Psychological Issues: Selected Papers of Robert S. Woodworth

Description

FOREWORD CONTENTS I. AUTOBIOGRAPHY SYSTEMATIC PROBLEMS II. THE CAUSE OF A VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT III. JUDGMENTS OF MAGNITUDE BY COMPARISON WITH A MENTAL STANDARD IV. IMAGELESS THOUGHT V. NON-SENSORY COMPONENTS OF SENSE PERCEPTION VI. THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF RELATION VII. A REVISION OF IMAGELESS THOUGHT VIII. FOUR VARIETIES OF BEHAVIORISM IX. A JUSTIFICATION OF THE CONCEPT OF INSTINCT X. GESTALT PSYCHOLOGY AND THE CONCEPT OF REACTION STAGES XI. SITUATION-AND-GOAL SET ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY XII. NOTE ON THE RAPIDITY OF DREAMS XIII. PSYCHIATRY AND EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY XIV. HOW THE PSYCHOLOGICAL MECHANISM WORKS XV. SOME CRITICISMS OF THE FREUDIAN PSYCHOLOGY Differential Psychology XVI. RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN MENTAL TRAITS XVII. THE PUZZLE OF COLOR VOCABULARIES XVIII. ON FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO A LOW SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTIVITY IN AMERICA XIX. COMBINING THE RESULTS OF SEVERAL TESTS: A STUDY IN STATISTICAL METHOD Motor Phenomena XX. ON THE VOLUNTARY CONTROL OF THE FORCE OF MOVEMENT XXI. MAXIMAL CONTRACTION, "STAIRCASE" CONTRACTION, REFRACTORY PERIOD, AND COMPENSATORY PAUSE OF THE HEART Educational Psychology XXII. THE INFLUENCE OF IMPROVEMENT IN ONE MENTAL FUNCTION UPON THE EFFICIENCY OF OTHER FUNCTIONS XXIII. PRESENT-DAY METHODS OF TEACHING PHILOSOPHY XXIV. PSYCHOLOGY IN THE COLLEGE COURSE XXV. THE TEACHING OF PSYCHOLOGY BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX