Psychology and self-development / by Henry Eastman Bennett.
"The selection and rejection of material for this book has been an evolution in the classroom during many years of search for (1) that which will function directly in increasing the student's capacity as a learner; (2) that which will afford the most useful basis for a course in teacher-tr...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Boston, New York [etc.] :
Ginn and Co.,
[1923]
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| Online Access: | APA PsycBooks |
| Summary: | "The selection and rejection of material for this book has been an evolution in the classroom during many years of search for (1) that which will function directly in increasing the student's capacity as a learner; (2) that which will afford the most useful basis for a course in teacher-training; (3) that which will best meet the needs for a first course in college psychology; (4) that which, instead of merely skimming the cream of interest, will definitely project the student's interest and expectation toward a further and more adequate pursuit of the subject; (5) that which will best help the young student to maintain his poise amid the dizzying enlargements of his mental horizon as he climbs the ascent of higher education and thinks he sees dark chasms yawning between his new knowledge and his old faith. I t has been the intention to admit nothing which is merely argumentative or speculative, which is not essential to the scientific integrity of the whole plan or practically applicable to the needs of the learner, and to omit nothing which properly belongs in a thorough first course in psychology. The functional viewpoint and the physiological basis have been woven into every chapter. A close-knit system of treatment has been sought which explains all psychical phenomena in terms of associations and progressive integration and the conditions which forward or retard these. Each topic grows directly out of the preceding and usually begins with a connecting summary statement. A sufficiently technical vocabulary has been gradually built up by introducing each word where the connection makes its meaning clear. It is hoped that nothing has been lost in scope or scientific accuracy by the effort to make statements simple"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved). |
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| Item Description: | "Readings" at end of each chapter. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 296 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |