Experimental psychology and its bearing upon culture / George Malcolm Stratton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stratton, George Malcolm, 1865-1957, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychophysiology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 331 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y, : MacMillan Co, 1908.

Summary:

"The aim of the present volume is to give an untechnical account of certain groups of experiments in psychology and to show something of their significance. As to the particular experiments that are of most interest and importance in this field, of course opinions would differ. Every one who works in psychology soon finds himself attracted in special directions, and on the whole it is perhaps well for a writer to respect this element of personal affinity. But in preparing the book, the author has aimed to present, as best he could within somewhat narrow limits, the character and value of the laboratory psychology, especially as bearing upon our moral and philosophical interests. In this way the book is planned to occupy a different field from that already so well covered by the excellent works of Titchener, Sanford, and Scripture"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).

Contents:

Historical introduction.

The general character of psychological experiments.

The possibility of mental measurements.

The evidence for unconscious ideas.

Further considerations as to the unconscious.

Illusions and their significance.

Experiments on mental space, particularly the space of the blind.

The harmonies and discords of space perception, and its place in experience.

Memory and the influence of time.

Temporal signs and the rank of memory.

Imitation and suggestion.

The enjoyment of sensations and their forms.

Color and the differentiation of the fine arts.

The connection of mind and body.

Spiritual implications of the experimental work.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes index.