Child training as an exact science : a treatise based upon the principles of modern psychology, normal and abnormal, by George W. Jacoby.

  • Jacoby, George W., 1856-1940.
Date:
[1914], [©1914]
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Credit: Child training as an exact science : a treatise based upon the principles of modern psychology, normal and abnormal, by George W. Jacoby. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS PAGE Introduction 3 Ideas compared to seeds—Appreciation of the individuality of the child—A '' normal'' standard —Atypical children—Value of physiologic psy- chology. Part First: Historical Survey . . . .15 Helplessness of the older pedagogy—Ancient superstitions—Goggenmos' training school for cretins—Guggenbiihl's institution on the Abend- berg—The *'savage of the Aveyron—Itard, Voisin and Seguin—Eeil's ''Rhapsodies—De- velopment of experimental psychology—Close connection between medicine and pedagogy. Part Second: The Psychology of Child- hood ... 33 I. A General Consideration of the Ner- vous System and Its Functions . 33 A. Organs of Mental Activity . . 33 A. Brain and Spinal Cord .... 33 Voluntary and involuntary muscular actions— Structure of the nervous system—White and gray substance—The cerebrum—Cortical centers—The cerebellum—Pons and oblongata—Reflex move- ments—Ganglion cells and psychic activity— Relationship of mind and body. B. The Peripheral Nerves .... 41 Sensory nerves—Motor nerves—Specific proper- ties—Sympathetic nervous system. C. Psychic Functions 49 Reciprocal action in the central organs—Differen- tiation of the objects in the surrounding world—■ Memory—Sense deceptions—Correction of physio- logical sense deceptions—'' Attention'' or thought zi