Calendar Volume 1 - Tapa blanda

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ...positive. Theories of Helmholtz, Hering and Wundt. Intensity of sensation:--Stimulus-threshold and difference-threshold for tactile, auditory, visual and muscular sensations. Fechner's formulae; interpretations of Weber's Law. Analysis of Perception.--Touch:--Discrimination (1) of a single point, (2) of two points, on the skin. Discriminative sensibility of the skin for motion. Localising of muscular sensations. Visual space:--the Reduced Eye of Listing, corresponding Retinal points and double images. Stereoscopic and Perspective vision. Ideation:--Galton's questionary, and other methods. Association of Ideas:--Experimental tests of frequency, recency and other conditions. Trains of ideas. Speed of mental trains: individual differences. Time relations of mental phenomena:--Smallest interval of separate sensations Rise and fall of intensity of sensation. Simple Reaction--the natura, the senso-rial and the muscular reaction. Discernment-time for sensations. Discernment-time for localisation. The reading and the multiplication of numbers. Discernment with choice: nd speed of decision. Association-time. Individual differences. (4) Practical Examination in Experimental Psychology. Two papers. The practical examination shall cover the entire course as laid down in the above syllabus on Experimental Psychology. The examination shall be conducted with special ref rence to the use of apparatus and psycho-physical methods (including statistics), and the mode of carrying out experimental investigations submitted to the candidate, and shall include the examination of an individual or individuals with regard to any matter within the scope of the syllabus. The distribution of subjects as regards the examination in Experimental Psychology shall be as...