Psychology : $b A study of mental lifeWoodworth, Robert Sessions
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Psychology : $b A study of mental life
Woodworth, Robert Sessions
Psychology
Human Learning 311
Human Compared with Animal Learning 313
Learning by Observation 317
The Learning of Complex
Practical Performances 321
Higher Units and Overlapping 323
Moderate Skill Acquired in
the Ordinary Day's Work 326
Habit 328
Exercises 330
References 331
CHAPTER XIV
MEMORY 332
The Process of Memorizing 333
Economy in Memorizing 333
Unintentional Learning 346
Retention 348
Recall 364
Recognition 357
Memory Training 360
Exercises 364
References 365
CHAPTER XV
ASSOCIATION AND MENTAL IMAGERY 366
What Can Be Recalled 366
Memory Images 368
Limitations of Imagery 371
The Question of Non-Sensory Recall 373
Hallucinations 375
Free Association 376
Controlled Association 381
Examples of Controlled Association 384
Exercises 386
References 388
CHAPTER XVI
THE LAWS OF ASSOCIATION 389
The Law of Exercise 389
The Law of Effect 391
Limitations of the Law of Exercise 393
Association by Similarity 395
Association by Contiguity 396
The Law of Combination 398
The Law of Combination in Recall 413
The Laws of Learning in
Terms of the Neurones 414
Exercises 418
References 418
CHAPTER XVII
PERCEPTION 418
Some Definitions 421
The Difference Between
Perception and Sensation 423
Perception and Image 425
Perception and Motor Reaction 427
What Sort of Response,
Then, Is Perception? 431
Practiced Perception 433
Corrected Perception 435
Sensory Data Serving as Signs
of Various Sorts of Fact 437
The Perception of Space 439
Esthetic Perception 443
Social Perception 444
Errors of Perception 446
Illusions 450
Exercises 460
References 461
CHAPTER XVIII
REASONING 462
Animal and Human Exploration 463
Reasoning Culminates in Inference 465
Varieties of Reasoning 468
Deductive and Inductive Reasoning 474
Psychology and Logic 476
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