Applied Psychology
MAKING
YOUR OWN WORLD

Being the Second of a Series of Twelve Volumes on the Applications of Psychology to the Problems of Personal and Business Efficiency

COPYRIGHT 1914
BY THE APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO

CONTENTS

Chapter Page
I. [THE TWO FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES OF MIND]
MIND AS A MEANS TO ATTAINMENT [3]
THREE POSTULATES FOR THIS COURSE [4]
EXPERIENCE AND ABSTRACTIONS [5]
PRIMARY MENTAL OPERATIONS [6]
II. [SENSATIONS AND OUR PERCEPTION OF THEM]
MIND'S SOURCE OF SUPPLIES [9]
DOES MATTER EXIST? [10]
FIRST-HAND KNOWLEDGE [11]
SECOND-HAND KNOWLEDGE [12]
ETHERIC VIBRATIONS AS CAUSING SENSATIONS [13]
THE ROAD TO PERCEPTION [14]
THE PLACE WHERE SENSATION OCCURS [15]
LABORATORY PROOF OF SENSE-PERCEPTIVE PROCESS [16]
REACTION-TIME [17]
THE HUMAN TELEPHONE [18]
THE LIVING TELEGRAPH [19]
THE SIX STEPS TO REACTION [20]
UNOPENED MENTAL MAIL [21]
SELECTIVE PROCESS THAT DETERMINES CONDUCT [22]
IN TUNE WITH LIFE-INTEREST [23]
PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF PERCEPTION PROCESS [24]
III. [SENSORY ILLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR THEIR USE]
UNRELIABILITY OF SENSE-ORGANS [27]
BEING AND SEEMING [29]
USE OF ILLUSIONS IN BUSINESS [31]
MAKING AN ARTICLE LOOK BIG [32]
TESTING THE CONFIDENTIAL MAN [33]
TESTS FOR CREDULITY [34]
WHAT COLORS LOOK NEAREST [35]
TESTING THE RANGE OF ATTENTION [36]
A GUIDE TO OCCUPATIONAL SELECTION [37]
TEST FOR ATTENTION TO DETAILS [38]
OTHER BUSINESS APPLICATIONS [39]
IV. [INWARDNESS OF ENVIRONMENT]
FACTORS OF SUCCESS OR FAILURE [43]
SHOULD SEEING BE BELIEVING? [44]
HEARING THE LIGHTNING [46]
IMPORTANCE OF THE MENTAL MAKE-UP [47]
UNREALITY OF "THE REAL" [48]
"THINGS" AND THEIR MENTAL DUPLICATES [49]
EFFECT OF CLOSING ONE'S EYES [50]
IF MATTER WERE ANNIHILATED [51]
IF MIND WERE ANNIHILATED [52]
AS MANY WORLDS AS MINDS [53]
V. [ESSENTIAL LAW OF PRACTICAL SELF-MASTERY]
OPTION AND OPPORTUNITY [57]
PRE-ARRANGING YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS [58]
HOW TO DEFINITELY SELECT ITS ELEMENTS [59]
AN INFALLIBLE RECIPE FOR SELF-POSSESSION [60]
USING "UNSEEN EAR PROTECTORS" [61]
HOW TO AVOID WORRY, MELANCHOLY [62]
PUTTING CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER FOOT [63]
RUNNING YOUR MENTAL FACTORY [64]
ACQUIRING MENTAL BALANCE [65]
DISSIPATING MENTAL SPECTERS [66]
HOW TO CONTROL YOUR DESTINY [67]