Instinct in man a contribution to the psychology of education.
"Our purpose is to attempt to give a psychological account of Instinct in Man, and thereafter to study, still in the main from the psychological point of view, the relation of Instinct to Emotion, with special reference to human emotions, and the part which Instinct plays in that phase of human...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge [England]
Univ. Press,
1917.
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| Summary: | "Our purpose is to attempt to give a psychological account of Instinct in Man, and thereafter to study, still in the main from the psychological point of view, the relation of Instinct to Emotion, with special reference to human emotions, and the part which Instinct plays in that phase of human development to which we give the name Education. We must, therefore, first of all get a clear idea of what is involved in a 'psychological account.' That we shall make our aim in the present chapter, and we shall also endeavour to arrive at what might be called a working notion of Instinct from the psychological point of view, as a preliminary to the more detailed study of Instinct with the object of attaining a scientific view of it within the universe of discourse of psychology"--Chapter. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved) |
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| Item Description: | "The following essay was originally submitted and approved as a thesis for the doctorate in philosophy of the Univ. of Edinburgh. Certain slight changes ... have since been introduced ..." |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 281 pages) |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-274). Includes bibliographical references. |