Educational psychology / by Edward L. Thorndike.

  • Thorndike, Edward L. (Edward Lee), 1874-1949.
Date:
1903
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    INDEX. Abnormal mental conditions, 22, 121ff. Abstraction, power of in defectives, 133f. Acquired traits, inheritance of, 62ff. Addition, 33, 39, 115, 117. Affectability of women, 120. Age, changes in mental traits due to, 97ff. Aikins, H. A., 34. Algebra; see School marks. Arithmetic, the influence of school methods on, 72ff; relationships of different features of, 39; relation- ships to other studies, 37f. Arm-span, inheritance of, 55. Arrest of development, 140f. Artistic faculty, inheritance of, 54. Association of attributes, means of measuring, 26. Associative processes, inheritance of types of, 55; in defectives, 133f.; sex differences in, 115, 117. Bagley, W. C., 148, 149. Bair, J. H., 92. Boas, F., 139, 146. Brinckerhoff, E. B., 37. Brothers, resemblances of, 50ff. Brown, E. M., 86. Burris, W. P., 35f., 56ff. Causation, of correlations between physical and mental traits, 144f.; of differences between age groups, lOOf.; of differences between sex groups, 111. Cephalic index, inheritance of, 51, 54. Chicago Department of Child Study, 146f. Classification, of exceptional condi- tions, 121; of mental defectives, 128f. Coefficients, of correlation, 25f.; of variability, 114. Cole, L. W., 114. College marks, correlations of, 35; sex differences in, 115, 117. Conscientiousness, inheritance of, 54. Correlation, coefficients of, 25f., 49f.; see also under relationships. Cross education, 86ff. Davis, W. W., 87. Deafness, inheritance of, 51. Defectives, in general, 125ff.; classi- fication of, 128f.; measurements of, 130ff.; moral, 135f.; training of, 127, 129f. Deformities of body, influence on in- tellect, 147. Development, arrested, 140f.; see also under Growth. Differences, mental, means of measur- ing, 116. Discipline, formal, of the mind, 81ff. Discrimination, delicacy of, changes due to age, 97ff.; in defectives, 133f.; sex differences in, 115, 117. Distribution of mental traits, 13ff.; investigations of, 170; multimodal, 17; skewed, 18f. Drawing, relationships of to other studies, 36f. Earle, E. L., 52, 114. Elimination of pupils from the school system, 94ff. Ellis, H., 119, 120, 150. Eminence, inheritance of, 53. English; see School marks. Environment, amount of influence, 66ff.; investigations of, 171f.; method of action, 77ff.; vs. original nature, 40ff. Exceptional mental conditions, 22, 121 ff.; classification of, 121f.; in rate of growth, 136ff. Eye color, inheritance of, 50, 55. Faculty psychology, 29f. Fallacy of selection, 66, 93f., 103f., lllf., 138, 158ff. Fatigue, changes due to age in, 99. Fay, E. A., 52. Female mental traits; see Sex differ- ences.