Recent experiments in psychology /

by Leland W. Crafts, Theodore C. Schneirla, Elsa E. Robinson [and] Ralph W. Gilbert.
Bibliographic Details
Contributors: Crafts, Leland W. (Leland Whitney), 1892-1968.
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Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: New York : McGraw-Hill, 1938.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:McGraw-Hill publications in psychology.
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Notes:Bibliographical footnotes.

Physical description: xiv,417 p ; 24 cm.

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Table of Contents:
The origins of the cat's responses to rats and mice
Migration and the "instinct" problem
The behavior of the newborn human infant
The persistence of motives as revealed by the recall of completed and uncompleted activities
Cooperation and competition
The physiology of emotional behavior
Facial expression in emotion
The representative and expressive effects of music
The duplicity theory of vision
Sensitivity in its importance for learning
The function of the brain in relation to intelligence
Organic nervous diseases in relation to behavior
The electro-physiology of the nervous system
The effect of distraction upon the performance of certain tasks
A comparison of the intelligence of "racial" and national groups
The abilities and personality traits of different occupational groups
The maze as an instrument in the study of learning
The conditioning of vasomotor responses
Forgetting during sleep and waking
The effect of overlearning upon retention
A comparison of memory for pleasant and unpleasant experiences
Methods of breaking undesirable habits
The influence of language on the reproduction of visually perceived designs
"Direction" and the "solution consciousness" in reasoning
A psychological study of "lightning calculation"
The motor theory of thinking
The relation between character traits and handwritigng
The judgment of vocational aptitude and success from photographs.