CHAPTER I

PSYCHOLOGY: WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT DOES

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1.Common Sense and Science

2.The Subject-matter of Psychology

3.Mind and Body

4.The Problem of Psychology

5.The Method of Psychology

6.Process and Meaning

7.The Scope of Psychology

8.A Personal Word to the Reader

Questions and Exercises

References for Further Reading

CHAPTER II

SENSATION

9.Sensations from the Skin

10.Kinæsthetic Sensations

11.Taste and Smell

12.Sensations from the Ear

13.Sensations from the Eye

14.Organic Sensations

15.Sensation and Attribute

16.The Intensity of Sensation

Questions and Exercises

References

CHAPTER III

SIMPLE IMAGE AND FEELING

17.Simple Images

18.Simple Feelings and Sense-feelings

Questions and Exercises

References

CHAPTER IV

ATTENTION

19.The Problem of Attention

20.The Development of Attention

21.The Nature of Attention

22.The Experimental Study of Attention

23.The Nervous Correlate of Attention

Questions and Exercises

References

CHAPTER V

PERCEPTION AND IDEA

24.The Problem in General

25.The Analysis of Perception and Idea

26.Meaning in Perception and Idea

27.The Types of Perception

28.The Perception of Distance

29.The Problem in Detail

30.The Types of Idea

Questions and Exercises

References

CHAPTER VI

ASSOCIATION

31.The Association of Ideas

32.Associative Tendencies: Material of Study

33.The Establishment of Associative Tendencies

34.The Interference and Decay of Associative Tendencies

35.The Connections of Mental Processes

36.The Law of Mental Connection

37.Practice, Habit, Fatigue

Questions and Exercises

References

CHAPTER VII

MEMORY AND IMAGINATION

38.Recognition

39.Direct Apprehension

40.The Memory-idea

41.Illusions of Recognition and Memory

42.The Pattern of Memory

43.Mnemonics

44.The Idea of Imagination

45.The Pattern of Imagination

Questions and Exercises

References

CHAPTER VIII

INSTINCT AND EMOTION

46.The Nature of Instinct

47.The Two Sides of Instinct

48.Determining Tendencies

49.The Nature of Emotion

50.The James-Lange Theory of Emotion

51.The Expression of Emotion

52.Mood, Passion, Temperament

Questions and Exercises

References

CHAPTER IX

ACTION

53.The Psychology of Action

54.The Typical Action

55.The Reaction Experiment

56.Sensory and Motor Reaction

57.The Degeneration of Action: From Impulsive to Reflex

58.The Development of Action: From Impulsive to Selective and Volitional

59.The Compound Reaction

60.Will, Wish, and Desire

Questions and Exercises

References

CHAPTER X

THOUGHT

61.The Nature of Thought

62.Imaginal Processes in Thought: The Abstract Idea

63.Thought and Language

64.Mental Attitudes

65.The Pattern of Thought

66.Abstraction and Generalisation

67.Comparison and Discrimination

Questions and Exercises

References

CHAPTER XI

SENTIMENT

68.The Nature of Sentiment

69.The Variety of Feeling-attitude

70.The Forms of Sentiment

71.The Situations and their Appeal

72.Mood, Passion, Temperament

Questions and Exercises

References

CHAPTER XII

SELF AND CONSCIOUSNESS

73.The Concept of Self

74.The Persistence of the Self

75.The Self in Experience

76.The Snares of Language

77.Consciousness and the Subconscious

78.Conclusion

Questions and Exercises

References

APPENDIX

DREAMING AND HYPNOSIS

79.Sleep and Dream

80.Hypnosis

References

Index of Names

Index of Subjects