREDERICK MEYER

University of Missouri

PROFESSOR WALTER R.MILES

Stanford University

PROFESSOR GEORCE HAINES MOUNT

University of Southern California

PROFESSOR SIDNEY M.NEWHALL

Yale University

PROFESSOR H.K.NIXON

Columbia University

DEAN FRANKLIN CRESSEY PASCHAL

Vanderbilt University

PROFESSOR G.T.PATRICK

University of Iowa

DEAN LOUIS A.PECHSTEIN

University of Cincinnati

PROFESSOR F.A.C.PERRIN

University of Texas

PROFESSOR WALTER B.PILLSBURY

University of Michigan

PROFESSOR A.T.POFFENBERGER

Columbia University

DR.LOUISE E.POULL

Columbia University

PROFESSOR CHRISTIAN A.RUCKMICK

University of Iowa

PROFESSOR HENRY ALFORD RUGEB

Columbia University

DEAN C.E.SEASHORE

University of Iowa

PRESIDENT WALTER DILL SCOTT

Northwestern University

PROFESSOR M.ALLEN STARR

Columbia University

PROFESSOR EDWARD K.STRONG

Stanford University

PROFESSOR JOHN W.TODD

University of Southern California

PROFESSOR CHARLES H.TOLL

Amherst College

PROFESSOR EDWARD CHACE TOLMAM

University of California

PROFESSOR M.R.TRABUE

University of North Carolina

DEAN KARL T.WAUGH

University of Southern California

PROFESSOR LOUE WINFIELD WEBB

Northwestern University

PROFESSOR ALBERT P.WEBS

Ohio State University

PROFESSOR MARY T.WHTTLEY

Columbia University

PROFESSOR R.S.WOODWORTH

Columbia University

PROFESSOR HELEN THOMPSON WOOLLBY

Columbia University

PROFESSOR CLARENCE S.YOAKUM

University of Michigan

PROFESSOR KIMBALL YOUNG

University of Wisconsin

PROFESSOR PAUL THOMAS YOUNG

University of Illinois

注：名單所列的159位科學家，他們都贊成這本書的寫作思路，即運用心理學原理來解釋成功人士為什么成功。我們請他們采用各種心理學方法來分析一些具體案例，他們都認真地回了信。當然，在某些情況下，他們也有分歧，他們的見解和方法也不盡相同，但最后這些基本思想一般都可以達成一致。