The unique self-teacher : phrenology & physiology / by John Wm. Taylor.

  • Taylor, John William (Phrenologist)
Date:
[1915]
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Credit: The unique self-teacher : phrenology & physiology / by John Wm. Taylor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1.—Vivativeness: love of life; desire to live; vivacity. 2.—Activeness : love of action; desire to be in motion. 3,.—Alitiveness : sense of hunger; desire to seek nourishment. 4.—Acquisitiveness : to get and add to; desire {0 acquire and possess. 5.—Generativeness : to propagate; chivalry between the sexes. 6.—Nuptiveness : desire to choose a mate and marry. 7.—Paritiveness : to bring forth or bear ; love for the young. 8.—Habitativeness : to dwell; the longing to occupy a home. 9.—Seciativeness: to associate; desire to co-operate with others. 10.—Combinativeness: a tendency to unite and combine together. A.—Quietiveness : to be quiet; a tranquil condition ; rest and repose. 11.—Couragiveness: to be cool, calm. and brave in times of difficulty. 12.—Reservativeness: to conceal one’s thoughts; mental reservation. 13.—Cautiveness: to beware; sense of danger ; desire to avoid errors. 14.—Sublimativeness: to elevate; enthus- iasm for the sublime. 15.—Cogitativeness : to think and meditate; desire to be original. 16.—Formativeness: to form and make; ability to plan and build. 17._Imitativeness: to imitate; a tendency to copy what others do. . 18.—Auditiveness : perception and memory of sounds; sense of tone. 19.—-Numerativeness ; perception and memory of numbers. 20.—Ordinativeness : perception of order and attenticn to details. 21,—Colorativeness: perception of colours, tints, hues, and textures. 22.—Gravitativeness : perception of gravita- tion; power to balance. 23.—Mensurativeness : perception of relative size and distance. 24.—-Gonfigurativeness : perception of con- figuration, outline, and shape. 25,—-Exoressiveness: power to express desires, hopes, and ideas in words. 26.—Onpservativeness : capacity to observe and focus attention on objects. 27.—-Eventiveness : perception and memory of passing events, 28.—Locativeness: perception and memory of localities ; desire to travel. 29.—Temporiveness : perception of time: power to estimate definite periods. 30.—Discriminativeness : ability to distinguish abstract differences. 31.—Analytiveness: capacity to resolve abstract ideas into their primary elements. 32.—Synthetiveness : power to reason by a regular chain of principles to a synthetic conclusion. 33.—-Augurativeness : a tendency to surmise, predict, and forecast. 34.—-Gommiserativeness : fellow-feeling; to befriend; compassion. 35.—-Placitiveness : to be pleasing; geniality of manners. 36.—Greditiveness = to put faith or trust in others; sense of wonder. 37.—Expectativeness : expectation; anticipa- tion of some future good. 38.—Venerativeness : to venerate; sense of © reverence and worship. 39.—Obligativeness: sense of obligation; desire to be just and do justly. 40.—Emulativeness : to vie with; desire to emulate; ambition to excel. 41.—Dignativeness: an innate feeling of self-respect and dignity. 42,-—Decisiveness : power to decide an issue ; decision of character.