Psychological Issues / Robert S. Woodworth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woodworth, Robert S., author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1939]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Presents a collection of the works of Professor Robert Sessions Woodworth of the department of Psychology of Columbia University including his autobiography.

Contents:

Frontmatter

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

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-88881-3

OCLC:

1100434864