Human nature and conduct : An introduction to social psychology / John Dewey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dewey, John, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social psychology.

Habit.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 336 pages)

Other Title:

Human nature and conduct

Place of Publication:

New York : Henry Holt and Company, 1922.

Summary:

This book examines the following topics related to human nature, conduct, and social psychology: habits as social functions; habits and will; character and conduct; custom and habit; custom and morality; habit and social psychology; impulses and change of habits; plasticity of impulse; changing human nature; impulse and conflict of habits; classification of instincts; impulse and thought; habit and intelligence; the psychology of thinking; the nature of deliberation; deliberation and calculation; the uniqueness of good; the nature of aims; the nature of principles; desire and intelligence; the present and future; human morals; the good of activity; freedom; and social morality.

Contents:

Part 1. The place of habit in conduct

part 2. The place of impulse in conduct

part 3. The place of intelligence in conduct

part 4. Conclusion.

Notes:

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