Practical Psychology: FOR STUDENTS OF EDUCATION

by Fox, Charles

• ISBN13: 9780415210195
• ISBN10: 0415210194
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-07-31
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Routledge is now re-issuing this prestigious series of 204 volumes originally published between 1910 and 1965. The titles include works by key figures such asC.G. Jung, Sigmund Freud, Jean Piaget, Otto Rank, James Hillman, Erich Fromm, Karen Horney and Susan Isaacs. Each volume is available on its own, as part of a themed mini-set, or as part of a specially-priced 204-volume set. A brochure listing each title in theInternational Library of Psychologyseries is available upon request.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Introduction	xiii
PART I EXPERIMENTAL
Sensation and Perception	1	(10)
Visual acuity
Limiting method
Auditory acuity
Observation without preperception
Observation with preperception
Habit Formation	11	(20)
Attainment curve (continuous texts)
Attainment curve (code writing)
Time curve (mirror drawing)
Nonsense syllables
Rate of decay of habit
Mental Imagery	31	(22)
Imagery questionnaire
Imagery tests
Line diagrams
Maze tracing
Imagery in thought
Memory	53	(13)
Association times
Effect of preference on memory
Logical memory
Reminiscence
Suggestion	66	(8)
Suggestion by trap lines
Suggestion by growing lines
Suggestion by pictures
Reasoning and Knowledge Tests	74	(8)
Reasoning tests
Tests of knowledge
Appreciation Tests	82	(12)
Literary appreciation
Musical appreciation
Effects of Training	94	(5)
Estimating lengths
Effects of practice on estimation
Method of mean error
Mental Fatigue	99	(2)
Fatigue (continuous texts)
PART II STATISTICAL
Association	101	(8)
Measures of relationship
Association
Criterion of independence
Coefficient of association and colligation
Contingency	109	(6)
Contingency tables
Coefficient of contingency
Frequency Diagrams	115	(9)
Frequency distribution
Histograms
Normal curve
Averages	124	(6)
The mean
The median
Quartiles
Percentiles
The ogive curve
Deviations	130	(7)
Quartile deviation
Mean deviation
Standard deviation
Probable error
Relative dispersion
Equivalent groups
Correlation Ratio	137	(8)
Criterion of causal relationship
Correlation ratio
Correlation Coefficient	145	(32)
Independence distribution
Correlation coefficient
Regressions
Coefficients by ranking
Partial correlation
Reliability coefficient
APPENDICES
I. (a) Suits of Armour	159	(4)
(b) Diagrams of Armour	160	(1)
(c) Lecture on Armour	161	(2)
II. Continuous Texts	163	(6)
III. Alphabets for the Curve of Attainment	169	(1)
IV. Suggestion Pictures	170	(1)
V. Answers to Reasoning Tests	171	(4)
VI. Answers to Knowledge Tests	175	(2)
Index to Experiments	177	(1)
General Index	178