| Summary: | "It appears that the distinctive characteristic of mind is to be conscious of its phenomena; and consequently these phenomena are often described as phenomena of consciousness. Like the phenomena of external nature, those of our internal consciousness will commonly be found to be composite, and therefore to require analysis. In order to enter into such an analysis, it is necessary to know the elementary materials which enter into the composition of the phenomena analysed; and accordingly the description of these materials will form the subject of the First Book of this work, which, as applying to all the phenomena of mind in general, may be appropriately styled General Psychology. The Second Book, to be distinguished as Special Psychology, will investigate the various combinations which form the special phases of our mental life"--Book. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).
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