Psychology
=Science.= Before attempting to define psychology, it will be helpful to make some inquiry into the nature of science in general. Science is knowledge; it is what we know. But mere knowledge is not science. For a bit of knowledge to become a part of science, its relation to ot...
=The Nature of Habit.= We now turn from man's inherited nature to his acquired nature. Inherited tendencies to action we have called instincts; acquired tendencies to action we...
8. Chapter 8=Perceptions and Ideas.= In a previous chapter, brief mention was made of the difference between perceptions and ideas. This distinction must now be enlarged upon and made clear...
11. Chapter 11=Physical Differences.= One never sees two people whose bodies are exactly alike. They differ in height or weight or color of the skin. They differ in the color of the hair or e...
10. Chapter 10rise to sensation, it is capable of reviving this excitation later. This renewal or revival of a brain excitation gives us an experience resembling the original sensation, only...
4. Chapter 4=Stimulus and Response.= We have learned something about the sense organs and their functions. We have seen that it is through the sense organs that the world affects us, stimul...
12. Chapter 12=The General Field.= Psychology has now reached that stage in its development where it can be of use to humanity. It can be of use in those fields which demand a knowledge of hu...
3. Chapter 3=Gross Dependence.= The relation of mind to body has always been an interesting one to man. This is partly because of the connection of the question with that of life after deat...
1. Chapter 1=Science.= Before attempting to define psychology, it will be helpful to make some inquiry into the nature of science in general. Science is knowledge; it is what we know. But m...
2. Chapter 2=Racial Development.= The purpose of this chapter is to make some inquiry concerning the origin of the race and of the individual. In doing this, it is necessary for us first of...
5. Chapter 5=The Feelings.= Related to the instincts on one side and to habits on the other are the feelings. In Chapter III we discussed sensation, and in the preceding chapter, the instin...
6. Chapter 6(3) Try getting the ideas from stories read to you, as in the logical memory experiment described in Chapter X. Some stories should be read without distractions, others with dis...
9. Chapter 9In Chapter III we learned about sensation. We found that when a sense organ is stimulated by its appropriate type of stimulus, this stimulation travels through the sensory nerve...