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Psychologists all over the world have been trying to make it an objective and scientific discipline. Psychologists have not only traced the history of psychology and understanding of human behaviour, they have conducted experiments on rats and dogs. Psycholgists have tried to have an accurate measurement of human intelligence and perceptions. The concept of intelligence quotient is a major achievement of the modern psychologists. The two world wars have given a ...
With the coming of industrial revolution in Europe and India, more and more people are now entering industrial professions as entrepreneurs, administrators and labour. It has now become very urgent to understand the psychology of industry as a profession. This book dwells on this subject in a very comprehensive way. Learning is a hard and difficult task. It requires effort and concentration. It is much easier to shirk and not learn. Study which after all is a ...
The present book as its title suggests is general in nature. But its main emphasis is on classification of men in general and that is why it dwells mainly on intelligence. Advocate of an associationistic psychology which emphasized the experiential basis of all human knowledge, Mill was openly contemptuous of the nativist argument, writing, “Of all vulgar modes of escaping from the consideration of the social and moral influences on the human mind, the most ...
Applied psychology is the functional side of the discipline of psychology. The knowledge gained in the field of psychology as to how people learn and how human behaviour can be modified is applied to practical side of life in the classroom, in the factory and in the army. The first decade of the twentieth century marked the culmination of a shift in the subject-matter of psychology from mind to behaviour. The shift was not sudden nor was it solely the product of ...
Psychology specifically directed towards clinical studies and remedies comprises this subject of this book. The material used is mostly borrowed from the foreign sources due to lack of Indian material. Personality is one of those things which it is easier to appreciate than define. It is the whole human being considered in relation to the society in which he lives. It is somewhat different from the individuality which exists independently of the social situation. ...
More and more psychologists and educators have come to the view that it is highly necessary to study child behaviour as a separate discipline to modify child behaviour and his development. There is a need to write books on child psychology. Consequently, of great importance to teachers, parents, and mental hygienists is the fact that growth is most rapid during the early years of life. Scientific evidence supports the assumption that these are the golden years ...
Abnormalcy in behaviour is a great handicap in the smooth development of a society. Psychologists have found that there are various characteristics of abnormal persons, some of them are hereditary and some of them are acquired. Psychologists have tried to devise correctional methods also. Consider these facts: Schizophrenia is a major social problem of our times. It is very likely that every reader of this book has watched at least one of his school or college ...