A Brief Manual of Psychology Demonstrations to Accompany as Illustrative Material an Elementary Course in the Psychology of the Otherone Classic Reprint - Paperback

Excerpt from A Brief Manual of Psychology Demonstrations: To Accompany as Illustrative Material an Elementary Course in the Psychology of the Other-One This book has not been entitled either "psychological experiments" or "psychological laboratory exercises" because it does not offer either that which is impossible or that which but few college students need. It is impossible to teach anybody how to open up - by experiment, like a Galileo - into an unexplored region of the world new avenues of understanding. One can "teach" only that which is "already known." Experiments can not be taught. They must be invented. To teach - thru exercises - how to take measurements by the skilful use of existing apparatus, is indeed possible. But the demand for that instruction in measurement is relatively small among beginners, in psychology as in any science. And for advanced students who specialize in psychology there is no dearth of good laboratory manuals. This book is not intended to be used alone, but only as an auxiliary - and a rather essential auxiliary - to the author's text-book, Psychology of the Other-One. No text-book in any science can rely totally on the students ability to illustrate the theories taught - and a text-book ought to teach scientific theories! - by using as illustrative material only his previous life experience. Therefore graphic illustrations are used in texts and demonstrations in class rooms. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfecti