Format:
Online-Ressource (xv, 679 p.)
,
22 cm
Content:
"This book describes psychology in actual operation, otherwise known as applied psychology. The author takes the reader to some of the affairs that concern him most in his daily life, to the domain of political and social affairs, to the hospital, to the schoolroom, and to the criminal court, to industry and to commerce, and to buying and selling. In fact, the author goes wherever experimental psychology is inclined, for it is the laboratory that has led most direction to the arts of practical control. The book is formally divided into eight parts; but, as a matter of fact, there are only three major sections. The first section (Part One) looks at the student himself in his daily living. The second section (Parts Two to Seven) considers the several more formal branches of applied psychology. The third section (Part Eight) will serve both as a summary of the whole book and as a repository for certain types of information which are the common property of all of the branches of applied psychology. We shall describe, for example, the general problems of experimental psychology, the problems of original nature and training, the principles of learning, and some of the larger aspects of human fellowship"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2005 APA, all rights reserved)
Note:
Includes index. - "General readings" at end of each chapter. - Electronic reproduction; Washington, D.C; American Psychological Association; 2005; Available via World Wide Web; Access limited by licensing agreement; s2005 dcunns
Language:
English
