A Beginner's Psychology

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

Titchener, Edward Bradford

Psychology

Observation, as scientific method, 19, 331;
    formula of, 19, 22, 80;
    difficulties of, 20;
    and experiment, 22 f.

  Of-course, feeling of, 181 f.

  Organic changes, in sense-feeling, 82 ff.;
    in secondary attention, 105 f.;
    in emotion, 219 ff.

  Organic sensations, 64 f.;
    their part in emotion, 65, 216, 218 ff., 290;
    in sense-feelings, 81 f., 319;
    as vehicle of meaning, 119 f.;
    in instinct, 211;
    in sentiment, 291;
    not necessarily self-experiences, 318, 321.

  Origin of language, 269 f.


  Pain, sensation of, from skin, 43 ff.;
    from underlying tissues, 46 f.;
    organic, varieties of, 64;
    in hunger and nausea, 64;
    may be pleasant or unpleasant, 79;
    see Pleasure and pain

  Paramnesia, 187 f.

  Passion, 226, 304.

  Pathology, as aid to psychology, 26 ff., 46, 139, 314 f.

  Perception, analysis of typical, 114 ff.;
    made up of core and context, 114 f., 117, 121, 131, 165, 167;
    meaning in, 117 ff., 123, 127, 129 ff., 133 f.;
    varying complexity of, 121;
    types of, 121 ff.;
    qualitative, 122;
    temporal, 122 ff.;
    spatial, 124 f.;
    complex, 125;
    no class of intensive, 125;
    of distance, 125 ff.;
    of visual movement, 132 ff.;
    of melody, 134 f.;
    illusory, 135 ff.;
    connection of elements in, 159 f.

  Personal difference, 237.

  Personal equation, 237.

  Personalisation, tendency toward, 205, 323.

  Personality, dual and multiple, 314 f.

  Physics, leaves man out of the world, 8;
    method of, 21 f.;
    early became experimental, 25;
    suffers from bias of language, 323.

  Pitch, of tones, 52;
    of noises, 55;
    memory of absolute, 134.

  Plants, psychology of, 13 f., 31 f., 230.

  Pleasantness and unpleasantness, the qualities of simple feeling, 79,
        81;
    in memory, 188 f.

  Pleasure and pain, 79, 84 ff.;
    alleged determinants of action, 257 f.

  Post-hypnotic suggestion, 345 f.

  Pressure, sensation of, from skin, 43 ff.;
    from muscle, 46 f.;
    from joint, 46 f.;
    organic, 64;
    falls under Weber’s law, 68.

  Primitive man, mind of, 303, 313;
    primitive music, 134 f.

  Problem, of psychology, 14 ff., 18, 113, 148, 231, 258, 331;
    of attention, 93;
    of meaning, 117 f.;
    of action, 231 f., 258.

  Process, see Mental processes, Psychoneural processes

  Psychography, 309.

  Psychologist, how concerned with himself, 3;
    not a student of human nature, 3 f.;
    not adequate to the whole of his science, 31.

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A Beginner's Psychology

Titchener, Edward Bradford

Psychology

Observation, as scientific method, 19, 331;
    formula of, 19, 22, 80;
    difficulties of, 20;
    and experiment, 22 f.

  Of-course, feeling of, 181 f.

  Organic changes, in sense-feeling, 82 ff.;
    in secondary attention, 105 f.;
    in emotion, 219 ff.

  Organic sensations, 64 f.;
    their part in emotion, 65, 216, 218 ff., 290;
    in sense-feelings, 81 f., 319;
    as vehicle of meaning, 119 f.;
    in instinct, 211;
    in sentiment, 291;
    not necessarily self-experiences, 318, 321.

  Origin of language, 269 f.


  Pain, sensation of, from skin, 43 ff.;
    from underlying tissues, 46 f.;
    organic, varieties of, 64;
    in hunger and nausea, 64;
    may be pleasant or unpleasant, 79;
    see Pleasure and pain

  Paramnesia, 187 f.

  Passion, 226, 304.

  Pathology, as aid to psychology, 26 ff., 46, 139, 314 f.

  Perception, analysis of typical, 114 ff.;
    made up of core and context, 114 f., 117, 121, 131, 165, 167;
    meaning in, 117 ff., 123, 127, 129 ff., 133 f.;
    varying complexity of, 121;
    types of, 121 ff.;
    qualitative, 122;
    temporal, 122 ff.;
    spatial, 124 f.;
    complex, 125;
    no class of intensive, 125;
    of distance, 125 ff.;
    of visual movement, 132 ff.;
    of melody, 134 f.;
    illusory, 135 ff.;
    connection of elements in, 159 f.

  Personal difference, 237.

  Personal equation, 237.

  Personalisation, tendency toward, 205, 323.

  Personality, dual and multiple, 314 f.

  Physics, leaves man out of the world, 8;
    method of, 21 f.;
    early became experimental, 25;
    suffers from bias of language, 323.

  Pitch, of tones, 52;
    of noises, 55;
    memory of absolute, 134.

  Plants, psychology of, 13 f., 31 f., 230.

  Pleasantness and unpleasantness, the qualities of simple feeling, 79,
        81;
    in memory, 188 f.

  Pleasure and pain, 79, 84 ff.;
    alleged determinants of action, 257 f.

  Post-hypnotic suggestion, 345 f.

  Pressure, sensation of, from skin, 43 ff.;
    from muscle, 46 f.;
    from joint, 46 f.;
    organic, 64;
    falls under Weber’s law, 68.

  Primitive man, mind of, 303, 313;
    primitive music, 134 f.

  Problem, of psychology, 14 ff., 18, 113, 148, 231, 258, 331;
    of attention, 93;
    of meaning, 117 f.;
    of action, 231 f., 258.

  Process, see Mental processes, Psychoneural processes

  Psychography, 309.

  Psychologist, how concerned with himself, 3;
    not a student of human nature, 3 f.;
    not adequate to the whole of his science, 31.

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