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Mental science and methods of mental culture, designed for the use of normal schools, academies, and private students preparing to be teachers.

DOI: 10.1037/12822-000

Publisher: Normal Publishing Company - American Psychological Association

May 9, 2011

1 - 10 of 34 Chapters

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The nature of mental science.

Brooks, Edward

Pages: 15 –22

Mental science is the science of the human mind. It treats of the nature of the mind and the manner in which it operates. Its object is to ascertain the facts of mind and the laws which regulate its operations. The object of a text-book on Mental Science is to state these facts and laws in a...
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The nature of the mind.

Brooks, Edward

Pages: 23 –29

The mind is that part of our nature which is called the spirit, the soul, or the intelligence. It is that unseen power which constitutes us intelligent and rational beings, and thus distinguishes us from the material world around us. Of its essential nature nothing is known; we study it only by...
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The faculties of the mind.

Brooks, Edward

Pages: 30 –35

The mind is that which thinks, feels, and wills. Of its essence or substance, nothing is known; we know it only by its activities and its operations. The different forms of activity which it presents, indicate different mental powers, which are called Faculties of the mind. A Mental Faculty is a...
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The culture of the mind.

Brooks, Edward

Pages: 36 –40

The science of education treats of the developing of the powers of man and the furnishing of his mind with knowledge. The developing of the powers is called culture, and the furnishing of the mind with knowledge is called instruction. A formal treatment of the methods of cultivating the mind is...
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The nature of consciousness.

Brooks, Edward

Pages: 43 –54

Consciousness is the power by which the mind knows its own states and actions. It is that attribute of the mind by which it is aware of whatever it feels or does. It is the self-knowing attribute of the soul; the attribute by which it knows itself, its states, actions, and products. The mind has...
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The culture of consciousness.

Brooks, Edward

Pages: 55 –65

The intimate relation of consciousness to the different faculties of the mind renders it difficult to give a discussion of its culture without touching upon that of the other faculties. Its culture in its objective phase will be discussed under Attention; its culture in its subjective or...
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The nature of attention.

Brooks, Edward

Pages: 66 –74

Attention is the power of directing the mind to one object of thought to the exclusion of all others. It is the power of selecting one of several objects, and concentrating the mental energies upon it. The term is derived from ad, to, and tendo, I bend, meaning a bending to or towards, and was...
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The culture of attention.

Brooks, Edward

Pages: 75 –82

Having explained the general nature of the power of attention, we now proceed to the discussion of the methods of its cultivation. We shall treat the subject under three general heads; the importance of habits of attention, the methods of cultivating attention, and the way to secure the attention...
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The nature of perception.

Brooks, Edward

Pages: 85 –114

Perception is that faculty of the mind by which we gain a knowledge of external objects through the senses. It is the power of cognizing external objects and their qualities. The term is derived from per, through, and capio, I take, and means to take or receive through the senses. It is sometimes...
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The culture of perception.

Brooks, Edward

Pages: 115 –126

Having explained the general character of the perceptive powers, we now proceed to discuss the methods of giving culture to these powers. We shall speak of the Neglect of Culture, the Importance of this Culture, the Difference of Perceptive Power, the Time for Culture, and the Methods of Culture....

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