Human Nature and ConductInfluential work by the great educator/philosopher maintains that the key to social psychology lies in an understanding of the many varieties of habit; individual mental activity is guided by subordinate factors of impulse and intelligence. His investigation focuses on three main areas of conduct: habit, impulse, and intelligence, with each factor receiving an incisive treatment. |
Contents
THE PLACE OF HABIT IN CONDUCT | 14 |
HABITS AND WILL | 24 |
CHARACTER AND CONDUCT | 43 |
CUSTOM AND HABIT | 58 |
CUSTOM AND MORALITY | 75 |
HABIT AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY | 84 |
THE PLACE OF IMPULSE IN CONDUCT | 89 |
PLASTICITY OF IMPULSE | 95 |
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THINKING | 181 |
THE NATURE OF DELIBERATION | 189 |
DELIBERATION AND CALCULATION | 199 |
THE UNIQUENESS OF GOOD | 210 |
THE NATURE OF AIMS | 223 |
THE NATURE OF PRINCIPLES | 238 |
DESIRE AND INTELLIGENCE | 248 |
THE PRESENT AND FUTURE | 265 |
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actual Adolf Erman ANCIENT EGYPT Aristotle Arthur Baker attained becomes belief casuistry character choice conception concrete conduct conflict consciousness consequences course of action creative custom definite deliberation depends desire direct disposition ditions doctrine dualism economic effect effort elements Emma Goldman emotional environment Epicureanism evil existing experience fact factor fear fixed force foresight freedom future give habits and impulses Hence human nature idea ideal imagination individual instinct institutions intel intellectual intelligence interaction isolated knowledge matter means ment metaphysical mind moral knowledge moralists motive native activities natural law necessity Nirvana notion objective operation organized original outcome overt physical Plato pleasure political possible present activity principles psychology reason release impulses result satisfaction scientific sense separate significance situation social environment social psychology stim tendency theory things thought tion truth utilitarianism vidual