楊國樞教授早期從事實驗研究，論文多以英文寫成，在後來各個重要的研究階段，也都會撰寫英文論文來做總結，亦有許多為應邀參加國際性研討會所寫。本文集特此集結楊先生所撰之英文論文，並以「早期實驗與社會人格研究」（Early Experiments and Social Personality Research）、「心理轉變與現代化研究」（Research in Psychological Transformation and Modernization）、「華人本土心理學研究」（Research in Indigenous Chinese Psychology）三大主題，分別於九、十、十一等冊呈現，其重要性可視為楊先生主要心理學研究論著的縮版。

Kuo-shu Yang’s Collected Papers in English I:
Early Experiments and Social Personality Research

A Study of Habit Regression in the Albino Rat
The Exploratory Drive of the Rat
Manipulation and Learning in Monkeys
A Preliminary Study on the Manipulation Motives of Young Children
The Manipulation Motive of Young Children
A Preliminary Study on Relationship of Effort to Postasymptotic Performance Decreasing
Suppressor Variables Revisited
Authoritarianism and Evaluation of Appropriateness of Role Behavior
Cognitive Dissonance and Recall of Interrupted and Completed Tasks
Immediate Recall of Consistent and Inconsistent Self-Related Material
The Effects of Anxiety and Threat on the Learning of Balanced and Unbalanced Social Structures
Ethnic Affirmation by Chinese Bilinguals
Ethnic Affirmation Versus Cross-Cultural Accommodation: The Variable Impact of Questionnaire Language on Chinese Bilinguals From Hong Kong
A Comparative Study on Motivational and Temperamental Characteristics of Malaya and Singapore Overseas Chinese Students in Taiwan
Self-Concept Congruence in Relation to Juvenile Delinquency
Relationship of Repression–Sensitization to Self-Evaluation, Neuroticism, and Extraversion Among Chinese Senior High-School Boys
Problem Behavior in Chinese Adolescents in Taiwan: A Classificatory-Factorial Study
Normal and Delinquent Syndromes of Chinese Youth in Taiwan: Quantitative Differentiation and Psychological Profiles
Locus of Control and Chinese College Students An External Orientation to the Study of Causal Beliefs: Applications to Chinese
Populations and Comparative Research