Possession - Demoniacal and Other

Politics & Social Sciences

Oesterreich, T. K.

Sociology

Obscure Press

Thinking - An Introduction To Its Experimental Psychology

THINKING THINKING An Introduction to its Experimental Psychology GEORGE HUMPHREY Director of the Institute of Experimental Psychology and Professor of Psychology in the University of Oxford LONDON METHUEN CO. LTD. NEW YORK JOHN WILEY SONS INC, PREFACE THIS BOOK WAS begun in 1934 at the suggestion of Professor F. C. Bartlett. 1 The first draft was practically finished when war broke out, and for various reasons the book had to be laid aside for nearly ten years. The whole manuscript has now been revised and a good deal of it rewritten. Those who have read the manuscript in duplicated form at various stages have made many suggestions about its content. Some, for instance, have urged that the section on the Wiirzburgers, which now occupies three chapters, should be deleted or at least shortened. Others have been equally urgent that these chapters should be left intact. With the exception of some pruning where the argument seemed to have become diffuse, the Wiirzburg chapters have been left substantially as they were originally written, and for the following reasons. The contribution of this group still stands in its own right as the most massive, sustained, and acute experimental attack on the problem of thought. It is true that the vocabulary, and behind it the general theory, employed by these men is now out of date, and that for this reason their work often seems arid and devoid of significance for modern psychology. But actually they were concerned with a set of general problems that are still very much alive to-day. Of these, the most important can thus be stated Can organic response be reduced without remainder to response strictly correlated with individual receptors The problem has a long history and is still being debated. At the present time, for example, Hull and his pupils are maintaining a theory of behaviour built on the foundations laid by Pavlov, and which maintains that behaviour can be explained in terms of funda mentally unchanged motor response to specific receptoral stimula tion. 2 The controversy concerning imageless thought debated the same problem, couched, however, in terms of experience. The Wiirzburgers were concerned with the question whether Experience can be built up out of experiences referable to particular sense modalities. The problem is the same, though the co-ordinates have been changed. In the same way, the Wiirzburg workers found it 1 Now Sir Frederic Bartlett. 2 The controversy over the continuity theory of learning sprang of course from the original theory. For a simple statement, both of Meaning as treated in terms of the referential function and of much of the material collected in this book, see G. Humphrey, 1948, Directed Thinking Dodd Mead. vii viii PREFACE necessary to postulate the Determining Tendencies and the Task to supplement their version of Associationism, which is fundamentally a peripheral hypothesis. The modern counterpart is the Motive, which has been extensively investigated during the past twenty years, and which sprang out of exactly the same difficulty as theirs. Thus, in addition to its intrinsic merit, the work of the Wurzburgers gives a kind of preview of work which is central for modern experi mental thinking. No apology should be necessary for treating it in some detail. It may be added that the original sources of both the Wurzburgers work and that of their successor, Selz, are becoming increasingly difficult to obtain. Another point of criticism has been the treatment of meaning which, in the original writing, was described by the use of the term referential function. This appeared to be at least a neutral term, stating the facts if it did not illuminate them. However, it now seems fairly clear that many of the difficulties that have surrounded the concept of meaning grew up at a time when psychologists had almost forgotten that a human being is a biological system living in a bio logical environment...

Thinking - An Introduction to Its Experimental Psychology

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Humphrey, George

Psychology & Counseling

Puppetry for Beginners (Puppets & Puppetry Series)

Originally published in the 1930s, this is a graded sequence in puppet works, especially designed for use in schools, giving a sound start to school or home circle in puppet work. The art of making simple puppets, stage and scenery, of producing simple puppet plays, is thoroughly examined. The book is extensively illustrated with diagrams and examples. Contents Include STAGE ONE: Why Puppetry The Significance of Puppetry How to Make a Glove Puppet Simple Glove Puppets Various forms of Cut-outs A Puppet Finger in a Plastic Material Puppets from Waste Scenery and Design A Brief History of Puppetry The Puppet Teaches Nemo-A Puppet Play STAGE TWO: The Puppet in Terms of Manipulation, Shape and Movement Jumping-Jack Puppies A Simple Puppet A Simple Jointed Puppet How to Make a Puppet Head Scenery and Design Types of Theatres Ecce Signum A Simple Puppet Play STAGE THREE: How to Begin The Points of a Puppet How to Make A puppet Head How to Make the Arms How to Make the Hands How to Make the Feet and Legs How to Make the Body of the Puppet Controls Storing the Puppet The Stage Parts of a Stage Lighting Proportions of the Human Body The Sacred Flame-A Simple Puppet Play

Humor & Entertainment

Allen, Arthur B.

Puzzles & Games

This classic book contains an unusual collection of hand weaving drawings by one John Landes, who appears to have been a professional weaver of the Revolutionary period. This remarkable old pattern book would be an excellent addition to anyone's bookshelf with an interest in the subject.

A Book Of Patterns For Hand-Weaving; Designs from The John Landes Drawings In The Pennsylvnia Museum

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Atwater, Mary Meigs

Crafts & Hobbies

Weldons ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NEEDLEWORK provides a A Practical Guide to Needlecraft In all its Varieties. Contains nearly 2,000 Illustrations and Complete Index. Book VI. This encyclopedia of Needlework deals with its subject in all its phases, taking the worker step by step - by means of actual photographs, clear decriptions, explanatory diagrams, simplified charts and other methods of illustration- from the choice of materials for particular pieces of work, right through to the last stitches used in making up the finished article. Needlework offers a great scope of originality and each worker will find something interesting. Book VI is about the designing and making of lace. Its detailed illustrations show the most important needle-made and pillow laces. Many of the earliest books on weaving, textiles and needlework, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Weldon's Encyclopedia of Needlework - Lace - Book VI - An Illustrated Supplement Showing the Most Important Needle-Made and Pillow Laces

Anon`

A Practical Treatise on Weaving and Designing of Textile Fabrics. Contains chapters on the principles of construction of the loom, calculations, and colour along with around three hundred and eighty illustrations. Originally published in 1879. Many of the earliest books on weaving, textiles and needlework, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.The rise and progress of the textile manufacturers of this country have, within the last century, been something marvelous, and the products of the loom have been no small degree contributed to the wealth of the nation. Yet it is remarkable that this art possesses fewer works or treatises than any other of the arts or manufactures of this country. The study of this volume should assist the student in any degree in mastering the details of his craft. The aim has been to reduce the whole art of weaving and designing of textile fabrics to simple principles, and to lay them before the reader in brief and consice a form as possible, with just sufficient illustrations to make the matter clear and intelligible, and free it from ambiguity which frequently characterises works of this description.

A Practical Treatise on Weaving and Designing Textile Fabrics - With Chapters on Principles of Construction of the Loom, Calculations, and Colour

Ashenhurst, Thomas R

The Finishing of Textile Fabrics - Woollen, Worsted, Union and Other Cloths - With 151 Illustrations of Fibres, Yarns, and Fabrics, also Sectional and Other Drawings of Finishing Machinery

Arts & Photography

Beaumont, Roberts

Graphic Design

The Weavers Assistant. This handbook explains in a familiar manner, the first principles of the art of weaving. It contains upwards of eighty different drafts among which are comprised, many curious and figured drafts, of both diapers and coverlets. Also included is an account on observations of draft painting and an appendix containing several useful tables. This book was originally published in 1818. Many of the earliest books on weaving, textiles and needlework, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

The Weaver's Assistant

Blakeman, Philo

Jacquard Mechanism and Harness Mounting

Bradbury, Fred

Volume II of WORSTED PREPARING AND SPINNING. (WOOL COMBING.) Originally published in 1923. The object of this handbook is to describe the different combs, to explain the chief principles, functions and points of defference together with the specific use of each particular machine. This treatise is thorough in its detail, adapted to the requirements of modern practise and helpful to the reader and student who seek for a consecutive knowledge of principles, theory and general practise. The author has endeavoured to make the work suggestive and generate thought. Many of the earliest books on weaving, textiles and needlework, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Worsted Preparing and Spinning - Wool Combing - Vol. 2

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