Human behavior : a first book in psychology for teachers / Stephen S. Colvin, William C. Bagley, Marion E. Macdonald.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Colvin, Stephen S. (Stephen Sheldon), 1869-1923, author.

Bagley, William C., 1874-1946, author.

Macdonald, Marion E., 1893- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 334 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Human behavior

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Macmillan Company, 1930.

Summary:

The study of psychology has been looked upon for a long time as an essential phase of the professional education of the teacher. The following chapters represent an attempt to formulate psychological principles in terms of conduct or behavior. The authors believe that this "functional" point of view in psychology offers a helpful perspective upon the problems of classroom teaching, explaining many of the phenomena with which every teacher must deal, and which, unexplained, tend to irritate and confuse; and providing at least a few guiding principles that may be directly applied to the solution of troublesome problems in instruction and management.

Contents:

Consciousness and conduct

Behavior and learning

Spontaneous behavior

Attention, interest, and effort as related to behavior

Behavior and the feelings

The nervous system as the organ of behavior

Native tendencies and behavior

Habitual behavior and the law of habit building

Perception and imagination in relation to behavior

Memory and behavior

Economy and transfer in learning

Behavior as related to meaning and to thought

Measurement and behavior

Individual differences: Intelligence

The efficiency of behavior

Character and behavior.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.