The psychology of behaviour : a practical study of human personality and conduct, with special reference to methods of development / by Elizabeth Severn.

  • Severn, Elizabeth.
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[1917]
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    CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE Some NEw ASPEcTS oF MIND—THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE UNCONSCIOUS: “So. : 1 Growth of Psychological Inquiry—The Value of the Metaphysical Viewpoint—Applied Psychology dis- closes Human Motives and points the way to In- dividual Development—Introspection and Observation the best Methods—What determines Behaviour— How Mind and Character can be Formed—The Superman a Scientific Possibility—The Office of Hypnotism, Psycho-analysis, etc., in determining the Mental Content—The Nature of Consciousness. and of Thought—Various Levels of Consciousness—The Subconsciousness as the Seat of Innate Intelligence, Common Sense, and MIntuition—How the Mind Works, and the Unification of the Personality—The Self as the Organizing, Controlling Force—Uncon- scious Thinking—The Source of Memory, Feeling, Instinct, Intuition, Premonition, Inspiration, Genius, etc —Manifestations of Consciousness in Sleep and Dreams; How to utilize this Aspect—The Plasticity of the Mind; Suggestion and what it is; its Use and Limitations; The Power of Influence; Auto-sugges- tion—The Will to Believe—The Power of Affirma- tion: Means of Developing the ‘‘Positive” Mentality —The Relation of the Personal to the Cosmic Con- sciousness. CHAPTER II INTELLECT—THrE PSYCHOLOGY OF PERCEPTION . . .. . 653 Intellect, the Objective Self-Knowing Phase of Con- sciousness—Distinctions between It and the Uncon-