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Umfang: Online-Ressource (x, 421 p.) , ill., port , 24 cm

ISBN: 9780231888813

Inhalt: "This commemorative volume provides a collection of Professor Robert Sessions Woodworth's distinctive contributions to the field of psychology. They have appeared in numerous places; they reflect the variety and much of the character of his work in the field of psychology, both in earlier and in more recent years. It is believed that the many hundreds of students who have known him in his lectures, seminars, and laboratory will appreciate the rescue, in a single volume, of these representative papers from their scattered sources. There is included Professor Woodworth's autobiography (first published in A History of Psychology in Autobiography, 1932) a document showing remarkable insight into the manifold ingredients of a mature personality"--Foreword. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)

Anmerkung: "This volume is presented to Robert S. Woodworth on the occasion of his seventieth birthday by his colleagues in Columbia University.". - Includes bibliographical references (p. [397]-410) and index. - Electronic reproduction; Washington, D.C; American Psychological Association; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access limited by licensing agreement; s2011 dcunns

Sprache: Englisch

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Umfang: 1 online resource

ISBN: 9780231888813

Inhalt: Presents a collection of the works of Professor Robert Sessions Woodworth of the department of Psychology of Columbia University including his autobiography.

Anmerkung: Frontmatter -- , FOREWORD -- , CONTENTS -- , I. AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- , SYSTEMATIC PROBLEMS -- , II. THE CAUSE OF A VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT -- , III. JUDGMENTS OF MAGNITUDE BY COMPARISON WITH A MENTAL STANDARD -- , IV. IMAGELESS THOUGHT -- , V. NON-SENSORY COMPONENTS OF SENSE PERCEPTION -- , VI. THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF RELATION -- , VII. A REVISION OF IMAGELESS THOUGHT -- , VIII. FOUR VARIETIES OF BEHAVIORISM -- , IX. A JUSTIFICATION OF THE CONCEPT OF INSTINCT -- , X. GESTALT PSYCHOLOGY AND THE CONCEPT OF REACTION STAGES -- , XI. SITUATION-AND-GOAL SET -- , ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY -- , XII. NOTE ON THE RAPIDITY OF DREAMS -- , XIII. PSYCHIATRY AND EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY -- , XIV. HOW THE PSYCHOLOGICAL MECHANISM WORKS -- , XV. SOME CRITICISMS OF THE FREUDIAN PSYCHOLOGY -- , Differential Psychology -- , XVI. RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN MENTAL TRAITS -- , XVII. THE PUZZLE OF COLOR VOCABULARIES -- , XVIII. ON FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO A LOW SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTIVITY IN AMERICA -- , XIX. COMBINING THE RESULTS OF SEVERAL TESTS: A STUDY IN STATISTICAL METHOD -- , Motor Phenomena -- , XX. ON THE VOLUNTARY CONTROL OF THE FORCE OF MOVEMENT -- , XXI. MAXIMAL CONTRACTION, "STAIRCASE" CONTRACTION, REFRACTORY PERIOD, AND COMPENSATORY PAUSE OF THE HEART -- , Educational Psychology -- , XXII. THE INFLUENCE OF IMPROVEMENT IN ONE MENTAL FUNCTION UPON THE EFFICIENCY OF OTHER FUNCTIONS -- , XXIII. PRESENT-DAY METHODS OF TEACHING PHILOSOPHY -- , XXIV. PSYCHOLOGY IN THE COLLEGE COURSE -- , XXV. THE TEACHING OF PSYCHOLOGY -- , BIBLIOGRAPHY -- , INDEX , In English.

Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 9780231924580

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.7312/wood92458

URL: https://doi.org/10.7312/wood92458