Psychology and the Day's Work: A Study in the Application of Psychology to Daily LifeC. Scribner's Sons, 1919 - Всего страниц: 388 "Psychology considered as the science of human behavior is concerned with man's response to the impressions made upon him by objects, people, and events. They make up the situations that he meets. Behavior--the individual's way of dealing with these situations--if not a complete failure, results finally in some sort of adjustment to the conditions in which one lives; and this adjustment culminates in social and moral habits, in habits of work, in ways of thinking and acting; in short, in habits of life. And through all the adapting process runs the influence of physiological conditions, and the effect of their changes caused by the manner of life and the advance of years. The adjustment may be mechanical and rigid, insensible to misfits, without power to readjust as conditions alter; or, again, it may be flexible and adaptive--capable of new adjustments as circumstances change. This adjustment represents the capacity of man for achievement. It is his efficiency--the strategy and tactics of life. It is well, then, from time to time to take an inventory of stock and try to discover the significance of the facts and principles of human behavior which investigation has revealed. Concerning the more common matters of every-day life, however, psychologists have offered relatively little of interpretative value. Yet these experiences make up the day's work. They determine its quantity and quality. Much has been written about making others efficient, but comparatively little about one's own method of thinking, working, and acting. Yet knowing oneself reaches far into success and failure; and there is no other way of understanding the behavior of others. It is, therefore, in the hope of interpreting a few of these personal experiences of daily life that this book is written. The topics that could be discussed extend far beyond the limits of a single volume. The choice, of course, is largely personal, but the writer has tried to select types of conduct, as well as phases and causes of behavior, that are fundamental to thinking and acting, whether in the life of social intercourse or in the business and professional world. And, after all, thinking and acting determine achievement"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved). |
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... has become a habit . This adaptation is quite as unconscious as those which have been noted in acts of muscular skill . In both cases they are attempts to meet quickly an emergency , and the most available method- the MENTAL EFFICIENCY グ.
... has become a habit . This adaptation is quite as unconscious as those which have been noted in acts of muscular skill . In both cases they are attempts to meet quickly an emergency , and the most available method- the MENTAL EFFICIENCY グ.
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... muscle , must work against resistance if it is to develop . Of course obstacles should not be beyond the available strength . Peoples sometimes succumb after brilliant ef- forts because the call was beyond their capacity , though ...
... muscle , must work against resistance if it is to develop . Of course obstacles should not be beyond the available strength . Peoples sometimes succumb after brilliant ef- forts because the call was beyond their capacity , though ...
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... muscles give to circulation as they urge the blood and lymph onward in the natural channels , and overloaded with food ... muscle flabby , like the biceps of its unfortunate possessor . The florid business man succumbs to apoplexy ...
... muscles give to circulation as they urge the blood and lymph onward in the natural channels , and overloaded with food ... muscle flabby , like the biceps of its unfortunate possessor . The florid business man succumbs to apoplexy ...
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... muscles and flat feet , and then flat feet forbid walking . It is one of those vicious little circles . The mental effect of deterioration of the tissues of the bodily organs is evident . The will depends hardly less upon the stomach ...
... muscles and flat feet , and then flat feet forbid walking . It is one of those vicious little circles . The mental effect of deterioration of the tissues of the bodily organs is evident . The will depends hardly less upon the stomach ...
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... muscle , as is seen in exercise , and there is no reason why it should not be true of the nervous system . Reconstructive changes are always going on , and these changes tend to emphasize and “ fix ” the sort of functional activity ...
... muscle , as is seen in exercise , and there is no reason why it should not be true of the nervous system . Reconstructive changes are always going on , and these changes tend to emphasize and “ fix ” the sort of functional activity ...
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