| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
World Philosophy |
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World philosophy series.
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| Contents |
Intro; Contents; Foreword*; Preface; Introduction; Human Traits and Civilization; Part 1. Social Psychology; Chapter 1; Types of Human Behavior; The Human Animal; The Number and Variety of Man's Instincts; Learning in Animals and Men; The Prolonged Period of Infancy; Consciousness of Self and Reaction to Ideas; Human Beings Alone Possess Language; Man the Only Maker and User of Tools; Chapter 2; Types of Human Behavior and Their Social Significance-Instinct, Habit, and Emotion; Instinctive Behavior; The Necessity for the Control of Instinct; Habitual Behavior; The Mechanism of Habit |
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The Acquisition of New Modes of ResponseTrial and Error and Deliberate Learning; Some Conditions of Habit-Formation; Drill versus Attentive Repetition in Learning; Learning Affected by Age, Fatigue, and Health; Habit as a Time-Saver; Habit as a Stabilizer of Action; Disserviceable Habits in the Individual; Social Inertia; The Importance of the Learning Habit; The Specificity of Habits; The Conscious Transference of Habits; Emotion; Chapter 3; Reflection; Instinct and Habit versus Reflection; The Origin and Nature of Reflection; Illustration of the Reflective Process |
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Reflection as the Modifier of InstinctReflective Behavior Modifies Habit; The Limits of Reflection as a Modifier of Instinct and Habit; How Instincts and Habits Impair the Processes of Reflection; The Value of Reflection for Life; The Social Importance of Reflective Behavior; Reflection Removed from Immediate Application-Science; The Practical Aspect of Science; The Creation of Beautiful Objects and the Expression of Ideas and Feelings in Beautiful Form; Chapter 4; The Basic Human Activities; Food, Shelter, And Sex; Physical Activity; Mental Activity; Quiescence-Fatigue |
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Nervous and Mental FatigueChapter 5; The Social Nature of Man; Man as a Social Being; Gregariousness; Gregariousness Important for Social Solidarity; Gregariousness May Hinder the Solidarity of Large Groups; Gregariousness in Belief; Gregariousness in Habits of Action; The Effect of Gregariousness on Innovation; Sympathy (A Specialization of Gregariousness); Praise and Blame; Praise and Blame Modify Habit; Desire for Praise May Lead to the Profession Rather Than the Practice of Virtue; The Social Effectiveness of Praise and Blame; Social Estimates and Standards of Conduct |
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Importance of Relating Praise and Blame to Socially Important ConductEducation as the Agency of Social Control; Social Activity, and the Social Motive; Chapter 6; Crucial Traits in Social Life; The Interpenetration of Human Traits; The Fighting Instinct; Pugnacity a Menace When Uncontrolled; Pugnacity as a Beneficent Social Force; The "Submissive Instinct"; Men Display Qualities of Leadership; Man Pities and Protects Weak and Suffering Things; Fear; Love and Hate; Love; Hate; Chapter 7; The Demand for Privacy and Individuality; Privacy and Solitude |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Social psychology.
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social psychology.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology.
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Social psychology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2020685791 |
| ISBN |
9781536145021 |
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1536145025 |
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