Ability : a psychological study / by Victoria Hazlitt.

  • Hazlitt, Victoria, 1887-1932.
Date:
1926
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Credit: Ability : a psychological study / by Victoria Hazlitt. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS PART I THE NATURE OF ABILITY CHAP. I Introduction Current Views of Ability. PAGE 1 II General Capacity ..... Divergence of Views as to its Nature. Intelligence is the Measure of Confluence of Experience. Some Definitions. III Generae Capacity (continued) Illustrations of the Dependence of Intelligence upon Confluence. Degree of Confluence is the General Factor implied in Current Definitions of Intelligence. A Consideration of Physiological and Biological Facts. IV Generae Capacity (continued) Intelligence does not develop. V Speciae Abilities ...••• The Problem of the Existence of special Psycho¬ logical Abilities. Experimental Evidence as to the Nature of special Abilities. VI Special Abilities (continued) . The Psychological Factors which determine the Development of special Abilities : 1. Factors determining Drive. 2. Factors determining Degree of Confluence : A. The Effect of Experiences during the Main Developmental Periods—considera¬ tion of the Lives of some Representative Geniuses. B. Emotional Ties —Factors determining Degree of Confluence within a given field of Activity. 30 41 44 55