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the interpretation of history, literature, and art--Imagination and science--Everyday uses of imagination--The building of ideals and plans--Imagination and conduct--Imagination and thinking. 2. The material used by imagination: Images the stuff of imagination--The two factors in imagination--Imagination limited by stock of images--Limited also by our constructive ability--The need of a purpose. 3. Types of imagination: Reproductive imagination--Creative imagination. 4. Training the imagination: Gathering of material for imagination--We must not fail to build--We should carry our ideals into action. 5. Problems for observation and introspection . . . . . . . . 127
CHAPTER X
ASSOCIATION
1. The nature of association: The neural basis of association--Association the basis of memory--Factors determining direction of recall--Association in thinking--Association and action. 2. The types of association: Fundamental law of association--Association by contiguity--At the mercy of our associations--Association by similarity and contrast--Partial, or selective, association--The remedy. 3. Training in association: The pleasure-pain motive in association--Interest as a basis for association--Association and methods of learning. 4. Problems in observation and introspection . . 144
CHAPTER XI
MEMORY
1. The nature of memory: What is retained--The physical basis of memory--How we remember--Dependence of memory on brain quality. 2. The four factors involved in memory: Registration--Retention--Recall--Recognition. 3. The stuff of memory: Images as the material of memory--Images vary as to type--Other memory material. 4. Laws underlying memory: The law of association--The law of repetition--The law of recency--The law of vividness. 5. Rules for using the memory: Wholes versus parts--Rate of forgetting--Divided practice--Forcing the memory to act--Not a memory, but memories. 6. What constitutes a good memory: A good memory selects its material--A good memory requires good thinking--Memory must be specialized. 7. Memory devices: The effects of cramming--Remembering isolated facts--Mnemonic devices. 8. Problems in observation and introspection . . . . . . . . 160
CHAPTER XII
THINKING
1. Different types of thinking: Chance, or idle thinking--Uncritical belief--Assimilative thinking--Deliberative thinking. 2. The function of thinking: Meaning depends on relations--The function of thinking is to discover relations--Near and remote relations--Child and adult thinking. 3. The mechanism of thinking: Sensations and percepts as elements in thinking. 4. The concept: The concepts serve to group and classify--Growth of a concept--Definition of concept--Language and the concept--The necessity for growing concepts. 5. Judgment: Nature of judgment--Judgment used in percepts and concepts--Judgment leads to general truths--The validity of judgments. 6. Reasoning: Nature of reasoning--How judgments function in reasoning--Deduction and the syllogism--Induction--The necessity for broad induction--The interrelation of induction and deduction. 7. Problems in observation and introspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
CHAPTER XIII
INSTINCT
1. The nature of instinct: The babe's dependence on instinct--Definition of instinct--Unmodified instinct is blind. 2. Law of the appearance and disappearance of instincts: Instincts appear in succession as required--Many instincts are transitory--Seemingly useless instincts--Instincts to be utilized when they appear--Instincts as starting points--The more important human instincts. 3. The instinct of imitation: Nature of imitation--Individuality in imitation--Conscious and unconscious imitation--Influence of environment--The influence of personality. 4. The instinct of play: The necessity for play--Play in development and education--Work and play are complements. 5. Other useful instincts: Curiosity--Manipulation--The collecting instinct--The dramatic instinct--The impulse to form gangs and clubs. 6. Fear: Fear heredity--Fear of the dark--Fear of being left alone. 7. Other undesirable instincts: Selfishness--Pugnacity, or the fighting impulse. 8. Problems in observation and introspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
CHAPTER XIV
FEELING AND ITS FUNCTIONS
1. The nature of feeling: The different feeling qualities--Feeling always present in mental content--The seeming neutral feeling zone. 2. Mood and disposition: How mood is produced--Mood colors all our thinking--Mood influences our judgments and decisions--Mood influences effort--Disposition a resultant of moods--Temperament. 3. Permanent feeling attitudes, or sentiments: How sentiments develop--The effect of experience--The influence of sentiment--Sentiments as motives. 4. Problems in observation and introspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
CHAPTER XV
THE EMOTIONS
1. The producing and expressing of emotion: Physiological explanation of emotion--Origin of characteristic emotional reactions--The duration of an emotion--Emotions accompanying crises in experience. 2. The control of emotions: Dependence on expression--Relief through expression--Relief does not follow if image is held before the mind--Growing tendency toward emotional control--The emotions and enjoyment--How emotions develop--The emotional factor in our environment--Literature and the cultivation of the emotions--Harm in emotional overexcitement. 4. Emotions as motives: How our emotions compel us--Emotional habits. 5. Problems in observation and introspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
CHAPTER XVI
INTEREST
1. The nature of interest: Interest a selective agent--Interest supplies a subjective scale of values--Interest dynamic--Habit antagonistic to interest. 2. Direct and indirect interest: Interest in the end versus interest in the activity--Indirect interest as a motive--Indirect interest alone insufficient. 3. Transitoriness of certain interests: Interests must be utilized when