The Mind and Its Education
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The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Mind and Its Education, by George Herbert Betts
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PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION
CONTENTS
THE MIND AND ITS EDUCATION
CHAPTER I
THE MIND, OR CONSCIOUSNESS
1. HOW MIND IS TO BE KNOWN
2. THE NATURE OF CONSCIOUSNESS
3. CONTENT OF THE MENTAL STREAM
4. WHERE CONSCIOUSNESS RESIDES
5. PROBLEMS IN OBSERVATION AND INTROSPECTION
CHAPTER II
ATTENTION
1. NATURE OF ATTENTION
2. THE EFFECTS OF ATTENTION
3. HOW WE ATTEND
4. POINTS OF FAILURE IN ATTENTION
5. TYPES OF ATTENTION
6. IMPROVING THE POWER OF ATTENTION
7. PROBLEMS IN OBSERVATION AND INTROSPECTION
CHAPTER III
THE BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM
1. THE RELATIONS OF MIND AND BRAIN
2. THE MIND'S DEPENDENCE ON THE EXTERNAL WORLD
3. STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
4. GROSS STRUCTURE OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
5. LOCALIZATION OF FUNCTION IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
6. FORMS OF SENSORY STIMULI
CHAPTER IV
MENTAL DEVELOPMENT AND MOTOR TRAINING
1. FACTORS DETERMINING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
2. DEVELOPMENT OF NERVOUS SYSTEM THROUGH USE
3. EDUCATION AND THE TRAINING OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
4. IMPORTANCE OF HEALTH AND VIGOR OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
5. PROBLEMS FOR INTROSPECTION AND OBSERVATION
CHAPTER V
HABIT
1. THE NATURE OF HABIT
2. THE PLACE OF HABIT IN THE ECONOMY OF OUR LIVES
3. THE TYRANNY OF HABIT
4. HABIT-FORMING A PART OF EDUCATION
5. RULES FOR HABIT-FORMING
6. PROBLEMS IN OBSERVATION AND INTROSPECTION
CHAPTER VI
SENSATION
1. HOW WE COME TO KNOW THE EXTERNAL WORLD
2. THE NATURE OF SENSATION
3. SENSORY QUALITIES AND THEIR END-ORGANS
4. PROBLEMS IN OBSERVATION AND INTROSPECTION
CHAPTER VII
PERCEPTION
1. THE FUNCTION OF PERCEPTION
2. THE NATURE OF PERCEPTION
3. THE PERCEPTION OF SPACE
4. THE PERCEPTION OF TIME
5. THE TRAINING OF PERCEPTION
6. PROBLEMS IN OBSERVATION AND INTROSPECTION
CHAPTER VIII
MENTAL IMAGES AND IDEAS
1. THE PART PLAYED BY PAST EXPERIENCE
2. HOW PAST EXPERIENCE IS CONSERVED
3. INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN IMAGERY
4. THE FUNCTION OF IMAGES
5. THE CULTIVATION OF IMAGERY
6. PROBLEMS IN INTROSPECTION AND OBSERVATION
CHAPTER IX
IMAGINATION
1. THE PLACE OF IMAGINATION IN MENTAL ECONOMY
2. THE MATERIAL USED BY IMAGINATION
3. TYPES OF IMAGINATION
4. TRAINING THE IMAGINATION
5. PROBLEMS FOR OBSERVATION AND INTROSPECTION
CHAPTER X
ASSOCIATION
1. THE NATURE OF ASSOCIATION
2. THE TYPES OF ASSOCIATION
3. TRAINING IN ASSOCIATION
4. PROBLEMS IN OBSERVATION AND INTROSPECTION
CHAPTER XI
MEMORY
1. THE NATURE OF MEMORY
2. THE FOUR FACTORS INVOLVED IN MEMORY
3. THE STUFF OF MEMORY
4. LAWS UNDERLYING MEMORY
5. RULES FOR USING THE MEMORY
6. WHAT CONSTITUTES A GOOD MEMORY
7. MEMORY DEVICES
8. PROBLEMS IN OBSERVATION AND INTROSPECTION
CHAPTER XII
THINKING
1. DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINKING
2. THE FUNCTION OF THINKING
3. THE MECHANISM OF THINKING
4. THE CONCEPT
5. JUDGMENT
6. REASONING
7. PROBLEMS IN OBSERVATION AND INTROSPECTION
CHAPTER XIII
INSTINCT
1. THE NATURE OF INSTINCT
2. LAW OF THE APPEARANCE AND DISAPPEARANCE OF INSTINCTS
3. THE INSTINCT OF IMITATION
4. THE INSTINCT OF PLAY
5. OTHER USEFUL INSTINCTS
6. FEAR
7. OTHER UNDESIRABLE INSTINCTS
8. PROBLEMS IN OBSERVATION AND INTROSPECTION
CHAPTER XIV
FEELING AND ITS FUNCTIONS
1. THE NATURE OF FEELING
2. MOOD AND DISPOSITION
3. PERMANENT FEELING ATTITUDES, OR SENTIMENTS
4. PROBLEMS IN OBSERVATION AND INTROSPECTION
CHAPTER XV
THE EMOTIONS
1. THE PRODUCING AND EXPRESSING OF EMOTION
2. THE CONTROL OF EMOTIONS
3. CULTIVATION OF THE EMOTIONS
4. EMOTIONS AS MOTIVES
5. PROBLEMS IN OBSERVATION AND INTROSPECTION
CHAPTER XVI
INTEREST
1. THE NATURE OF INTEREST
2. DIRECT AND INDIRECT INTEREST
3. TRANSITORINESS OF CERTAIN INTERESTS
4. SELECTION AMONG OUR INTERESTS
5. INTEREST FUNDAMENTAL IN EDUCATION
6. ORDER OF DEVELOPMENT OF OUR INTERESTS
7. PROBLEMS IN OBSERVATION AND INTROSPECTION
CHAPTER XVII
THE WILL
1. THE NATURE OF THE WILL
2. THE EXTENT OF VOLUNTARY CONTROL OVER OUR ACTS
3. STRONG AND WEAK WILLS
4. VOLITIONAL TYPES
5. TRAINING THE WILL
6. FREEDOM OF THE WILL, OR THE EXTENT OF ITS CONTROL
7. PROBLEMS IN OBSERVATION AND INTROSPECTION
CHAPTER XVIII
SELF-EXPRESSION AND DEVELOPMENT
1. INTER-RELATION OF IMPRESSION AND EXPRESSION
2. THE PLACE OF EXPRESSION IN DEVELOPMENT
3. EDUCATIONAL USE OF EXPRESSION
4. PROBLEMS IN INTROSPECTION AND OBSERVATION
INDEX
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