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Author Kempf, Edward J. (Edward John), 1885-1971.

Title The autonomic functions and the personality / by Dr. Edward J. Kempf
Published New York ; Washington : Nervous and mental disease Pub. Co., [©1921]

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 156 pages) : illustrations
Series Nervous and Mental Disease Monograph Series, No. 28
Nervous and Mental Disease Monograph Series, No. 28
Summary "This book has been written to show how the autonomic apparatus dominates the organism, and that the affections have their origin in the peripheral functions of this apparatus. Therefore the affections should be recognized as the dominating, dynamic force of the personality, that determine the nature of its normal and abnormal traits and behavior. A theory of the neutralization mechanism of the autonomic or affective functions is proposed in the text and the psychological nature of its variations is presented so that the reader may use the theory and data in his work with biological and psychological problems. By developing a thoroughly dynamic conception of the personality, the biologist and physiologist, the psychologist and psychiatrist, the clinician, the criminologist, and the social worker can acquire a far more intelligent insight into their problems. At present there is an unusually strong tendency among behaviorists and biologists to urge psychobiological conceptions that include the personality as a whole, following the suggestions of Hughlings Jackson, on the three integrative levels--structural, physiological and psychological. This is particularly valuable in that it discourages the adoption of the old, sinister soul-body, parallelistic notions of the personality which have so long diverted enthusiasm and obscured the vision of psychobiological researchers"--Introduction. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2005 APA, all rights reserved)
Notes "This book has been written to show how the automatic apparatus dominates the orgasm, and that the affections have their origin in the peripheral functions of this apparatus."--Introduction
"References": pages 152-153
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Subject Nervous system.
Personality
Emotions.
Neurophysiology.
Nervous System
Personality
Emotions
Neurophysiology
emotion.
Emotions
Nervous system
Neurophysiology
Personality
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