Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter I. The Nature of Psychology; 1. Interactionism and Behaviourism; 2. The construction of Physics; 21. The world of common sense; 22. The world of physics; 3. The relation of the physical world to consciousness; 4. The applications of physics; 41. Inverted physics; 42. Physiological psychology; 43. Psycho-physics; 5. Psychology; Chapter II. The Impulses of the Organism; 1. The organism; 11. Receptors and stimul; 12. Stimuli and reactions; 121. Inappropriate reactions; 2. Cerebral processes and consciousness
3. Instinct and intelligence3111. Types of innate impulses; 3112. The imperfection of innate impulses; 312. Types of acquired impulse; 3121. Theories of instinct: Darwin and Lamarck; 32. A theory of intelligence; 32I. The acquisition of simple removals; 322. The acquisition of simple avoidances; 323. The acquisition of seekings; 324. The acquisition of inhibitions; Chapter III. The Phylogenesis of Impulses; 1. The biology of instincts; 11. Division; 12. Conjugation; 13ยท Differentiation; 131. Differentiation of cells into germ plasm and soma
132. Differentiation of germ cells intomale and female133. Differentiation of soma into male and female; 134. Variation and selection of soma; 14. Internal fertilization; 15. Parturitio; 16. Lactation; 17. The biography of a germ cell; 2. The psychology of instincts; 21. Instinctive desires and fears; 22. The sexual impulse; 221. The oral impulse; 222. The anal impulse; 2221. The act of defecation; 2222. The organs of defecation; 2223. The products of def; 223. The urethral impulse; 224. Pregenital and genital impulse; 225. The aggressive impulse; 2251. Aggressive rivalry
2252. Sexual aggression2253. The impulse to castrate; 2254. Carnivorous aggression; 226. The self-preservative impulse; 227. Love; 23. The primal family; 231. Herds; 232. Families; 2321. The loss of the anoestrum; 2322. Parricide; 2323. Incest; 2324. Cannibalism; Chapter IV. The Development of Cultural Impulses; 1. Cultural inhibitions; 11. From family to clan; 12. The transference of sexual and aggressive impulses; 13. Puberty rites; 14. Homosexuality; 15. The transmission of inhibitions; 16. The super-ego; 2. Cultural sublimations; 21. Art; 211. Phallic and vaginal symbols
212. The incest drama213. The tragic drama; 214. Art as a reaction to false threats; 22. Magic; 221. Sacrificial magic; 222. Other forms of magic; 23. Science; 231. From astrology to physics; 232. From magic to chemist; 233. From architecture to mechanics; Chapter V. The Ontogenesis of Impulses; 1. The relation between ontogenesis and phylogenesis; 11. Emergent Instincts; 12. The theory of recapitulation; 2. The biography of the soma; 21. Birth-trauma and pre-natal regression; 22. Oral impulses; 23. Anal impulses; 24. Urethal impulses; 25. Genital impulses; 3. Love; 31. Projection
Summary
First published in 1999
Notes
Originally published in 1932 by Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd
