The Principles of psychology v. 1, Volumen1Holt, 1890 |
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... Practical interests limit our discrimination , 515. Reaction- time after discrimination , 523. The perception of likeness , 528 . The magnitude of differences , 530. The measurement of dis- • 483 Fechner's interpreta- Criticism thereof ...
... Practical interests limit our discrimination , 515. Reaction- time after discrimination , 523. The perception of likeness , 528 . The magnitude of differences , 530. The measurement of dis- • 483 Fechner's interpreta- Criticism thereof ...
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... hoc given in such books as Foster and Langley's ' Practical Physiology ' ( Macmillan ) or Morrell's ' Comparative Anatomy and Dissection of Mammalia ' ( Longmans ) . CHAPTER II . THE FUNCTIONS OF THE BRAIN . IF THE SCOPE OF PSYCHOLOGY . 11.
... hoc given in such books as Foster and Langley's ' Practical Physiology ' ( Macmillan ) or Morrell's ' Comparative Anatomy and Dissection of Mammalia ' ( Longmans ) . CHAPTER II . THE FUNCTIONS OF THE BRAIN . IF THE SCOPE OF PSYCHOLOGY . 11.
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... practical importance , the animal's acts are addressed to this circumstance so as to avoid its perils or secure its benefits , as the case may be . To take a common example , if I hear the conductor calling All aboard ! ' as I enter the ...
... practical importance , the animal's acts are addressed to this circumstance so as to avoid its perils or secure its benefits , as the case may be . To take a common example , if I hear the conductor calling All aboard ! ' as I enter the ...
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... practical energy ; soft , delicate hands are signs of refined sensibility . Even so may a prominent eye be a sign of power over language , and a bull - neck a sign of sensuality . But the brain behind the eye and neck need no more be ...
... practical energy ; soft , delicate hands are signs of refined sensibility . Even so may a prominent eye be a sign of power over language , and a bull - neck a sign of sensuality . But the brain behind the eye and neck need no more be ...
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... practical purposes , nevertheless , and limiting the meaning of the word consciousness to the per- sonal self of the individual , we can pretty confidently answer the question prefixed to this paragraph by saying that the cortex is the ...
... practical purposes , nevertheless , and limiting the meaning of the word consciousness to the per- sonal self of the individual , we can pretty confidently answer the question prefixed to this paragraph by saying that the cortex is the ...
Términos y frases comunes
abstract activity anesthesia aphasia appear asso association associationist attention awaken become bodily brain brain-process called cerebral chapter conceived conception condition connection consciousness cortex discrimination distinct effect elements excited exist experience F. H. Bradley fact feeling felt frog function give habit hand hemispheres ideas identity impression interest interval J. S. Mill James Mill knowledge matter means medulla oblongata memory mental metaphysical mind motor movements muscular nature nervous never notion object observations occipital lobes once organs pass past paths perceive perception person phenomena Physiol possible present psychic psychology reaction reaction-time reason recall redintegration reflex relation remember result sciousness seems sensations sense sensibility sensorial simple sort soul sound specious present spinal cord spiritualistic stimulus stream succession suppose theory things thought tion uncon Weber's law whilst whole words writing Wundt
Pasajes populares
Página 349 - For my part, when I enter most intimately into what I call myself, I always stumble on some particular perception or other, of heat or cold, light or shade, love or hatred, pain or pleasure. I never can catch myself at any time without a perception, and never can observe anything but the perception.
Página 480 - ... lies quite on the other side, in separating carefully one from another, ideas wherein can be found the least difference, thereby to avoid being mis-led by similitude, and by affinity, to take one thing for another.
Página 289 - In its widest possible sense, however, a man's Self is the sum total of all that he CAN call his, not only his body and his psychic powers, but his clothes and his house, his wife and children, his ancestors and friends, his reputation and works, his lands and horses, and yacht and bank-account.
Página 125 - Well! he may not count it, and a kind Heaven may not count it; but it is being counted none the less. Down among his nerve cells and fibers the molecules are counting it, registering and storing it up to be used against him when the next temptation comes.
Página 119 - Habit is thus the enormous fly-wheel of society, its most precious conservative agent It alone is what keeps us all within the bounds of ordinance, and saves the children of fortune from the envious uprisings of the poor.
Página 349 - If any one upon serious and unprejudiced reflection, thinks he has a different notion of himself, I must confess I can reason no longer with him. All I can allow him is, that he may be in the right as well as I, and that we are essentially different in this particular. He may, perhaps, perceive something simple and continued, which he calls himself; though I am certain there is no such principle in me.
Página 350 - The comparison of the theatre must not mislead us. They are the successive perceptions only, that constitute the mind ; nor have we the most distant notion of the place where these scenes are represented, or of the materials of which it is composed.
Página 124 - ... intellectual way, has probably a relaxing effect upon the character. ' One becomes filled with emotions which habitually pass without prompting to any deed, and so the inertly sentimental condition is kept up. The remedy would be, never to suffer one's self to have an emotion at a concert, without expressing it afterward in some active way. Let the expression be the least thing in the world — speaking genially to one's aunt, or giving up one's seat in a horse-car, if nothing more heroic offers...
Página 545 - And everybody praised the Duke Who this great fight did win.' 'But what good came of it at last?' Quoth little Peterkin: — 'Why, that I cannot tell,' said he, 'But 'twas a famous victory.
Página 292 - But as the individuals who carry the images fall naturally into classes, we may practically say that he has as many different social selves as there are distinct groups of persons about whose opinion he cares.