INDEX
Action, least,
82 f.,
103,
110,
118,
134,
176,
187,
194,
218 f.
Affective processes,
178 ff.
Analysis,
63; organic,
80
Apparent movement,
137 f.
Association psychology,
24 ff.,
42,
122 f.
Attention psychology,
28 ff.,
47
Behaviour patterns, field genesis of,
145 ff.
Behaviourism,
27 f.,
34; atomism in,
41
Blind, congenital,
167; introversion in,
206; perception in,
126 f.
Brain,
79,
125; and mind,
3 f.; as system that wills,
3; lesion in,
127
Brooding behaviour, genesis of,
145 ff.
Chicks, experiment on,
120 f.
Child, perception in,
124 ff.
Cognitive processes,
178 ff.
Common sense, origin of,
17
Complex
vs. simple, problem of,
65,
68 ff.
Conative processes,
178 ff.
Conative psychology,
44 f.
Conditioned reflex,
27,
123
Configuration,
69 f.,
89 ff.,
99,
110,
135 f.,
177,
197,
223 f.; temporal,
91 f.,
99
Constancy hypothesis,
126 f.,
129
Definitional dependence
vs. causation,
152 f.,
167
Dementia præcox,
210 ff.; and maximum work,
221
Determinism
vs. freedom,
vs, indeterminism,
67
Direction, problem of,
61,
63,
83ff.
Disequilibration,
89 f.; in perception,
128 f.
Disintegration, resistance to,
186 ff.
Double standard, fallacy of,
148 f.
Dualism,
6 ff.,
24 ff.,
36 ff.,
48 ff.; Greek,
7; in present day science,
19; modern,
10 ff.
Dynamic relations,
59 f.,
95
Embryo,
76,
82; motility in,
107 ff.
Emotion,
89; dynamics of,
185 f.; laws of,
178 ff.; physiological phenomena of,
190 ff.
Energy, concept of,
69 ff.; free,
187; physical,
14,
20; potential,
47; reserve,
187; units of,
68 f.
Ethics, dynamics and,
115 f.
Experience, and maturation,
168; and stimulus-pattern,
168 f.; growth of,
133 ff.; primitive,
178; theory of learning,
149 f.
FAMILIARITY, feeling of,
170 f. Fatigue,
89
Feeling,
183 ff.; and perception,
179 ff.; and physical phenomena,
191; and undifferentiated idea,
182; dynamics of,
185; psychology of,
178 ff.
Figure,
179; and goals,
185 f.; and physical law,
187
Freudian psychology,
46,
201
Function and structure,
8 ff.,
14
Goal,
83 ff.,
91,
98 f.,
107,
113 f.,
115,
158,
164,
175,
179,
196,
200 f.,
206 f.; activity,
184,
191; and personality,
218 f.; own reward,
165; thwarting of,
200
Golden Rule, a law of dynamics,
222
Gradient,
72; physiological,
73; sensitivity,
118 f.
Group,
mores,
215 ff.; and the individual,
216 ff.; as evolutionary unit,
217
Groups, social and maximum work,
221 f.
Growth, and gravitation,
98 f.; as movement,
98 f.; laws of,
77 f.,
82,
96 ff.,
159; meaning of,
97 f.
Hedonic psychology,
43 ff.
Hormic psychology,
43 ff.
Illusion, reversible,
132
Infant,
3; movement of,
111 ff.; eye-movement of,
116 ff.; perception in,
124 ff.; personality in,
214 f.
Insight,
18,
147,
158,
161,
163 f.,
177,
220; in relation to learning,
158 ff.,
vs. associationism,
162 ff.
Integrity, mental and physical,
192 f.
Intelligence, sterilisation of,
166 ff.
Introversion,
204 ff.; social causes of,
206 f.
Law, mechanical and spiritual,
4; mental and physical,
4 ff.
Law of, action and reaction,
186; all or none,
88; configuration,
89 ff.,
99,
110,
136 f.,
177,
223; derived properties,
74 f.,
131 f.,
174 f.,
213 f.; determined action,
75 f.,
111,
131 f.,
215; field genesis,
79,
133 f.,
175,
217 f.; field properties,
71 ff.,
129 f.,
173,
212; individuation,
78 f.,
132 f.,
175,
217; least action,
82 f.,
103,
110 114,
118,
134,
176,
187,
194,
218 f. maximum work,
88 f.,
135,
175,
187,
191,
194,
197,
220 f.; ther- thermodynamics,
63,
82,
189; uncertainty,
64
Laws, of Nature,
70 ff.; statistical,
66
Learning, essentials of,
158 ff.; fallacies about,
148 ff.; laws of,
141 ff.; nature of,
163 ff.; problem of,
147 ff.; summary,
173 ff.;
vs. instinct,
141 ff.; whole-character of,
152 ff.
Mass, function of,
114 f.
Maturation potential,
102 ff.
Mechanism,
33,
37 f.,
40,
54; criticism of,
38 ff.; persistence of,
58 ff.
Mental law, and physical,
4 ff.
Mind and, body,
7,
8,
45; brain,
3 f.; matter,
6,
10,
12; subconscious,
28 f.,
47
Movements, co-ordinated,
108; determined by end,
113; emergence of,
109 f.,
112 f.; loss of
155 ff.; pattern,
174
NATURE, uniformity of,
148 f.
Nature, human,
2 f.,
21; a group phenomenon,
212 ff.; decay of,
211 f.; uniformity of,
148 f.
Nature-pattern, human,
211 f.
Nerve impulse, dynamics of,
150 f.
Nervous system, function of,
107
Neuromuscular system, dynamics of,
116 f.
Orexis, and perception,
180 ff.
Organic unit, importance of,
228
Organisation,
31,
140,
175; in personality, no f.
Organism as a whole,
193 ff.; as mental,
194; physiology of,
193 ff.
Parallelism, structure-function,
10; psycho-physical,
15 ff.
Parts,
72 ff.; conditioned by wholes,
104
Past reference, explanation of,
172 f.
Pattern, completion,
132; dynamic,
24,
90 f.,
131 f.
Pattern, stimulus, partial duplication of and memory,
168 ff.
Perception, and attention,
138 ff.; conditions of,
139 f.; laws of,
122,
129 ff.; pathic states of,
127 ff.
Personality,
47; balanced in relation to group,
223; derived character of,
215 f.; and law of differentiation,
218; laws of,
199 ff.,
212 ff.; maladjustment,
208 ff.
Phenomenological properties,
31
Physical law, and mental,
4 ff.; and psychical,
22 ff.
Potential,
74 f.,
162 f.; energy,
83 f.,
100,
200; growth,
101 ff.,
106,
118 ff.,
152 f.,
221
Potentials, of brain,
4; concept of,
48 ff.
Practice, function of,
154 ff.
Psychoanalytic theory,
46 f.
Psychology and physics,
68
RAT and guinea pig,
119 ff.
Rationalising,
201; a conscious process,
201 f.; hypocrisy in,
203 ff.
Rationalism,
25,
28 ff. Reasoning,
134
Recall, problem of,
169 f.
Relations, logical,
173; space,
173
Rewards,
164 f.; ulterior,
165 f.
Science,
23,
50; convergence of,
50 f.
Science, mental,
21; physical,
19
Self,
197; psychology,
43
Social environments, and individual,
213 f.
Space whole,
171 f.; lack of,
176
Stimulation, intraorganic,
158; external,
158
Structural analysis,
35,
65,
69f.
Structuralism, and introspection,
34
Structure, and function,
8 ff.,
14
Stutterer, introversion in,
206
Subjective reference,
183 f.
Sucking movements,
141 ff.
TENDENCIES, instinctive,
144 f.
Thought,
55 ff.; progress, in modern,
224 ff.
Tones, perception of,
125 f.
UNIT descriptive, history of,
51 ff.,
151; genetic,
56 ff.; time and space,
177
Unity,
26 ff.; complex,
53; logic of,
49 ff.; primacy of,
69; problem of,
51; temporal, problem, of,
85 f.
Voluntary, definition of,
104
Whole,
8; complex,
53 f.,
62; perceptual,
124 f.; spatial,
126 ff.
Wholes,
72 ff.,
79 ff.,
85 ff.,
103; organic,
49 ff.,
62 ff.,
89 f.; primacy of,
81; properties,
114,
124; subsidiary,
188
Will,
93 f.,
104; acts of,
40; dynamics of,
195; force of,
3; law in relation to,
196; laws of,
178 ff.; problem of, i9
5 f.; to learn,
158,
175, Work, maximum,
88 f.,
135 f.,
176,
187,
191,
194,
197,
220 f.
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RAYMOND HOLDER WHEELER