Chapter 2

ATTENTION

1. Nature of attention: The nature of attention--Normal consciousness always in a state of attention. 2. The effects of attention: Attention makes its object clear and definite--Attention measures mental efficiency. 3. How we attend: Attention a relating activity--The rhythms of attention. 4. Points of failure in attention: Lack of concentration--Mental wandering. 5. Types of attention: The three types of attention--Interest and nonvoluntary attention--The will and voluntary attention--Not really different kinds of attention--Making different kinds of attention reënforce each other--The habit of attention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15