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INDEX OF SUBJECTS

Ability, latent, 21, 23 f.
Adams, Charles Francis, 124 f.
Adaptation, 3, 24, 38 f.; of animals,
3f., 12, 39 f., 149; and education,
24 ff.; and efficiency, 1, 4f., 23,
29, 107 ff.; and environment, 27,
38f., 152; and habit, 2, 86, 100 f.;
of man, 4ƒ., 12, 24, 28, 38 ff., 136,
269; significance of, 24; unreflec-
tive, 1, 4, 6 f., 30 ff., 88, 104 ƒfƒ.,
131 f., 149, 321, 356.

Adrenalin, 191 ff.

Adventures, value of, 20.
Advertising, 10 f.; success of, 17.
Agassiz, Louis, 102.

Aptitudes, 124, 134, 145, 147.
Aristotelian theory, 63 f.
Association, and digestion, 348 ff.;
and fatigue, 184 f.; fixing, 257 ff.,
271; interfering, 266, 268, 270;
and learning, 126 ff., 142 ff., 156 f.;
and memory, 262 ff.; perverted,
353 f.; physiological basis of, 240;
and recall, 216 ff., 239 ff.

Attention, and habit, 94, 121 f.; and
memory, 221 f.

Automatic writing, 208 ff., 217.
Automatization, principle of, 144 f.,
153, 157, 159.

Beauford, Rear-Admiral Sir Francis,

205 f.

Bebel, August, 329.

Beecher, Henry Ward, 38, 369.
Beethoven, Ludwig, 257.

Behavior, and adaptation, 1, 28 f.,
48, 136; and habit, 86, 93 ƒ.
Benzenberg, Johann, 62.
Billings, Josh, 77.

Biot, Jean B., 119.

Bradlaugh, Charles, 71.
Bradley, James, 53 f.
Brahe, Tycho, 55, 60, 79.
Buffon, Count de, 115.
Bushido, 118.

Business problems, blunders in, 55;
and efficiency, 4 ff.; experimenta-
tion in, 52, 58.

Cæsar, Julius, 203.
Carlyle, Thomas, 69.
Cavell, Edith, 13.
Charles, King, 62.
Charles the Tenth, 17.
Clairvoyance, 78, 80.
"Clever Hans," 26.
Coincidences, and adaptation, 16;
and intelligence, 18; and “reason-
ing" in animals, 17ƒ.
Colorado penitentiary system, 15,
27.

Copernican theory, 55, 62.
Cromwell, Oliver, 44.
Crystal vision, 208 f., 217.
Curtis, Glenn, 56.
Cuvier, Baron, 66, 117.
Cyrus, King, 203.

Daguerre, Louis, 117.
Dalibard, M., 115.
Dante, 117.

Darwin, Charles, 49, 51, 66, 69, 76,
82, 160, 224, 265, 271 f., 283.
Death-rate, 30 f.; in Europe, 30, 32;
general, 31 f.; of infants and chil-
dren, 32 f.; from organic diseases,
30, 32; reasons for increase of, 33,
35; in United States, 30 ff.
Diamandi, 249 f.

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Emotions, and fatigue, 184; and

mental complexes, 67 f., 75.
Endurance, and exercise, 174 ff.; and
food, 176 ff.

Energy, and effort, 22, 88; and en-
durance, 104; and fatigue, 152,
168, 176, 181 f.; frugality of, 7,
88 ff.; and incentives, 148 ff.
Environment, adaptation to, 1, 3f.,
39; change in, 27 f., 38 f.; char-
acter of, 5, 25; and education, 24;
importance of, 23; and prejudices,
70; reconstruction of, 12, 20;
stimulating, 23; uneventful, 20,
24, 38.

Ericsson, John, 119.

Exercise, and digestion, 370; and
enjoyment, 184; importance of,
170 ff.; lack of, 33, 35 f., 38, 86.
Experience, bias in, 14 ƒ., 18 ƒ., 42 ƒfƒ.,
48 ff.; conserved, 200 ff.; definition
of, 48; and efficiency, 45 ff.; and

learning, 123, 135; and response,
135; and thinking, 44.
Experimentation, 8 ff., 18, 53, 70, 87,
125, 162; on animals, 72 ff.; busi-
ness and social problems, 52 ff.,
61; in science, 52, 58f.
Extramarginal processes, 157 ff.

Facts, classification of, 65; interpre-
tation of, 63 f., 76.
Falkenhayn, General, 47.
Faraday, Michael, 20.
Fatigue, and adrenalin, 191 ff.;
causes of, 165 ff., 177; and change,
185 f.; and diet, 176 ff.; and emo-
tions, 184, 196 f.; and endurance,
104, 174 f.; and energy, 168, 176,
181 f.; and exercise, 170 ff., 196;
and habit, 87 f.; indifference to,
168 ff.; and memory, 184 f.; mus-
cular, 181 ff.; and practice, 180;
and rest, 182 f.; and school work,
188 f., 194 ff.; substances, 165.ff.,
191, 195, 197; and work, 179f.,
181, 183 f.
Filene Co-operative
103 f.
Firman, 283.

Association,

Fixed opinions, 66 ff.; cause of, 67,
70 ff.; effect of, 66, 69, 114.ff.
Forgetfulness, motive in, 225, 232 ff.;
rapidity of, 253 f.
Fox, G. V., 119.

Franklin, Benjamin, 115.
Franklin, Sir John, 30.
Fryatt, Captain, 13.
Fulton, Robert, 55f.; 117.

Galen, 9.
Galileo, 19.

Galvani, 117.

Gastric juice, psychic secretion of,
356 ƒƒ., 364ff., 368.
Genius, 49; conservatism of, 49 ff.;
method of, 51 f.; military, 45 f.
Germany, blunders of, 13.
Gladstone, W. E., 67 ƒ.

Golf, 67, 132, 139 ff., 150, 153.
Grant, U. S., 23, 46.

Habit, and adaptation, 2, 88, 93, 107,
110 ff., 121, 134; advantages of,
87 f.; and instinct, 39, 85, 88,
110 f.; and learning, 153 f.; and
least resistance, 88, 104., 149;
periods for formation of, 95 ff.;
physiology of, 69 f., 85 ff.; practi-
cal motives in, 105 ff.; and prog-
ress, 110 ff.; selection of, 98 ff.,
113f., 121, 152; of thought, 113f.,

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Jester, Alexander, 273 ff., 284, 286 ff.,

290.

Johnson, Doctor, 280 f.
Jouffroy, Claude F., 117.

Kaiser, the German, 328 f.
Keble, John, 20.

Kepler, Johann, 49, 55, 60.
Knowledge, 49, 83; and memory,

241.

Langley, S. P., 56.
Lardner, D., 117.
Lavoisier, Antoine, 117.

Learning, and association, 126 ff.,
142, 156 f.; and effort, 147 ff.,
151 f., 163; and experience, 123,
135 f.; and habit, 152 f.; incen-
tives to, 147 ff., 155, 163; and in-
struction, 124 f., 153; and mental
attitude, 154 f.; and monotony,
151; and nervous activity, 156 ff.;
progress in, 137 ff., 162; rapidity
of, 251 ff.; and reasoning, 128 f.;
and tendency to forget, 129; time
in, 155 f.; unconscious adoption
of method, 130 ff., 162.
Lebon, Philippe, 117.
Lee, General Robert, 46 f.
Lide, Claudia, 149.

Lincoln, Abraham, 45, 119.
Liszt, Professor von, 302, 305.

Lovering, Professor Joseph, 117.

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fatigue, 184 f.; and forgetfulness,
200 ff., 221, 225 ff., 234 f., 253 f.,
277 ff.; and imagery, 246 ff.; and
intelligence, 244 f.; and interest,
200; and knowledge, 241, 269;
physical basis of, 216 ff., 234, 240,
271; and quantity of material,
268 f., 271; and rapidity of learn-
ing, 251 ff., 257; and recall, 215 ff.,
238 ff.; and repetition, 254 f.,
266 ff., 270 f.; and "rest periods,'
260, 270; and retention, 216,
219 f., 239 f., 257, 267 f., 271;
selection in, 198 ff.,
264 ff., 269 f., 271;

262 ff.

Mental complexes, 67 ff.

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236, 238,
systems of,

Military achievements, disregard of
rules, 45 ff.

Mollet, Abbé, 115.

Mommsen, Theodor, 175, 197.
Montaigne, Michel de, 272.
Mozart, Wolfgang, 250.

Napoleon, 17, 45, 53.
Natural selection, 3.
Nerve-cells, 156; and fatigue, 167.
Nervous system, changes in, 333 f.;
and fatigue, 181 f.; and habit,
69 f., 85 ff.; and learning, 156 ff.;
and memory, 216 ff., 234, 240,
271; and vigor of body, 36.
Neurones, 216 ff., 240.
Newcomen, Thomas, 83.
Newton, Sir Isaac, 47, 52, 54, 60.
Nogi, General, 118.
Nowakowski, 302.

Observation, 291 ff.

Ohm, Georg, 117.
Older, Fremont, 27.
Owen, Sir Richard, 55, 66.

Palmer, Alice Freeman, 78.
Pasteur, Louis, 117, 119.
Phrases, and fixed opinions, 70 f.

Physical deterioration, 34 f.; men-
tal effect of, 38.
Pinkston, Captain L. P., 38.
Piozzi, Mrs., 281.
Plateaus in learning, 137.
Plenciz, Marcus von, 117.
Powell, Sir Baden, 106.
Prejudices, 69 ff.; of to-day, 77;
warfare against, 76.

Prison-life, 25 ff., 40.

"Psychics," 11, 78, 80, 283.
Psychophysical parallelism, 158.

Reasoning, associative, 128; factors
in, 51 ff.; illustrations of, 54; and
mental complexes, 67 f.; sources
of error in, 76.

Recall, 215 ff.; and associations,
216 f., 239 f.; in criminal juris-
prudence, 219; and mental atti-
tude, 217; physical basis of, 221,
240, 271; and voluntary effort,
218.

Reflex actions, 94, 98, 107.
Resistance, psychological effect of,
21; value of, 20.

Retention, 215 ff., 238, 242 f., 257,
267 f., 270; theories of, 220.
Robertson, Smith, 173.
Robespierre, 16 ƒ.
Rückle, 250.

Rumor, 308; accuracy of, 309 f.

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Slogans, 42, 71.
Stimulants, 35 f.

Suggestion, 16, 283 ff., 289, 303 f.,
312.

Sumner, Charles, 66, 69, 321.
Survival of fittest, 24, 39, 88.
Suspended judgment, illustrations

of, 53 ff.; and reasoning, 53.
Synapses, and fatigue, 166; and
memory, 240.

Taber, Harry, 324.
Testimony, accuracy of reports in,
309 f.; and biassed opinions,
282 f., 289, 313; and feeling of ac-
curacy, 273, 288 f., 312 f.; identi-
fication, transfer of, 301 f.; influ-
ence of oath, 308; lapse of time in,
307 f.; and memory, 277 ff.; narra-
tion and questions, 306 f.; obser-
vation, 291 ff.; picture-tests, 305 f.;
and suggestion, 283 ff., 289, 303f.,
312; and talking, 277 ff.; and
thinking, 279 f.; in trial courts,
289 ff.

Thackeray, W. M., 42.
Themistocles, 203.

Thinking, association of ideas, 41 f.,
48; factors in, 10, 51 ff., 82, 198 f.;
geniuses, 48 ff.; mental attitude
in, 78 f.; method of, 58 ff.; ob-
stacles to, 61 ff.
Torricelli, 63 f.

"Trial-and-error method," 8 ff., 18,
53, 87, 125, 162, 170.
Tynan, Warden Thomas J., 15, 27.
Typewriting, experiment in, 137 f.

Viereck, George Sylvester, 329.
Virchow, Rudolf, 223.
Voltaire, 76.

Wallace, Alfred Russel, 49.
Wells, Gideon, 321.
West, former Governor, 28.
Weston, Edward Payson, 173.
Will, adaptability of, 28 f.; and
bodily organs, 38.
Wilson, President, 333.

Yeats, W. B., 340 f.
Young, Thomas, 117.

Zinny, 301 f.

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