John T. Maccurdy

Common Principles in Psychology and Physiology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1928, this book argues that the divide between psychology and physiology is largely artificial.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. September 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 528g
• ISBN-13: 9781107626164
• ISBN-10: 1107626161
• Artikelnr.: 41252437

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part I. Psychological Patterns: 1. Introduction
2. Definitions of 'images'
3. 'Patterns'
4. The construction of primitive mental patterns
5. The primary function of consciousness
6. The evolution of intelligence
7. Appetite and interest
8. Attention
9. Perception
10. Meaning
11. Recognition
12. Voluntary recall
13. Laws of patterns as deduced from psychology
Part II. Physiological Patterns: 14. The basic functions of the nervous system
15. Imaginal processes in nervous functions
16. Mechanistic explanations
17. Anatomical designs
18. Spinal shock
19. Inhibition
20. The effects of strychnine on the central nervous system
21. Biological patterns: preformism and epigenesis
22. Biological patterns: the evolution of specialized tissue
23. Growth patterns
24. Biological patterns. Imaginal processes
25. The development of the nervous system
26. Summary of physiological patterns
27. Concluding remarks
Index.