CONTENTSCHAPTER IPSYCHOLOGY: WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT DOESSECTIONPAGE1.Common Sense and Science12.The Subject-matter of Psychology53.Mind and Body104.The Problem of Psychology145.The Method of Psychology186.Process and Meaning267.The Scope of Psychology308.A Personal Word to the Reader34Questions and Exercises37References for Further Reading40CHAPTER IISENSATION9.Sensations from the Skin4310.Kinæsthetic Sensations4511.Taste and Smell4812.Sensations from the Ear5113.Sensations from the Eye5614.Organic Sensations6415.Sensation and Attribute6516.The Intensity of Sensation67Questions and Exercises70References72CHAPTER IIISIMPLE IMAGE AND FEELING17.Simple Images7318.Simple Feelings and Sense-feelings79Questions and Exercises87References88CHAPTER IVATTENTION19.The Problem of Attention9020.The Development of Attention9321.The Nature of Attention9922.The Experimental Study of Attention10323.The Nervous Correlate of Attention106Questions and Exercises110References111CHAPTER VPERCEPTION AND IDEA24.The Problem in General11225.The Analysis of Perception and Idea11426.Meaning in Perception and Idea11727.The Types of Perception12128.The Perception of Distance12529.The Problem in Detail13130.The Types of Idea138Questions and Exercises142References143CHAPTER VIASSOCIATION31.The Association of Ideas14532.Associative Tendencies: Material of Study14933.The Establishment of Associative Tendencies15234.The Interference and Decay of Associative Tendencies15635.The Connections of Mental Processes15936.The Law of Mental Connection16237.Practice, Habit, Fatigue169Questions and Exercises174References176CHAPTER VIIMEMORY AND IMAGINATION38.Recognition17739.Direct Apprehension18140.The Memory-idea18441.Illusions of Recognition and Memory18742.The Pattern of Memory18943.Mnemonics19244.The Idea of Imagination19445.The Pattern of Imagination197Questions and Exercises201References202CHAPTER VIIIINSTINCT AND EMOTION46.The Nature of Instinct20347.The Two Sides of Instinct20748.Determining Tendencies21249.The Nature of Emotion21550.The James-Lange Theory of Emotion21851.The Expression of Emotion22252.Mood, Passion, Temperament225Questions and Exercises228References229CHAPTER IXACTION53.The Psychology of Action23054.The Typical Action23355.The Reaction Experiment23656.Sensory and Motor Reaction23957.The Degeneration of Action: From Impulsive to Reflex24258.The Development of Action: From Impulsive to Selective and Volitional24659.The Compound Reaction25260.Will, Wish, and Desire255Questions and Exercises259References260CHAPTER XTHOUGHT61.The Nature of Thought26162.Imaginal Processes in Thought: The Abstract Idea26363.Thought and Language26764.Mental Attitudes27165.The Pattern of Thought27566.Abstraction and Generalisation28067.Comparison and Discrimination283Questions and Exercises287References288CHAPTER XISENTIMENT68.The Nature of Sentiment29069.The Variety of Feeling-attitude29370.The Forms of Sentiment29771.The Situations and their Appeal30072.Mood, Passion, Temperament304Questions and Exercises305References306CHAPTER XIISELF AND CONSCIOUSNESS73.The Concept of Self30774.The Persistence of the Self31275.The Self in Experience31576.The Snares of Language32177.Consciousness and the Subconscious32378.Conclusion328Questions and Exercises332References334APPENDIXDREAMING AND HYPNOSIS79.Sleep and Dream33580.Hypnosis341References349Index of Names351Index of Subjects353A BEGINNER’S PSYCHOLOGY
CONTENTSCHAPTER IPSYCHOLOGY: WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT DOESSECTIONPAGE1.Common Sense and Science12.The Subject-matter of Psychology53.Mind and Body104.The Problem of Psychology145.The Method of Psychology186.Process and Meaning267.The Scope of Psychology308.A Personal Word to the Reader34Questions and Exercises37References for Further Reading40CHAPTER IISENSATION9.Sensations from the Skin4310.Kinæsthetic Sensations4511.Taste and Smell4812.Sensations from the Ear5113.Sensations from the Eye5614.Organic Sensations6415.Sensation and Attribute6516.The Intensity of Sensation67Questions and Exercises70References72CHAPTER IIISIMPLE IMAGE AND FEELING17.Simple Images7318.Simple Feelings and Sense-feelings79Questions and Exercises87References88CHAPTER IVATTENTION19.The Problem of Attention9020.The Development of Attention9321.The Nature of Attention9922.The Experimental Study of Attention10323.The Nervous Correlate of Attention106Questions and Exercises110References111CHAPTER VPERCEPTION AND IDEA24.The Problem in General11225.The Analysis of Perception and Idea11426.Meaning in Perception and Idea11727.The Types of Perception12128.The Perception of Distance12529.The Problem in Detail13130.The Types of Idea138Questions and Exercises142References143CHAPTER VIASSOCIATION31.The Association of Ideas14532.Associative Tendencies: Material of Study14933.The Establishment of Associative Tendencies15234.The Interference and Decay of Associative Tendencies15635.The Connections of Mental Processes15936.The Law of Mental Connection16237.Practice, Habit, Fatigue169Questions and Exercises174References176CHAPTER VIIMEMORY AND IMAGINATION38.Recognition17739.Direct Apprehension18140.The Memory-idea18441.Illusions of Recognition and Memory18742.The Pattern of Memory18943.Mnemonics19244.The Idea of Imagination19445.The Pattern of Imagination197Questions and Exercises201References202CHAPTER VIIIINSTINCT AND EMOTION46.The Nature of Instinct20347.The Two Sides of Instinct20748.Determining Tendencies21249.The Nature of Emotion21550.The James-Lange Theory of Emotion21851.The Expression of Emotion22252.Mood, Passion, Temperament225Questions and Exercises228References229CHAPTER IXACTION53.The Psychology of Action23054.The Typical Action23355.The Reaction Experiment23656.Sensory and Motor Reaction23957.The Degeneration of Action: From Impulsive to Reflex24258.The Development of Action: From Impulsive to Selective and Volitional24659.The Compound Reaction25260.Will, Wish, and Desire255Questions and Exercises259References260CHAPTER XTHOUGHT61.The Nature of Thought26162.Imaginal Processes in Thought: The Abstract Idea26363.Thought and Language26764.Mental Attitudes27165.The Pattern of Thought27566.Abstraction and Generalisation28067.Comparison and Discrimination283Questions and Exercises287References288CHAPTER XISENTIMENT68.The Nature of Sentiment29069.The Variety of Feeling-attitude29370.The Forms of Sentiment29771.The Situations and their Appeal30072.Mood, Passion, Temperament304Questions and Exercises305References306CHAPTER XIISELF AND CONSCIOUSNESS73.The Concept of Self30774.The Persistence of the Self31275.The Self in Experience31576.The Snares of Language32177.Consciousness and the Subconscious32378.Conclusion328Questions and Exercises332References334APPENDIXDREAMING AND HYPNOSIS79.Sleep and Dream33580.Hypnosis341References349Index of Names351Index of Subjects353A BEGINNER’S PSYCHOLOGY
A BEGINNER’S PSYCHOLOGY