A Text-book of Psychology for NursesW. B. Saunders, 1925 - 351 Seiten |
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A. I. Psychology ability acquired activity adult appear arouse attention autonomic autonomic nervous system autonomic system axone become behavior mechanism birth brain cells central adjustor cerebral cortex Chap chapter child childhood complex connections cord cortex cortical reaction cortical response curve disease disorders Educational Psychology effectors emotions environment epinephrin experience fear frequently function glands habits human behavior imagination impulse individual differences inhibition innate instance instinct intelligence intelligence quotient James-Lange Theory known laws maladjustments memory mental adjustments method motor muscles muscular native tendency native traits nervous system neurones normal numerous nurse parents patient personality physical physiological possible practice primary sensory areas problem Psychology for Students QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES race recognized reflex response organs result S-R bonds satisfaction scientific secretion sensations sense organs sensory situation skill smooth muscles social specific stimuli striated muscles synapses tends theory thoracic-lumbar Thorndike thwarting tion ward Woodworth
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Seite 132 - One becomes filled with emotions which habitually pass without prompting to any deed, and so the inertly sentimental condition is kept up. The remedy would be, never to suffer one's self to have an emotion at a concert without expressing it afterward in some active way. Let the expression be the least thing in the world — speaking genially to one's aunt, or giving up one's seat in a horsecar, if nothing more heroic offers — but let it not fail to take place.
Seite 132 - Even the habit of excessive indulgence in music, for those who are neither performers themselves nor musically gifted enough to take it in a purely intellectual way, has probably a relaxing effect upon the character. One becomes filled with emotions which habitually pass without prompting to any deed, and so the inertly sentimental condition is kept up. The remedy would be, never to suffer one's...
Seite 225 - ... comprehension questions." 5. Uses three given words in not more than two sentences. Age 12: 1 . Resists suggestion. 2. Composes one sentence containing three given words. 3. Names sixty words in three minutes. 4. Defines certain abstract words. 5. Discovers the sense of a disarranged sentence. Age 15: 1. Repeats seven digits. 2. Finds three rhymes for a given word. 3. Repeats a sentence of twenty-six syllables. 4. Interprets pictures. 5. Interprets given facts.
Seite 166 - By the germs' decree we fear, not the carriers of malaria and yellow fever, but thunder and the dark ; we pity, not the gifted youth debarred from education, but the beggar's bloody sore; we are less excited by a great injustice than by a little blood...
Seite 324 - Rabbit 3 feet away in cage tolerated. E. Rabbit close in cage tolerated. F. Rabbit free in room tolerated. G. Rabbit touched when experimenter holds it. H. Rabbit touched when free in room. I. Rabbit defied by spitting at it, throwing things at it. imitating it. J. Rabbit allowed on tray of high chair. K. Squats in defenseless position beside rabbit. L. Helps experimenter to carry rabbit to its cage. M. Holds rabbit on lap. N. Stays alone in room with rabbit. O. Allows rabbit in play pen with him....
Seite 82 - Lissauer.t though the patient made the most ludicrous mistakes, calling for instance a clothes-brush a pair of spectacles, an umbrella a plant with flowers, an apple a portrait of a lady, etc.
Seite 123 - When thought, however, is bent on solving a problem, on finding out the meaning of a perplexing situation, or reaching a conclusion which is trustworthy, it is to be distinguished from other types of mental activity and should be called reflection. Such thinking may be defined as: 'active, persistent and careful consideration of any belief or supposed form of knowledge in the light of the grounds that support it and the further...
Seite 147 - Man, p. 252. which it has appeared in our ancestry which has been most serviceable in keeping the stock alive." The two factors of variation and selection account for the order of the appearance of the tendencies just as they...
Seite 291 - ... principle of recall in this form is used far too little in studying. These suggestions would be applicable to every type of reading which has to be done rather carefully. It would, of course, not be advisable to do so in materials such as a novel in which the ideas in detail need not be retained. . (5) At the earliest possible moment and as frequently as possible, use the ideas that have been acquired, either by telling them to some one else, or by thinking them over in your mind in connection...
Seite 222 - It cannot be too strongly emphasized that no test to determine intelligence is valid unless the individual tested has had a reasonable opportunity to learn about the various elements involved in the test and has also been interested in learning.