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imagery: Images
depend on sensory stimuli--The influence of frequent recall--The
reconstruction of our images. 6. Problems in introspection and
observation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
CHAPTER IX
IMAGINATION
1. The place of imagination in mental economy: Practical nature of
imagination--Imagination in the interpretation of history, literature, and
art--Imagination and science--Everyday uses of imagination--The
building of ideals and plans--Imagination and conduct--Imagination
and thinking. 2. The material used by imagination: Images the stuff of
imagination--The two factors in imagination--Imagination limited by
stock of images--Limited also by our constructive ability--The need of
a purpose. 3. Types of imagination: Reproductive
imagination--Creative imagination. 4. Training the imagination:
Gathering of material for imagination--We must not fail to build--We
should carry our ideals into action. 5. Problems for observation and
introspection . . . . . . . . 127
CHAPTER X

ASSOCIATION
1. The nature of association: The neural basis of
association--Association the basis of memory--Factors determining
direction of recall--Association in thinking--Association and action. 2.
The types of association: Fundamental law of association--Association
by contiguity--At the mercy of our associations--Association by
similarity and contrast--Partial, or selective, association--The remedy. 3.
Training in association: The pleasure-pain motive in
association--Interest as a basis for association--Association and
methods of learning. 4. Problems in observation and introspection . .
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CHAPTER XI
MEMORY
1. The nature of memory: What is retained--The physical basis of
memory--How we remember--Dependence of memory on brain quality.
2. The four factors involved in memory:
Registration--Retention--Recall--Recognition. 3. The stuff of memory:
Images as the material of memory--Images vary as to type--Other
memory material. 4. Laws underlying memory: The law of
association--The law of repetition--The law of recency--The law of
vividness. 5. Rules for using the memory: Wholes versus parts--Rate of
forgetting--Divided practice--Forcing the memory to act--Not a
memory, but memories. 6. What constitutes a good memory: A good
memory selects its material--A good memory requires good
thinking--Memory must be specialized. 7. Memory devices: The effects
of cramming--Remembering isolated facts--Mnemonic devices. 8.
Problems in observation and introspection . . . . . . . . 160
CHAPTER XII
THINKING
1. Different types of thinking: Chance, or idle thinking--Uncritical

belief--Assimilative thinking--Deliberative thinking. 2. The function of
thinking: Meaning depends on relations--The function of thinking is to
discover relations--Near and remote relations--Child and adult thinking.
3. The mechanism of thinking: Sensations and percepts as elements in
thinking. 4. The concept: The concepts serve to group and
classify--Growth of a concept--Definition of concept--Language and
the concept--The necessity for growing concepts. 5. Judgment: Nature
of judgment--Judgment used in percepts and concepts--Judgment leads
to general truths--The validity of judgments. 6. Reasoning: Nature of
reasoning--How judgments function in reasoning--Deduction and the
syllogism--Induction--The necessity for broad induction--The
interrelation of induction and deduction. 7. Problems in observation
and introspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
CHAPTER XIII
INSTINCT
1. The nature of instinct: The babe's dependence on instinct--Definition
of instinct--Unmodified instinct is blind. 2. Law of the appearance and
disappearance of instincts: Instincts appear in succession as
required--Many instincts are transitory--Seemingly useless
instincts--Instincts to be utilized when they appear--Instincts as starting
points--The more important human instincts. 3. The instinct of
imitation: Nature of imitation--Individuality in imitation--Conscious
and unconscious imitation--Influence of environment--The influence of
personality. 4. The instinct of play: The necessity for play--Play in
development and education--Work and play are complements. 5. Other
useful instincts: Curiosity--Manipulation--The collecting instinct--The
dramatic instinct--The impulse to form gangs and clubs. 6. Fear: Fear
heredity--Fear of the dark--Fear of being left alone. 7. Other
undesirable instincts: Selfishness--Pugnacity, or the fighting impulse. 8.
Problems in observation and introspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
CHAPTER XIV
FEELING AND ITS FUNCTIONS

1. The nature of feeling: The different feeling qualities--Feeling always
present in mental content--The seeming neutral feeling zone. 2. Mood
and disposition: How mood is produced--Mood colors all our
thinking--Mood influences our judgments and decisions--Mood
influences effort--Disposition a resultant of moods--Temperament. 3.
Permanent feeling attitudes, or sentiments: How sentiments
develop--The effect of experience--The influence of
sentiment--Sentiments as motives. 4. Problems in observation and
introspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
CHAPTER XV
THE EMOTIONS
1. The producing and expressing of emotion: Physiological explanation
of emotion--Origin of characteristic emotional reactions--The duration
of an emotion--Emotions accompanying crises in experience. 2. The
control of emotions: Dependence on expression--Relief through
expression--Relief does not follow if image is held before the
mind--Growing tendency toward emotional control--The emotions and
enjoyment--How emotions develop--The emotional factor in our
environment--Literature and the cultivation of the emotions--Harm in
emotional overexcitement. 4. Emotions as motives: How our emotions
compel us--Emotional habits. 5. Problems in observation and