Human behavior /
"The present volume on Human Behavior is a natural outgrowth of my General Psychology. The more I have studied and reflected upon the problems of human nature, the more I have become convinced that the approach to these problems in terms of consciousness is invalid. The student of mind either a...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago, Ill. :
The University of Chicago Press,
[1928]
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| Series: | Ebsco PsychBooks.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "The present volume on Human Behavior is a natural outgrowth of my General Psychology. The more I have studied and reflected upon the problems of human nature, the more I have become convinced that the approach to these problems in terms of consciousness is invalid. The student of mind either assumes mysterious elements which cannot be verified by science, or else he calls the inner and outer environments psychic processes. No one denies that the world is composed of colors, tones, stones, trees, and other similar objects; but no one has shown either that these objects are psychic processes or that the understanding of human nature would be advanced through their analysis. Such sciences as physics, chemistry, and biology are quite competent to describe and explain man's environment. Human nature can best be understood when it is made the direct object of study, and not when it is approached through the medium of the analysis of the world into tastes, smells, colors, pressures, and configurations. The present discussion is written from what is generally called the behavioristic point of view, which I prefer to call the viewpoint of anthroponomy, the science of human behavior. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)"--Preface. |
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| Item Description: | "Published ... in August 1919, with a second edition August 1923, and a new revised edition June 1928." "The present volume on Human behavior is a natural outgrowth of my [the author's] General psychology."--Preface |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 355 pages) : illustrations |
| 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 and index. |