Page:  of 706
 
criminative sensibility: Weber's law, 533. Fechner's Interpreta-
tion of this as the psycho-physic law, 537. Criticism thereof, 545.
CHAPTER XIV.
ASSOCIATION, 550
The problem of the connection of our thoughts, 550. It
depends on mechanical conditions, 553. Association is of objects
thought-of, not of 'ideas,' 554. The rapidity of association, 557.
The 'law of contiguity,' 561. The elementary law of association,
566. Impartial redintegration, 569. Ordinary or mixed associa-
tion, 571. The law of interest, 572. Association by similarity,
578. Elementary expression of the difference between the three
kinds of association, 581. Association in voluntary thought, 583.
Similarity no elementary law, 590. History of the doctrine of
association, 594.
CHAPTER XV.
THE PERCEPTION OF TIME, 605
The sensible present, 606. Its duration is the primitive time-
perception, 608. Accuracy of our estimate of short durations,
611. We have no sense for empty time, 619. Variations of our
time-estimate, 624. The feeling of past time is a present feeling,
627. Its cerebral process, 632.
CHAPTER XVI.
MEMORY, 643
Primary memory, 643. Analysis of the phenomenon of mem-
ory, 648. Retention and reproduction are both caused by paths
of association in the brain, 653. The conditions of goodness in
memory, 659. Native retentiveness is unchangeable, 668. All im-
provement of memory consists in better thinking, 667. Other con-
ditions of good memory, 669. Recognition, or the sense of famil-
iarity, 673. Exact measurements of memory, 676. Forgetting,
679. Pathological cases, 681. Professor Ladd criticised, 687.

-xii-

Questia, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning. www.questia.com

Publication Information: Book Title: The Principles of Psychology. Volume: 1. Contributors: William James - author. Publisher: Dover Publications. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1950. Page Number: xii.
    
This feature allows you to create and manage separate folders for your different research projects. To view markups for a different project, make that project your current project.
This feature allows you to save a link to the publication you are reading or view all the publications you have put on your bookshelf.
This feature allows you to save a link to the page you are reading, which you can later return to from Projects.
This feature allows you to highlight words or phrases on the publication page you are reading.
This feature allows you to save a note you write on the publication page you are reading.
This feature allows you to create a citation to the page you are reading that you can paste into your paper. Highlight a passage to include that passage as a quotation.
This feature allows you to save a reference to a publication you are reading for your bibliography or generate a bibliography you can paste into your paper.
This feature allows you to print the page you are reading, including your notes or highlights (IE users must have "print background colors and image" setting selected.)
This feature allows you to look up words in encyclopedia.
  About Questia Tools
Close Window  
Questia's powerful research tools allow you to highlight, take notes, bookmark and even create instant citations and bibliographies. To use these features and save hours of work, you must create a Questia account.
Need a Questia account?
Sign up for a FREE trial now. Save time, stress and hassle, and get better grades with trusted, online research.

» Click here for our free trial

Already have a Questia account? Login now!
Error
Working...
Printing Preferences
Format for black and white printer: On Off
Print highlights: On Off
Print notes: On Off
Choose one of the options for printing:
Print this page (No Charge)
Print pages to