A model of the mind explored by hypnotically controlled experiments and examined for its psychodynamic implications.Detailed View of Mental Functions.

Abstract

Our working model of the mind purports to spell out mental functions intervening between stimulus and response. Thus far the reader has been offered only a brief overview (Chapter 2) serving primarily to orient him for the series of experiments reported in Part B. It is now appropriate to spotlight in detail the structural and functional properties of the system, particularly as they relate to perceptual phenomena. The latter include organizational aspects; comparison of percept and image; evolution of conceptual circuits; and interference with perception. The last part of the chapter will also indicate the points of contact by which the model can eventually be brought to articulate with basic concepts in the field of learning, i.e., reinforcement, expectancy, and extinction; generalization and discrimination; and retention. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved)