Outlines of Psychology: Based Upon the Results of Experimental Investigation (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Outlines of Psychology: Based Upon the Results of Experimental InvestigationThe text upon which this translation is based differs only in a few minor points from that of Professor Külpe's Grundriss der Psychology as published in 1893. The author has slightly modified passages in §§ 1. 9; 4. 6; 21. 2; 62. 4, and has added the footnote to § 21. 6, besides making some twenty verbal changes in the course of the work. Acting upon his suggestion, I have myself partially rewritten § 10. 4, to bring the paragraph into agreement with § 36. 4; have made slight additions to §§ 25. 2 (footnote); 30. 5; 35. 4, and 56. 1 (footnote); and have introduced a new paragraph, § 27a, on the experimental methods of the investigation of Memory and Association. For the form of these additions (which are indicated in the text by square brackets) I am responsible. But all of them were expressly indicated by Professor Külpe.I have further (1) supplied an index of names; (2) filled in a very large number of cross-references, which the author had left in general terms; and (3) printed in small type the various passages in which he describes his own experiments. I hope that all three changes will be of assistance to the reader of the book.The symbolic exposition of the measurement-methods in Part I. retains the German form in the translation. Many English writers on psychophysical questions have employed the German abbreviations ; there are obvious difficulties in the way of an English terminology; and it is not probable that any proposals which could be made at the present time would find general acceptance. But, these reasons apart, I have thought it best to keep the German symbols as an aid to the student in his reading of German monographic literature. He may now familiarise himself with their explanation in the translation, or use the Sections in which they are discussed as a vocabulary of technical terms.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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 imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.