although admirable, the attempt to seek public approval failed to make a significant impact and psychologists became more concerned about their public image. in 1900, jastrow wrote a book entitled "fact and fable in psychology" that aimed to resolve popular psychological misconceptions by clearly discerning fact from fable. in preface to his book, jastrow states, "it is a matter of serious concern that the methods of genuine psychology, that the conditions of advance in psychology, that the scope and nature of its problems should be properly understood." (vii)