Beginner's Psychology e-bog

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Psychological text-books usually contain a chapter on the physiology of the central nervous system. The reader will find no such chapter here; for I hold, and have always held, that the student should get his ele mentary knowledge of neurology, not at second hand from the psychologist, but at first hand from the physi ologist. I have added to every chapter a list of Ques tions, looking partly to increase of knowledge, but especially to a test of the reader's understanding of what he has just read. I have also added a list of References for further reading. It depends upon the maturity and general mental habit of the student whether these references - made as they are, in many cases, to authors who do not agree either with one another or with the text of the book - should be followed up at once, or only after the text itself has been digested. The decision must be left to the instructor. My own opinion is that beginners are best given one thing at a time, and that the knowledge questions and the references should therefore, in the ordinary run of teaching, be postponed until some 'feeling' for psychology, some steadiness of psycho logical attitude, has become apparent.