since this would be of interest only to the professional psychologist. In no case are his additions opposed to the author’s views. The questions added to each section are not exercises to be worked out by the student or puzzles to be solved by the general reader. They are intended to serve as an aid to the intelligent perusal of the book, by directing the reader’s attention to the essential contents of each section. M. M. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION PAGE A SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY 3 CHAPTER I GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY § 1. BRAIN AND MIND 27 § 2. THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 30 1. The Elements of the Nervous System 30 2. The Architecture of the Nervous System 34 3. The Anatomy of the Nervous System 38 4. The Nervous System and Consciousness 41 § 3. EXPLANATION OF THE FUNCTIONAL RELATION BETWEEN BRAIN AND MIND 43 1. The Brain a Tool of the Mind 44 2. The Brain an Objectified Conception of the Mind 47 CHAPTER II THE SPECIAL FACTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS _A._ _The Elements of Mental Life_ § 4. SENSATION 50 1. The Newly Discovered Kinds of Sensation 50 2. The Other Sensations 57 3. Temporal and Spatial Attributes 65 4. Sensation and Stimulus 69 § 5. IMAGINATION 78 § 6. FEELING 81 § 7. WILLING 85 _B._ _The Fundamental Laws of Mental Life_ § 8. ATTENTION 87 § 9. MEMORY 93 § 10. PRACTICE 99 § 11. FATIGUE 102 _C._ _The Expressions of Mental Life_ § 12. PERCEPTION AND MOVEMENT 105 § 13. THOUGHT AND MOVEMENT 108 CHAPTER III 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 CHAPTER IV HIGHEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS § 23. EVILS OF KNOWLEDGE 183 § 24. RELIGION 189 § 25. ART 196 § 26. MORALITY 204 CONCLUSION 210 INDEX 213 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE Multipolar Cell Body 30 Pyramidal Cell Body 31 Dendrites of a Nerve Cell of the Cerebellum 31 Various Types of Cell Bodies 32 Longitudinal Section of a Nerve Fiber with Stained Fibrils 32 Terminal Arborization of Optical Nerve Fibers 33 Diagram of Nervous Architecture: Reflex Arches connected by a Low Nerve Center 36 Diagram of Nervous Architecture: Lower Nerve Centers connected by a Higher Center 36 Diagram of Nervous Architecture: Higher Nerve Centers connected by a Still Higher Center 37 Frontal Section of the Right Cerebral Hemisphere 39 Sections of the Cerebral Cortex 40 Localization of Peripheral Functions in the Cerebral Cortex 41 Color Pyramid 59 “A Burnt Child fears the Fire” 111 Two Possibilities of Perception 120 Varieties of Perception 121 Visual and Kinesthetic Control of Voluntary Action: the Former Intact, the Latter Lost 175 PSYCHOLOGY AN ELEMENTARY TEXT-BOOK PSYCHOLOGY INTRODUCTION A SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY Psychology has a long past, yet its real history is short. For thousands of years it has existed and has been growing older; but in the earlier part of this period it cannot boast of any continuous progress toward a...