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A biological approach to the problem of abnormal behavior.The mechanism of behavior.

A biological approach to the problem of abnormal behavior.: The mechanism of behavior. Psychology is primarily the study of behavior, and human behavior, when we come to analyze it, is seen to consist essentially of two different kinds of action: (1) movements or changes of position, which are produced by the muscles, and (2) chemical changes, which are produced by the glands. These two sets of organs, the muscles and the glands, are the effectors through the instrumentability of which we perform the great variety of different acts which are essential to our individual welfare and to the preservation of the race. But these organs would be useless without some kind of mechanism to regulate and coordinate their action, so we have the nervous system. The nervous system, in its turn, must be governed by the requirements of the situations in which the organism is placed. So we have the sense organs or affectors. These three systems or parts, the affectors, the nervous system, and the effectors, taken together constitute the mechanism by which human behavior is produced. This chapter considers the essential nature of this extremely complex mechanism. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

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Science Press Printing Company
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Copyright © 1938 American Psychological Association
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69 –76
DOI
10.1037/14704-005
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Psychology is primarily the study of behavior, and human behavior, when we come to analyze it, is seen to consist essentially of two different kinds of action: (1) movements or changes of position, which are produced by the muscles, and (2) chemical changes, which are produced by the glands. These two sets of organs, the muscles and the glands, are the effectors through the instrumentability of which we perform the great variety of different acts which are essential to our individual welfare and to the preservation of the race. But these organs would be useless without some kind of mechanism to regulate and coordinate their action, so we have the nervous system. The nervous system, in its turn, must be governed by the requirements of the situations in which the organism is placed. So we have the sense organs or affectors. These three systems or parts, the affectors, the nervous system, and the effectors, taken together constitute the mechanism by which human behavior is produced. This chapter considers the essential nature of this extremely complex mechanism. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

Published: Mar 23, 2015

Keywords: human behavior; mechanism of behavior; psychology; muscle movements; chemical changes; glands; nervous system

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