Human nature and conduct

an introduction to social psychology

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Human nature and conduct

an introduction to social psychology

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"The book ... sets forth a belief that an understanding of habit and of different types of habit is the key to social psychology."--Pref.

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Publisher
Holt
Language
English
Pages
336

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Table of Contents

Part one. The place of habit in conduct.
Habits as social functions --
Habits and will --
Character and conduct --
Custom and habit --
Custome and morality --
Habit and social psychology -- -- Part two. The place of impulse on conduct.
Impulses and change of habits --
Plasticity of impulse --
Changing human nature --
Impulse and conflict of habits --
Classification of instincts --
No separate instincts --
Impulse and thought
Part three. The place of intelligence in condut.
Habit and intelligence --
The psychology of thinking --
The nature of deliberation --
Deliberation and calculation --
The uniqueness of good --
The nature of aims --
The nature of principles --
Desire and intelligence --
The present and future -- -- Part four. Conclusion.
The good of activity --
Morals and human --
What is freedom? --
Morality is social.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
150
Library of Congress
BF57 .D4

The Physical Object

Pagination
vii, 336 p.
Number of pages
336

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL24757619M
Internet Archive
humannaturecond00dewe
LCCN
22004249
OCLC/WorldCat
14779049

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL111293W

Work Description

nfluential 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.

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