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CHAPTER III. Complications of Mental Life

Psychology: an Elementary Text-Book · Hermann Ebbinghaus — chapter 4 of 9 · ~120 words · public domain

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COMPLICATIONS OF MENTAL LIFE

A. The Intellect

§ 14. PERCEPTION 114

1. Characteristics of Perception 114 2. Illusions 120

§ 15. IDEATION 123

§ 16. LANGUAGE 128

1. Word Imagery 128 2. The Acquisition of Speech 130 3. The Growth of Language 135 4. The Significance of Language 139

§ 17. JUDGMENT AND REASON 142

1. Coherent Thought 142 2. The Self and the World 145 3. Intelligence 148

§ 18. BELIEF 152

B. Affection and Conduct

§ 19. COMPLICATIONS OF FEELING 162

1. Feeling Dependent on Form and Content 162 2. Feeling Dependent on Association of Ideas 164 3. Irradiation of Feeling 167

§ 20. EMOTIONS 168

§ 21. COMPLICATIONS OF WILLING 173

§ 22. FREEDOM OF CONDUCT 176

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