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WARREN, HOWARD CROSBY. Human psychology. il *$5 Houghton 150
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The author distinguishes between genetic and descriptive psychology: the one dealing with mental growth and mental progress from species to species; the other with mental life as it actually exists. The interest of the book centers mainly on the latter, the static view of psychology. At the end of each chapter is a list of collateral reading and some practical exercises intended to train the student in precise critical observation of mental phenomena. The contents are: The science of psychology; The organism; The neuro-terminal mechanism; Physiology of the neuron; Stimulation, adjustment, and response; Behavior; Conscious experience; The senses; The components of mental states; Primary mental states; Secondary mental states; Succession of mental states; Attitudes; Character and personality; Organized mental life. The appendix deals with some debatable problems for the benefit of the advanced students and contains: The mind-body relation; Mechanism and purpose; Neural activity; The visual process. There are also illustrations and tables; directions for performing the exercises and an index.