DeepDyve eBooks - Instructor's manual for experiments and demonstrations in psychology.

Shaffer, Laurance F.; von Haller Gilmer, B.; Porter, James M.

Pages: 1 –4

This chapter is intended to cover the aim and scope of psychology. Topics discussed include: knowledge of human behavior and experience; accuracy of observation; and typical psychological experiments (the example given is a comparison of recall and recognition). (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022...

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Human adjustments and their bodily basis.

Shaffer, Laurance F.; von Haller Gilmer, B.; Porter, James M.

Pages: 4 –8

This chapter is intended to cover human adjustments and their bodily basis. Topics discussed include: some simple reflexes, reinforcement or inhibition of a reflex; reflex time and reaction time; muscular work and fatigue; the stimulation of motor points; outline of nerve distribution; and the...

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The beginnings of behavior.

Shaffer, Laurance F.; von Haller Gilmer, B.; Porter, James M.

Pages: 9 –10

This chapter is intended to cover the beginnings of behavior. The chapter discusses developmental charts for pre-school children as well as the following films: "the development of behavior in the feral cat"; "the pecking 'instinct' in chicks"; and "from creeping to walking." (PsycInfo Database...

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Learned behavior.

Shaffer, Laurance F.; von Haller Gilmer, B.; Porter, James M.

Pages: 10 –16

This chapter is intended to cover learned behavior. Topics discussed include: trial and error learning--the pencil maze; the conditioned response--finger retraction; the acquisition and extinction of verbal expectations; the effect of altered conditions upon learned behavior (habit interference);...

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Emotional behavior.

Shaffer, Laurance F.; von Haller Gilmer, B.; Porter, James M.

Pages: 17 –22

This chapter is intended to cover emotional behavior. Topics discussed include: physiological evidences of emotion; introspective report of an emotional experience; emotional behavior when lying; the effect of emotions on muscular control; the emotional connotations of words; judging expressive...

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Motivated and voluntary behavior.

Shaffer, Laurance F.; von Haller Gilmer, B.; Porter, James M.

Pages: 22 –27

This chapter is intended to cover motivated and voluntary behavior. Topics discussed include: knowledge of results as a factor in motivation; social facilitation--the effect of competition upon performance; involuntary movements during "thinking"; bringing a non-voluntary response under voluntary...

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The general nature of experience.

Shaffer, Laurance F.; von Haller Gilmer, B.; Porter, James M.

Pages: 27 –32

This chapter is intended to cover the general nature of experience. Topics discussed include: the determination of a difference threshold; psychophysics--bisecting lines; the perception of wholes; the growth of a perception; the effect of meaning on perception; hedonic tone--auditory preferences;...

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Visual experience.

Shaffer, Laurance F.; von Haller Gilmer, B.; Porter, James M.

Pages: 32 –37

This chapter is intended to cover visual experience. Topics discussed include: hue, brightness, and saturation; stimulus mixture; the blind spot; visual lag; after-sensations; visual adaptation to hues; color blindness; the range or span of visual perception; the measurement of an illusion,...

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Auditory experience.

Shaffer, Laurance F.; von Haller Gilmer, B.; Porter, James M.

Pages: 37 –42

This chapter is intended to cover auditory experience. Topics discussed include: sound experiences and their physical correlates; the limits of tonal sensitivity; auditory acuity; beats and difference tones; partial vibrations and overtones; the functions of overtones; and auditory localization....

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Other modes of experience.

Shaffer, Laurance F.; von Haller Gilmer, B.; Porter, James M.

Pages: 42 –45

This chapter is intended to cover other modes of experience. Topics discussed include: the taste receptors of the tongue; olfactory acuity and adaptation; the interdependence of taste and smell; cutaneous sensitivity; kinesthetic experiences; and labyrinthine stimulation. (PsycInfo Database...

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