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AN INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY by WILHELM WUNDT. Originally
published in 1911. AUTHORS PREFACE: IT is not the intention of this
introduction to psychology to discuss the scientific or philo
sophical conceptions of psychology, or even to make a survey of the
investigations and their results. What this little book attempts is
rather to introduce the reader to the prin cipal thoughts
underlying present-day experi mental psychology, leaving out many
facts and methods which would be necessary for a thorough study of
the subject. To omit all mention of experimental methods and their
results is at the present day impossible. Yet we only need to
consider a comparatively small number of results of the first
importance in order to comprehend the basal principles of the new
psychology. To characterise the methods of this psychology it would
be im possible to omit all reference to experiments, but we can and
will omit reference to the more or less complicated instruments on
which the carrying out of such experiments depends. I must refer
the reader who wishes a fuller account of the new psychology to my
Outlines of Psychology, which also contains the necessary
bibliography of the subject. W. WUNDT. LEIPBIC, June 1911.
TRANSLATORS NOTE: THE present volume is a popular introduction to
the Wundtian psychology. It is a shorter and simpler sketch than
the same authors Outlines of Psychology, and it should prove
invaluable to the English-speaking student who wishes to gain some
conception of the subject before entering upon a deeper study of
the same. Its popularity in Germany has been phenomenal. In
translating the work the translator has, as far as possible, used
the same English terms as those employedin the translations of
Wundt by Judd and Titchener. He is greatly indebted to Mr. Robert
Wilson, M. A., B. Sc., for his advice and help in reading over the
manuscript before going to press. RUDOLF PINTNEB. EDINBURGH, May
1912. Contents include: CHAPTER I CONSCIOUSNESS AND ATTENTION PA01
Psychology as a description of processes of conscious ness The
metronome The rhythmical disposi tion of consciousness The scope of
consciousness The threshold of consciousness The fixation point and
field of consciousness The focus of attention The scope of
attention Apprehen sion and apperception 1 CHAPTER II THE ELEMENTS
OF CONSCIOUSNESS Psychical elements and compounds Sensation and
idea Memory images and perceptions Quality and intensity of
sensations Feelings Difference between sensation and feeling The
three pairs of feelingsThe affective process Emotions and moods
Volitional processes Motives Instinc tive, voluntary, and
discriminative actions The qualities of feelings Feeling and
apperception . 43 ix X VAJJH JLJCJ1 XO CHAPTER III ASSOCIATION PAGE
Associations and apperceptions The fusion of tones into clangs
Spatial and temporal perception Assimilation and dissimilation
Direct and re produced forms of the same Complications The
recognition and cognition of objects Successive association The
so-called feeling of familiarity Secondary ideas The affective
processes in re cognition The so-called states of consciousness in
forgetting, remembering c...
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
November 2008 |
First published: |
November 2008 |
Authors: |
Wilhelm Wundt
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Laminated cover
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Pages: |
216 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4437-2308-4 |
Categories: |
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Social sciences >
Psychology >
General
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LSN: |
1-4437-2308-8 |
Barcode: |
9781443723084 |
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