Elementary Laboratory Course In Psychology PDF Download

Excerpt from An Elementary Laboratory Course in Psychology It has been our aim in preparing this manual to describe the experiments in such a manner that students who have had only an introductory course in psychology may be able to perform them without further assistance. With this in mind we have tried to give full and minute descriptions even to the point of explaining what may seem obvious to many. We have also given exact directions in regard to the recording of results, even to the extent of supplying models for the tables when necessary, for we consider that training in the systematic arrangement of results is one of the purposes of an experimental course. The selection of the experiments has been conditioned by the following practical and theoretical requirements: - 1. It should be possible to perform all the experiments in a half-course of five hours a week. 2. It should be possible to perform the experiments with very simple and inexpensive instruments. In most instances when complicated instruments have been employed an additional experiment with simple apparatus has been described. Two or three experiments, owing to their importance, have been included which demand special instruments. These experiments have been starred. 3. It is necessary in most institutions that the experiments be performed by the entire class in one room. It is obvious, therefore, that some experiments in audition, vision, etc., had to be omitted. 4. The experiments should not be too difficult for students beginning psychology. In fact it is hoped that the book may prove useful not only for class work, but for private students who desire an introductory knowledge of experimental psychology. 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 imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.