A Beginner's Psychology

Name: A Beginner's Psychology
Author: Titchener, Edward Bradford

Titchener, Edward Bradford

Psychology

Memory, implies recognition, 177;
    common-sense view of memory-image, 184, 185 f.;
    image need not appear, 184;
    turns upon feeling of familiarity, 184 f.;
    idea of, does not copy past experience, 185 f.;
    illusions of, 186, 188 f.;
    pattern of, 189 ff.;
    as remembrance, 190;
    as recollection, 190 f.;
    characterised by familiarity and imitative kinæsthesis, 192, 200;
    artificial, 192 ff.;
    and imagination, 195, 200;
    proposed definitions of, 201;
    in old age, 282.

  Memory after-image, 74, 78.

  Memory-colour, 63, 75.

  Memory-image, 77 f., 120, 184 ff.

  Mental processes, nature of, 20 f., 90;
    relation of, to meaning, 26 ff., 30, 47 f., 90;
    contextual, 118 f., 241, 265, 270, 273;
    not reliably indicated by movement, 232 f., 323;
    not intrinsically self-experiences, 316 f., 320 f.

  Method, of psychology, 18 ff.;
    eye-and-ear, 236 f.;
    of trial and error, 247;
    of reaction, 253 f.

  Mind, common-sense view of, 5 ff., 17, 321;
    scientific view of, 8 f., 307;
    relation of, to body, in common sense, 6 ff.;
    in scientific psychology, 10 ff., 17 f., 232;
    made up of processes, 20 f.;
    historical differences in attitude toward, 38 f.

  Mnemonics, principle of, 192;
    topographical, 193;
    number and rhythm in, 193;
    utility of, 193 f.

  Mood, 225 ff., 255, 304.

  Moral sentiments, 298 ff.;
    and empathy, 301.

  Motor reaction, 239 ff.

  Movement, of head and eyes in fixation, 62 f.;
    as determinant of attention, 94;
    as cue to distance, 127;
    perception of visual, 132 ff.;
    of eyes, in optical illusion, 136 f.;
    instinctive, 204 ff.;
    expressive, 222 ff.;
    differentiates plant from animal, 230 f.;
    distinguished from action, 231;
    unreliable index of mental processes, 232 f., 323;
    ‘sensations of intended movement,’ 241;
    inhibition of, in sleep, 340;
    in hypnosis, 342 f.

  Muscle sense, 45 ff.

  Music, implies intent to express, 135;
    involves transposition, 135;
    primitive, 134 f.


  Name, personal, 313.

  Naming, first stage in process of association, 160 f.

  Nausea, 64 f.

  Negative instruction, 250, 253.

  Nerve-forces, directive, 18, 96 f., 164, 205 f., 212 ff.;
    in attention, 96, 166;
    in perception and idea, 115 ff.;
    of reinforcement and inhibition, in attention, 106 ff., 164, 249 f.;
    double-acting, 109, 249 f.;
    in memory, 190;
    in imagination, 199 f.;
    in selective action, 248;
    in volitional action, 251;
    in thought, 261, 274, 275, 277.

  Nervous disposition, as vehicle of meaning, 120 f., 129 f., 131,
        133 f., 181 f., 185, 195, 243, 274, 316.

  Nervous system, functions of, 10;
    correlated with mind, 10 ff., 17 f., 232, 307;
    the ‘man left in’ of psychology, 10;
    as index of mind, 13;
    Darwin’s principle of direct action of, 223.

  Noise, sensations of, 55, 57.

  Note, musical, perception of, 122;
    analysis of, 159.

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A Beginner's Psychology

Titchener, Edward Bradford

Psychology

Memory, implies recognition, 177;
    common-sense view of memory-image, 184, 185 f.;
    image need not appear, 184;
    turns upon feeling of familiarity, 184 f.;
    idea of, does not copy past experience, 185 f.;
    illusions of, 186, 188 f.;
    pattern of, 189 ff.;
    as remembrance, 190;
    as recollection, 190 f.;
    characterised by familiarity and imitative kinæsthesis, 192, 200;
    artificial, 192 ff.;
    and imagination, 195, 200;
    proposed definitions of, 201;
    in old age, 282.

  Memory after-image, 74, 78.

  Memory-colour, 63, 75.

  Memory-image, 77 f., 120, 184 ff.

  Mental processes, nature of, 20 f., 90;
    relation of, to meaning, 26 ff., 30, 47 f., 90;
    contextual, 118 f., 241, 265, 270, 273;
    not reliably indicated by movement, 232 f., 323;
    not intrinsically self-experiences, 316 f., 320 f.

  Method, of psychology, 18 ff.;
    eye-and-ear, 236 f.;
    of trial and error, 247;
    of reaction, 253 f.

  Mind, common-sense view of, 5 ff., 17, 321;
    scientific view of, 8 f., 307;
    relation of, to body, in common sense, 6 ff.;
    in scientific psychology, 10 ff., 17 f., 232;
    made up of processes, 20 f.;
    historical differences in attitude toward, 38 f.

  Mnemonics, principle of, 192;
    topographical, 193;
    number and rhythm in, 193;
    utility of, 193 f.

  Mood, 225 ff., 255, 304.

  Moral sentiments, 298 ff.;
    and empathy, 301.

  Motor reaction, 239 ff.

  Movement, of head and eyes in fixation, 62 f.;
    as determinant of attention, 94;
    as cue to distance, 127;
    perception of visual, 132 ff.;
    of eyes, in optical illusion, 136 f.;
    instinctive, 204 ff.;
    expressive, 222 ff.;
    differentiates plant from animal, 230 f.;
    distinguished from action, 231;
    unreliable index of mental processes, 232 f., 323;
    ‘sensations of intended movement,’ 241;
    inhibition of, in sleep, 340;
    in hypnosis, 342 f.

  Muscle sense, 45 ff.

  Music, implies intent to express, 135;
    involves transposition, 135;
    primitive, 134 f.


  Name, personal, 313.

  Naming, first stage in process of association, 160 f.

  Nausea, 64 f.

  Negative instruction, 250, 253.

  Nerve-forces, directive, 18, 96 f., 164, 205 f., 212 ff.;
    in attention, 96, 166;
    in perception and idea, 115 ff.;
    of reinforcement and inhibition, in attention, 106 ff., 164, 249 f.;
    double-acting, 109, 249 f.;
    in memory, 190;
    in imagination, 199 f.;
    in selective action, 248;
    in volitional action, 251;
    in thought, 261, 274, 275, 277.

  Nervous disposition, as vehicle of meaning, 120 f., 129 f., 131,
        133 f., 181 f., 185, 195, 243, 274, 316.

  Nervous system, functions of, 10;
    correlated with mind, 10 ff., 17 f., 232, 307;
    the ‘man left in’ of psychology, 10;
    as index of mind, 13;
    Darwin’s principle of direct action of, 223.

  Noise, sensations of, 55, 57.

  Note, musical, perception of, 122;
    analysis of, 159.

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