# Your Mind and How to Use It: A Manual of Practical Psychology

Author: Atkinson, William Walker, 1862-1932

Genre: Category: How To ...

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42055

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## Summary

Psychology is generally considered to be the science of mind, although more properly it is the science of mental states--thoughts, feelings, and acts of volition. It was formerly the custom of writers on the subject of psychology to begin by an attempt to define and describe the nature of mind, before proceeding to a consideration of the subject of the various mental spates and activities. But more recent authorities have rebelled against this demand, and have claimed that it is no more reasonable to hold that psychology should be held to an explanation of the ultimate nature of mind than it is that physical science be held to an explanation of the ultimate nature of matter. The attempt t...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XXIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/your-mind-and-how-to-use-it-a-manual-of-practical-psychology-42055/chapters/29/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/your-mind-and-how-to-use-it-a-manual-of-practical-psychology-42055/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/your-mind-and-how-to-use-it-a-manual-of-practical-psychology-42055/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/your-mind-and-how-to-use-it-a-manual-of-practical-psychology-42055/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/your-mind-and-how-to-use-it-a-manual-of-practical-psychology-42055/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/your-mind-and-how-to-use-it-a-manual-of-practical-psychology-42055/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/your-mind-and-how-to-use-it-a-manual-of-practical-psychology-42055/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/your-mind-and-how-to-use-it-a-manual-of-practical-psychology-42055/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/your-mind-and-how-to-use-it-a-manual-of-practical-psychology-42055/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/your-mind-and-how-to-use-it-a-manual-of-practical-psychology-42055/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/your-mind-and-how-to-use-it-a-manual-of-practical-psychology-42055/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/your-mind-and-how-to-use-it-a-manual-of-practical-psychology-42055/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/your-mind-and-how-to-use-it-a-manual-of-practical-psychology-42055/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/your-mind-and-how-to-use-it-a-manual-of-practical-psychology-42055/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/your-mind-and-how-to-use-it-a-manual-of-practical-psychology-42055/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/your-mind-and-how-to-use-it-a-manual-of-practical-psychology-42055/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/your-mind-and-how-to-use-it-a-manual-of-practical-psychology-42055/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/your-mind-and-how-to-use-it-a-manual-of-practical-psychology-42055/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/your-mind-and-how-to-use-it-a-manual-of-practical-psychology-42055/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/your-mind-and-how-to-use-it-a-manual-of-practical-psychology-42055/chapters/30/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/your-mind-and-how-to-use-it-a-manual-of-practical-psychology-42055/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/your-mind-and-how-to-use-it-a-manual-of-practical-psychology-42055/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/your-mind-and-how-to-use-it-a-manual-of-practical-psychology-42055/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/your-mind-and-how-to-use-it-a-manual-of-practical-psychology-42055/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/your-mind-and-how-to-use-it-a-manual-of-practical-psychology-42055/chapters/31/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/your-mind-and-how-to-use-it-a-manual-of-practical-psychology-42055/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/your-mind-and-how-to-use-it-a-manual-of-practical-psychology-42055/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/your-mind-and-how-to-use-it-a-manual-of-practical-psychology-42055/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/your-mind-and-how-to-use-it-a-manual-of-practical-psychology-42055/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/your-mind-and-how-to-use-it-a-manual-of-practical-psychology-42055/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/your-mind-and-how-to-use-it-a-manual-of-practical-psychology-42055/chapters/4/index.md)