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The science of psychology.

Warren, Howard C.

Pages: 1 –16

Psychology is the scientific investigation of mental life. Mental life comprises the events which occur in the active give-and-take relations between organisms and their environment. These are not intended as final definitions; they indicate in a preliminary way the general field which psychology...

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The organism.

Warren, Howard C.

Pages: 17 –31

Since psychology is one of the sciences which deal with living organisms, we shall first of all examine the nature of these beings. To understand the constitution of living creatures we must start from the fundamental facts of chemistry. Most organisms, in addition to maintaining themselves and...

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The neuro-terminal mechanism.

Warren, Howard C.

Pages: 32 –55

This chapter introduces and explains the neuro-terminal mechanism. The interaction between man and his environment is effected by means of certain specially differentiated cells which are peculiarly adapted to produce a chain of activity like that described in the preceding chapter. These cells...

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Physiology of the neuron.

Warren, Howard C.

Pages: 56 –71

The nervous system comprises all the neurons in the body. Viewed as a working machine it consists of all possible circuits (nervous arcs) which may be joined up by combining various sensory, central, and motor neuron-chains. For psychologists the interest in this mechanism lies in the fact that...

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Stimulation, adjustment, and response.

Warren, Howard C.

Pages: 72 –91

The seven properties of nerve mentioned in chapter 4 (Excitation, Conduction, Retention, Metabolic variation, Summation, Distribution, and Modification) belong to all neurons. But the operation of any single neuron means nothing for mental life apart from its connection with other neurons and...

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Behavior.

Warren, Howard C.

Pages: 92 –111

In the two preceding chapters we have considered the special properties of nerve which render its activity different from other types of cell, and the typical functions of the three segments of the nervous arc. But neither the characteristics of nerve nor the performances of the separate parts of...

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Behavior (continued).

Warren, Howard C.

Pages: 112 –132

Adaptive modifications of behavior are not limited to improving the efficiency of responses. The most important modifications are those which bring about new modes of response. Human behavior is far more subject to this kind of modification than the behavior of any subhuman species. In the human...

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Conscious experience.

Warren, Howard C.

Pages: 133 –150

Conscious experience is the name given to phenomena of central nerve activity when observed directly, by the being in whom this activity is operating. The two characters of experience, quality and intensity, are determined primarily by the mode and intensity of the stimulus. The seven fundamental...

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The senses.

Warren, Howard C.

Pages: 151 –183

In studying each sense the following phenomena will be examined: (1) Structure of the receptor, (2) Physiology of the receptor, (3) Nature of the stimuli, (4) Qualities of sensation, with other special phenomena of the sensory experience. This chapter looks at visual perception, the eye and the...

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The senses (continued).

Warren, Howard C.

Pages: 184 –214

In studying each sense the following phenomena will be examined: (1) Structure of the receptor, (2) Physiology of the receptor, (3) Nature of the stimuli, (4) Qualities of sensation, with other special phenomena of the sensory experience. This chapter looks at auditory perception/audition,...

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