CONTENTS

CHAPTER I
PSYCHOLOGY: WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT DOES
SECTIONPAGE
1.Common Sense and Science[1]
2.The Subject-matter of Psychology[5]
3.Mind and Body[10]
4.The Problem of Psychology[14]
5.The Method of Psychology[18]
6.Process and Meaning[26]
7.The Scope of Psychology[30]
8.A Personal Word to the Reader[34]
Questions and Exercises[37]
References for Further Reading[40]
CHAPTER II
SENSATION
9.Sensations from the Skin[43]
10.Kinæsthetic Sensations[45]
11.Taste and Smell[48]
12.Sensations from the Ear[51]
13.Sensations from the Eye[56]
14.Organic Sensations[64]
15.Sensation and Attribute[65]
16.The Intensity of Sensation[67]
Questions and Exercises[70]
References[72]
CHAPTER III
SIMPLE IMAGE AND FEELING
17.Simple Images[73]
18.Simple Feelings and Sense-feelings[79]
Questions and Exercises[87]
References[88]
CHAPTER IV
ATTENTION
19.The Problem of Attention[90]
20.The Development of Attention[93]
21.The Nature of Attention[99]
22.The Experimental Study of Attention[103]
23.The Nervous Correlate of Attention[106]
Questions and Exercises[110]
References[111]
CHAPTER V
PERCEPTION AND IDEA
24.The Problem in General[112]
25.The Analysis of Perception and Idea[114]
26.Meaning in Perception and Idea[117]
27.The Types of Perception[121]
28.The Perception of Distance[125]
29.The Problem in Detail[131]
30.The Types of Idea[138]
Questions and Exercises[142]
References[143]
CHAPTER VI
ASSOCIATION
31.The Association of Ideas[145]
32.Associative Tendencies: Material of Study[149]
33.The Establishment of Associative Tendencies[152]
34.The Interference and Decay of Associative Tendencies[156]
35.The Connections of Mental Processes[159]
36.The Law of Mental Connection[162]
37.Practice, Habit, Fatigue[169]
Questions and Exercises[174]
References[176]
CHAPTER VII
MEMORY AND IMAGINATION
38.Recognition[177]
39.Direct Apprehension[181]
40.The Memory-idea[184]
41.Illusions of Recognition and Memory[187]
42.The Pattern of Memory[189]
43.Mnemonics[192]
44.The Idea of Imagination[194]
45.The Pattern of Imagination[197]
Questions and Exercises[201]
References[202]
CHAPTER VIII
INSTINCT AND EMOTION
46.The Nature of Instinct[203]
47.The Two Sides of Instinct[207]
48.Determining Tendencies[212]
49.The Nature of Emotion[215]
50.The James-Lange Theory of Emotion[218]
51.The Expression of Emotion[222]
52.Mood, Passion, Temperament[225]
Questions and Exercises[228]
References[229]
CHAPTER IX
ACTION
53.The Psychology of Action[230]
54.The Typical Action[233]
55.The Reaction Experiment[236]
56.Sensory and Motor Reaction[239]
57.The Degeneration of Action: From Impulsive to Reflex[242]
58.The Development of Action: From Impulsive to Selective and Volitional[246]
59.The Compound Reaction[252]
60.Will, Wish, and Desire[255]
Questions and Exercises[259]
References[260]
CHAPTER X
THOUGHT
61.The Nature of Thought[261]
62.Imaginal Processes in Thought: The Abstract Idea[263]
63.Thought and Language[267]
64.Mental Attitudes[271]
65.The Pattern of Thought[275]
66.Abstraction and Generalisation[280]
67.Comparison and Discrimination[283]
Questions and Exercises[287]
References[288]
CHAPTER XI
SENTIMENT
68.The Nature of Sentiment[290]
69.The Variety of Feeling-attitude[293]
70.The Forms of Sentiment[297]
71.The Situations and their Appeal[300]
72.Mood, Passion, Temperament[304]
Questions and Exercises[305]
References[306]
CHAPTER XII
SELF AND CONSCIOUSNESS
73.The Concept of Self[307]
74.The Persistence of the Self[312]
75.The Self in Experience[315]
76.The Snares of Language[321]
77.Consciousness and the Subconscious[323]
78.Conclusion[328]
Questions and Exercises[332]
References[334]
APPENDIX
DREAMING AND HYPNOSIS
79.Sleep and Dream[335]
80.Hypnosis[341]
References[349]
Index of Names[351]
Index of Subjects[353]

A BEGINNER’S PSYCHOLOGY

[A BEGINNER’S PSYCHOLOGY]