66. Abstraction and Generalisation 280 67. Comparison and Discrimination 283 Questions and Exercises 287 References 288 CHAPTER XI SENTIMENT 68. The Nature of Sentiment 290 69. The Variety of Feeling-attitude 293 70. The Forms of Sentiment 297 71. The Situations and their Appeal 300 72. Mood, Passion, Temperament 304 Questions and Exercises 305 References 306 CHAPTER XII SELF AND CONSCIOUSNESS 73. The Concept of Self 307 74. The Persistence of the Self 312 75. The Self in Experience 315 76. The Snares of Language 321 77. Consciousness and the Subconscious 323 78. Conclusion 328 Questions and Exercises 332 References 334 APPENDIX DREAMING AND HYPNOSIS 79. Sleep and Dream 335 80. Hypnosis 341 References 349 INDEX OF NAMES 351 INDEX OF SUBJECTS 353 A BEGINNER’S PSYCHOLOGY A BEGINNER’S PSYCHOLOGY CHAPTER I PSYCHOLOGY: WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT DOES It is well for a man, when he seeks a clear and unbiassed opinion upon some certain matter, to forget many things, and to begin to look at it as if he knew nothing at all before.—LI HUNG CHANG