Education Psychology BRIEFER COURSE

This is Volume VIII of thirty-two in a series on Developmental Psychology. Originally published in 1923, the author wites that our knowledge of human instincts and capacities, of the processes of learning and remembering, of mental work and fatigue, and of individual differences and their causes has been much increased in the past score of years. This Briefer Course represents a simpler treatment of the more fundamental subject matter of these volumes, organized as a text-book in Educational Psychology for students in colleges and schools.

PART I The Original Nature of Man 1. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ORIGINAL TENDENCIES II MAN'S EQUIPMENT OF I NSTINCTS AND CAPACITIES III. MAN'S EQUIPMENT OF INSTINCTS AND CAPACITIES: RESPONSES TO THE BEHAVIOR OF OTHER HUMAN BEINGS IV. ORIGINAL SATISFIERS AND ANNOYERS V. TENDENCIES TO MINOR BODILY MOVEMENTS AND CEREBRAL CONNECTIONS VI. THE CAPACITY TO LEARN VII. THE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF ORIGINAL VIII. ORDER AND DATES OF APPEARANCE AND DISAPPEARANCE OF ORIGINAL TENDENCIES IX. THE VALUE AND USE OF ORIGINAL TENDENCIES PART II The Psychology of Learning X. THE LAWS OF LEARNING IN ANIMALS XI ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING IN LANGUAGE XII. LEARNING BY ANALYSIS AND SELECTION XIII. MENTAL FUNCTIONS XIV. THE AMOUNT, RATE AND LIMIT OF IMPROVEMENT XV. THE FACTORS AND CONDITIONS OF IMPROVEMENT XVI. CHANGES IN RATE OF IMPROVEMENT XVII. THE PERMANENCE OF IMPROVEMENT XVIII. TUE INFLUENCE OF IMPROVEMENT IN ONE MENTAL FUNCTION UPON THE EFFICIENCY OF OTHER FUNCTIONS XIX. MENTAL FATIGUE XX. MENTAL FATIGUE (continued) PART III Individual Differences and Their Causes XXI. INTRODUCTION XXII. THE CAUSES OF INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES: SEX AND RACE XXIII. THE INFLUENCE OF IMMEDIATE ANCESTRY OR FAMILY XXIV. THE INFLUENCE OF MATURITY XXV. THE INFLUENCE OF THE ENVIRONMENT XXVI. THE NATURE AND AMOUNT OF INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN SINGLE TRAITS XXVII. THE NATURE AND AMOUNT OF INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN COMBINATIONS OF TRAITS: TYPES OF INTELLECT AND CHARACTER

E.L. Thorndike