The Fundamentals of Psychology (Classic Reprint)

Angebote / Angebote:

Excerpt from The Fundamentals of Psychology This purely objective and experimental study of mental activities is observation. It may be carried on for man in exactly the same way as for animals, by making experi ments from the outside, with no attempt to discover directly what has been going on within the individual. But this is not the only method of psychology. We may also make use of the individual's report on the processes. He can observe from within what accompanies and pre cedes the activities objectively measured. This, the process of self-observation or introspection, will in many cases supplement the results of direct observation, and the individual who is experimented upon can of ten notice occasions for expressions that are not given in the state ments themselves. While the fundamental causes of most mental phenomena are as much hidden from him as from the experimenter, he can add an account of accom panying phenomena that is nearly always suggestive, and may at times furnish a solution for the questions raised by the objective results. The two methods of psychology, then, are observation and introspection. One gives the phenomena as they present themselves to the onlooker, the other as they appear to the individual investigated. At present both methods are used under experimental conditions that make it possible to control the stimuli and to provide means of measuring'many reactions that would escape either unaided observation or introspection. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.