Laboratory Outlines For Experimental Psychology PDF Download

Excerpt from Experimental Psychology a Manual of Laboratory Practice, Vol. 1 The general purpose with which this book has been written is sufficiently indicated by its title. I have selected a number of the 'classical' experiments of Experimental Psychology, and have tried to present them in such a way that their performance shall have a real disciplinary value for the undergraduate student. Within this general purpose, my aim has been twofold. I have sought to show, in the first place, that psychology is above the laboratory: that we employ our instruments of precision not for their own sake, but solely because they help us to a refined and more accurate introspection. And secondly, just as in my Outline of Psychology and Primer of Psychology I gave the results of experimentation a prominent place in the psychological system, so here I have treated the selected experiments not as separate exercises, but as points of departure for systematic discussion. I hope that the book may find its sphere of usefulness. I sorely felt the need of some such guide when I entered the Leipzig laboratory, and I have felt it as sorely throughout my teaching experience. It is needless to add that, although eight years have gone to its making, the Manual falls lamentably short of its ideal. A book in conception is a perfect piece of workmanship: the book that leaves the author's hands is but a rough approximation to the first design. My greatest debt, here as elsewhere, is to Wundt. I was impelled towards experimental psychology by dissatisfaction with the logical constructions of the English school; and it was Wundt who taught me the essential lesson of systematic introspection. 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.