The Mind and Its Education

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Author

Betts, George Herbert, 1868-1934

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E-text prepared by Roger Frank and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

LB: Education: Theory and practice of education

Subject

Educational psychology

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Text

eBook-No.

20220

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20220

Release Date

December 29, 2006

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.CHAPTER I — THE MIND, OR CONSCIOUSNESS — 1. HOW MIND IS TO BE KNOWN — 2. THE NATURE OF CONSCIOUSNESS — 3. CONTENT OF THE MENTAL STREAM — 4. WHERE CONSCIOUSNESS RESIDES — 5. PROBLEMS IN OBSERVATION AND INTROSPECTION
4. 4.CHAPTER II — ATTENTION — 1. NATURE OF ATTENTION — 2. THE EFFECTS OF ATTENTION — 3. HOW WE ATTEND — 4. POINTS OF FAILURE IN ATTENTION — 5. TYPES OF ATTENTION — 6. IMPROVING THE POWER OF ATTENTION — 7. PROBLEMS IN OBSERVATION AND INTROSPECTION
5. 5.CHAPTER III — THE BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM — 1. THE RELATIONS OF MIND AND BRAIN — 2. THE MIND'S DEPENDENCE ON THE EXTERNAL WORLD — 3. STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM — 4. GROSS STRUCTURE OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM — 5. LOCALIZATION OF FUNCTION IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM — 6. FORMS OF SENSORY STIMULI
6. 6.CHAPTER IV — MENTAL DEVELOPMENT AND MOTOR TRAINING — 1. FACTORS DETERMINING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM — 2. DEVELOPMENT OF NERVOUS SYSTEM THROUGH USE — 3. EDUCATION AND THE TRAINING OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM — 4. IMPORTANCE OF HEALTH AND VIGOR OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM — 5. PROBLEMS FOR INTROSPECTION AND OBSERVATION
7. 7.CHAPTER V — HABIT — 1. THE NATURE OF HABIT — 2. THE PLACE OF HABIT IN THE ECONOMY OF OUR LIVES — 3. THE TYRANNY OF HABIT — 4. HABIT-FORMING A PART OF EDUCATION — 5. RULES FOR HABIT-FORMING — 6. PROBLEMS IN OBSERVATION AND INTROSPECTION
8. 8.CHAPTER VI — SENSATION — 1. HOW WE COME TO KNOW THE EXTERNAL WORLD — 2. THE NATURE OF SENSATION — 3. SENSORY QUALITIES AND THEIR END-ORGANS — 4. PROBLEMS IN OBSERVATION AND INTROSPECTION
9. 9.CHAPTER VII — PERCEPTION — 1. THE FUNCTION OF PERCEPTION — 2. THE NATURE OF PERCEPTION — 3. THE PERCEPTION OF SPACE — 4. THE PERCEPTION OF TIME — 5. THE TRAINING OF PERCEPTION — 6. PROBLEMS IN OBSERVATION AND INTROSPECTION
10. 10.CHAPTER VIII — MENTAL IMAGES AND IDEAS — 1. THE PART PLAYED BY PAST EXPERIENCE — 2. HOW PAST EXPERIENCE IS CONSERVED — 3. INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN IMAGERY — 4. THE FUNCTION OF IMAGES — 5. THE CULTIVATION OF IMAGERY — 6. PROBLEMS IN INTROSPECTION AND OBSERVATION
11. 11.CHAPTER IX — IMAGINATION — 1. THE PLACE OF IMAGINATION IN MENTAL ECONOMY — 2. THE MATERIAL USED BY IMAGINATION — 3. TYPES OF IMAGINATION — 4. TRAINING THE IMAGINATION — 5. PROBLEMS FOR OBSERVATION AND INTROSPECTION
12. 12.CHAPTER X — ASSOCIATION — 1. THE NATURE OF ASSOCIATION — 2. THE TYPES OF ASSOCIATION — 3. TRAINING IN ASSOCIATION — 4. PROBLEMS IN OBSERVATION AND INTROSPECTION
13. 13.CHAPTER XI — MEMORY — 1. THE NATURE OF MEMORY — 2. THE FOUR FACTORS INVOLVED IN MEMORY — 3. THE STUFF OF MEMORY — 4. LAWS UNDERLYING MEMORY — 5. RULES FOR USING THE MEMORY — 6. WHAT CONSTITUTES A GOOD MEMORY — 7. MEMORY DEVICES — 8. PROBLEMS IN OBSERVATION AND INTROSPECTION
14. 14.CHAPTER XII — THINKING — 1. DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINKING — 2. THE FUNCTION OF THINKING — 3. THE MECHANISM OF THINKING — 4. THE CONCEPT — 5. JUDGMENT — 6. REASONING — 7. PROBLEMS IN OBSERVATION AND INTROSPECTION
15. 15.CHAPTER XIII — INSTINCT — 1. THE NATURE OF INSTINCT — 2. LAW OF THE APPEARANCE AND DISAPPEARANCE OF INSTINCTS — 3. THE INSTINCT OF IMITATION — 4. THE INSTINCT OF PLAY — 5. OTHER USEFUL INSTINCTS — 6. FEAR — 7. OTHER UNDESIRABLE INSTINCTS — 8. PROBLEMS IN OBSERVATION AND INTROSPECTION
16. 16.CHAPTER XIV — FEELING AND ITS FUNCTIONS — 1. THE NATURE OF FEELING — 2. MOOD AND DISPOSITION — 3. PERMANENT FEELING ATTITUDES, OR SENTIMENTS — 4. PROBLEMS IN OBSERVATION AND INTROSPECTION
17. 17.CHAPTER XV — THE EMOTIONS — 1. THE PRODUCING AND EXPRESSING OF EMOTION — 2. THE CONTROL OF EMOTIONS — 3. CULTIVATION OF THE EMOTIONS — 4. EMOTIONS AS MOTIVES — 5. PROBLEMS IN OBSERVATION AND INTROSPECTION
18. 18.CHAPTER XVI — INTEREST — 1. THE NATURE OF INTEREST — 2. DIRECT AND INDIRECT INTEREST — 3. TRANSITORINESS OF CERTAIN INTERESTS — 4. SELECTION AMONG OUR INTERESTS — 5. INTEREST FUNDAMENTAL IN EDUCATION — 6. ORDER OF DEVELOPMENT OF OUR INTERESTS — 7. PROBLEMS IN OBSERVATION AND INTROSPECTION
19. 19.CHAPTER XVII — THE WILL — 1. THE NATURE OF THE WILL — 2. THE EXTENT OF VOLUNTARY CONTROL OVER OUR ACTS — 3. STRONG AND WEAK WILLS — 4. VOLITIONAL TYPES — 5. TRAINING THE WILL — 6. FREEDOM OF THE WILL, OR THE EXTENT OF ITS CONTROL — 7. PROBLEMS IN OBSERVATION AND INTROSPECTION
20. 20.CHAPTER XVIII — SELF-EXPRESSION AND DEVELOPMENT — 1. INTER-RELATION OF IMPRESSION AND EXPRESSION — 2. THE PLACE OF EXPRESSION IN DEVELOPMENT — 3. EDUCATIONAL USE OF EXPRESSION — 4. PROBLEMS IN INTROSPECTION AND OBSERVATION
21. 21.INDEX — A VALUABLE BOOK FOR TEACHERS — APPLETONS' NEW TEACHERS' BOOKS — APPLETONS' NEW TEACHERS' BOOKS — Footnotes:

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