A Beginner's Psychology

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

Titchener, Edward Bradford

Psychology

Science, has no concern with values, 1 ff., 22, 325;
    is no respecter of persons, 2 f.;
    makes impersonal and disinterested search for facts, 2 f., 4, 30 f.,
        39, 48, 275, 313, 325, 330;
    limitations of, 4, 331;
    physical and psychological, 8 f.;
    describes and does not explain, 8, 14, 37, 91;
    method of, 19, 22 f.;
    definitions of, 37;
    generalises, 307 f.;
    finds language misleading, 323;
    is built up of facts and logic, 330 f.

  Self, of common sense, 2, 22, 189, 308 f., 309 f., 311 f., 315,
        321 ff.;
    concept of, 307 ff., 318, 321 f.;
    psychological definition of, 308 f.;
    persistence of, 312 ff., 320;
    as experienced, 315 ff.;
    a meaning, 315, 318 f.

  Self-consciousness, 322 f.

  Self-experience, forms of, 316, 318 ff.;
    processes involved in, 316, 319 ff.

  Sensation, definition of, 65, 66;
    attributes of, 65 f., 67, 92;
    from skin, 43 ff.;
    from muscle, tendon, joint, 45 ff.;
    of taste and smell, 48 ff.;
    from ear, 51 ff., 56;
    from eye, 56 ff.;
    from internal organs, 64 f.;
    intensity of, 67 ff.;
    relation of, to simple image, 73 ff.;
    secondary, 74 f.;
    in perception and idea, 114 ff.;
    of accommodation and convergence, 127 f.;
    no sensation of depth, 126, 128 f., 132;
    no sensation of visual movement, 132;
    of ‘intended movement,’ 241, 273;
    of ‘future occurrence,’ 273.

  Sense-feeling, blend of sensation and feeling, 81, 319;
    classification of, 81 f., 212, 216 f.;
    variety of, 82;
    opposition of, 82;
    in attention, 101 f.;
    in connections of ideas, 161 f., 271;
    in recognition, 178;
    in instinct, 212;
    in wish and desire, 256 f.;
    uniformities of, 296.

  Sense-organs, their importance for psychology, 17 f.;
    of skin, 43 f.;
    of muscle, tendon, joint, 47;
    of taste, 49;
    of smell, 49 f., 63;
    of hearing, 55 f.;
    of equilibrium, 56;
    of sight, 58 ff., 63.

  Sensorimotor action, 243, 251.

  Sensory reaction, 239 ff.

  Sentiment, nature of, 290;
    instances of, 291;
    a rare experience, 291;
    lapses to feeling-attitude, 292;
    empathy by, 293;
    and sentimentality, 295 f.;
    forms of, 297 ff.;
    runs in threes, 297;
    pattern of, 300;
    means of studying, 300 ff.

  Short-cuts, nervous, in perception, 123, 127;
    in practice, 170;
    in action, 245 f., 252;
    in thought, 286.

  Similarity, ‘law’ of association by, 147.

  Situation, importance of the psychological, in learning, 163 f.,
        165 f.;
    attentional, 165 f., 261;
    connection of ideas within, 166;
    connection of ideas belonging to different situations, 167 f.;
    in emotion, 216, 290;
    in thought, 276 ff.;
    social, 298 f.;
    religious, 299;
    in sentiment, 290, 300 ff.

  Skin, sensations from, 43 ff., 47;
    borrows from underlying tissues, 45, 47 f.

  Sleep, instinctive origin of, 335 f.;
    walking and talking in, 336, 340.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Opening the text

A Beginner's PsychologyTitchener, Edward Bradford

Science

A Beginner's Psychology

Titchener, Edward Bradford

Psychology

Science, has no concern with values, 1 ff., 22, 325;
    is no respecter of persons, 2 f.;
    makes impersonal and disinterested search for facts, 2 f., 4, 30 f.,
        39, 48, 275, 313, 325, 330;
    limitations of, 4, 331;
    physical and psychological, 8 f.;
    describes and does not explain, 8, 14, 37, 91;
    method of, 19, 22 f.;
    definitions of, 37;
    generalises, 307 f.;
    finds language misleading, 323;
    is built up of facts and logic, 330 f.

  Self, of common sense, 2, 22, 189, 308 f., 309 f., 311 f., 315,
        321 ff.;
    concept of, 307 ff., 318, 321 f.;
    psychological definition of, 308 f.;
    persistence of, 312 ff., 320;
    as experienced, 315 ff.;
    a meaning, 315, 318 f.

  Self-consciousness, 322 f.

  Self-experience, forms of, 316, 318 ff.;
    processes involved in, 316, 319 ff.

  Sensation, definition of, 65, 66;
    attributes of, 65 f., 67, 92;
    from skin, 43 ff.;
    from muscle, tendon, joint, 45 ff.;
    of taste and smell, 48 ff.;
    from ear, 51 ff., 56;
    from eye, 56 ff.;
    from internal organs, 64 f.;
    intensity of, 67 ff.;
    relation of, to simple image, 73 ff.;
    secondary, 74 f.;
    in perception and idea, 114 ff.;
    of accommodation and convergence, 127 f.;
    no sensation of depth, 126, 128 f., 132;
    no sensation of visual movement, 132;
    of ‘intended movement,’ 241, 273;
    of ‘future occurrence,’ 273.

  Sense-feeling, blend of sensation and feeling, 81, 319;
    classification of, 81 f., 212, 216 f.;
    variety of, 82;
    opposition of, 82;
    in attention, 101 f.;
    in connections of ideas, 161 f., 271;
    in recognition, 178;
    in instinct, 212;
    in wish and desire, 256 f.;
    uniformities of, 296.

  Sense-organs, their importance for psychology, 17 f.;
    of skin, 43 f.;
    of muscle, tendon, joint, 47;
    of taste, 49;
    of smell, 49 f., 63;
    of hearing, 55 f.;
    of equilibrium, 56;
    of sight, 58 ff., 63.

  Sensorimotor action, 243, 251.

  Sensory reaction, 239 ff.

  Sentiment, nature of, 290;
    instances of, 291;
    a rare experience, 291;
    lapses to feeling-attitude, 292;
    empathy by, 293;
    and sentimentality, 295 f.;
    forms of, 297 ff.;
    runs in threes, 297;
    pattern of, 300;
    means of studying, 300 ff.

  Short-cuts, nervous, in perception, 123, 127;
    in practice, 170;
    in action, 245 f., 252;
    in thought, 286.

  Similarity, ‘law’ of association by, 147.

  Situation, importance of the psychological, in learning, 163 f.,
        165 f.;
    attentional, 165 f., 261;
    connection of ideas within, 166;
    connection of ideas belonging to different situations, 167 f.;
    in emotion, 216, 290;
    in thought, 276 ff.;
    social, 298 f.;
    religious, 299;
    in sentiment, 290, 300 ff.

  Skin, sensations from, 43 ff., 47;
    borrows from underlying tissues, 45, 47 f.

  Sleep, instinctive origin of, 335 f.;
    walking and talking in, 336, 340.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

A Beginner's Psychology

A Beginner's Psychology

No reviews yet