A first book in psychology (4th rev ed.)

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology.

Edition:

4th ed., rev.

Other Title:

First book in psychology

A first book in psychology

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : $b MacMillan Co, $c 1914.

Summary:

A First Book in Psychology (4th revised edition) is a seminal introductory textbook by prominent American philosopher and psychologist Mary Whiton Calkins. It introduced her foundational "self-psychology," presenting psychology as the scientific study of conscious selves in relation to their environment.

Contents:

1. Introduction: The nature, methods, and uses of psychology

2. Perception and imagination

3. The sensational elements of perception and imagination

4. Perception and imagination as combination and differentiation of elements

5. The bodily reactions in perception and imagination

6. Attention

7. Productive imagination, memory, successive association

8. Recognition

9. Thought: Conception

10. Thought (continued): Judgment and reasoning

11. Emotion

12. Will

13. Faith and belief as related to will

14. The religious consciousness.