A manual of psychology / by G.F. Stout.

  • Stout, George Frederick, 1860-1944.
Date:
1921
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    MANUAL OF PSYCHOLOGY. INTRODUCTION. CHAPTER'!. The Scope of Psychology. § 1. The Psychological Point of View.—Suppose that a man is wholly absorbed in watching the waves as they rush in upon the sea shore, and in listening to the sound they make. In this total situation we distinguish three constituents: (1) the man who is watching and listen- ing : this factor of the total situation is the Subject. (2) The movement and sound of the waves to which he is attending: this is the Object with which the subject is occupied at the moment. (3) The watching and listening, which are activities of the subject in relation to its object. Now, we have supposed that the man is wholly absorbed in attending to the movement and sound of the waves. This means that he is not attending to himself or to his own acts of watching and listening. He is preoccupied in attending to his object, and has therefore no attention to spare for himself and his own states and activities. In other words, his point of view is Objective. We, on the