ABSTRACT
Recently Psychology Today (Chance, 1981) and the APA Monitor (Cordes, 1984) informed the American public and the community of psychologists about some exciting new developments emanating from the Holy Land. Israeli psychologist Reuven Feuerstein—white-bearded, forceful, and charismatic under his dark beret—brought forth a theory of cognitive modifiability that has increasingly influenced theory and practice in the field of mental retardation. Referring to the intellectual achievement represented by Feuerstein's two major books, Nicholas Hobbs (1980) wrote: “Few single works in contemporary psychology equal it in originality and ingenuity, in scope, in theoretical importance, and in potential social significance” (p. 566).
