Talks to Teachers on Psychology and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals

Talks to Teachers on Psychology and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals

by William James
Talks to Teachers on Psychology and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals

Talks to Teachers on Psychology and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals

by William James

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Still-vital lectures on teaching deal with psychology and the teaching art, the stream of consciousness, the child as a behaving organism, education and behavior, and more. The three addresses to students are "The Gospel of Relaxation," "On a Certain Blindness in Human Beings," and "What Makes a Life Significant?" Preface. 2 black-and-white illustrations.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780486419640
Publisher: Dover Publications
Publication date: 08/28/2001
Series: Dover Books on Biology, Psychology, and Medicine
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 176
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

TALKS TO TEACHERS
I Psychology and the Teaching Art
II The Stream of Consciousness
III The Child as a Behaving Organism
IV Education and Behavior
V The Necessity of Reactions
VI Native Reactions and Acquired Reactions
VII What the Native Reactions Are
VIII The Laws of Habit
IX The Association of Ideas
X Interest
XI Attention
XII Memory
XIII The Acquisition of Ideas
XIV Apperception
XV The Will
TALKS TO STUDENTS
I The Gospel of Relaxation
II On a Certain Blindness in Human Beings
III What Makes a Life Significant?
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