1st Edition

Integrative Psychology A STUDY OF UNIT RESPONSE

    594 Pages
    by Routledge

    584 Pages
    by Routledge

    First Published in 1999. This text is the author's attempt to orgnaise the field of psychology for students. This volume make a critical examination of various psychological and semi-pstchological attempts to classify fundamental human activities; and thereafter attempts to postulate elementary behaviour units which may serve psychology precisely as the atom and electron have served in chemistry.

    FOREWORD. -- I THE INTEGRATIVE PSYCHOLOGY OF YOU -- Introductory—Psychological Law—The Limits of Psychological Law—Psychology’s You Consists of Integrative Activities — Consciousness: A Product of Integrative Activity—Integrative Psychology Does Not Imply Control of the Organism by Environment. -- II FUNDAMENTAL ACTIVITIES -- Early Soul Theories—Modern Soul Theories— Mechanistic Theories—The Dynamic School—The Psvchoanalysts—The Instinctivists—James-—The Purposivists— Reaction Tendencies—Biological Action Tendencies—Prepotent Reflexes—Behavionstic Reflexes—Unit Responses—Summary. -- III ELEMENTARY UNIT RESPONSES -- The Organism as a Reacting Unit—Adequate Stimuli to Unit Responses: Stimulus must compete successfully with other Stimuli; Stimulus must change Unit Pattern of Activities; Stimulus must oppose or ally itself with Activity Pattern; Summary—Responses. of the Unit Organism; Responses of Opposition; Opposition-increase; Opposition-decrease; Alliance Responses; Alliance-increase; Alliance.decrease—Four Elementary Unit Responses: Dominance; Compliance; Submission; Inducement — Circular Series of Elementary Unit Responses -- IV THE HIDDEN MACHINERY -- PART I: RECEPTORS, NEURONS AND EFFECTORS -- Introductory—The Parts of the Hidden Machine and their ReLation to Each Other—(A). Receptors: General Classes and Types of Receptors-.--Reception versus Sensation—Skin Receptors—Touch and Pressure—Thermal Receptors—Pain—Chemi. cal SensIbility—Vision—Hearing—SmeLL—Taste-— Muscular Sensitivity—Tendon Receptors—Joint Receptors—Balance and Equilibrium—The Visceral Receptors: Hunger—Thirst—Abdominal Pain—Other Visceral Receptors—(B). The Neuron: Nerve Trunk Conduction—Size and Function of Neurons—(C). Synapses: Structure of the Synapse —Function of the Svnapse—(D). Effectors: Genera! Types— The Muscles: Striped—Smooth— The Glands: Duct—Ductless—Endocrine: Thyroids Parathvrojds — Adrenais — Pituitary — Thymus—Pineal—Gonads. -- V THE HIDDEN MACHINERY -- PART II: PuT REACTIONS OF THE - HIDDEN MACHINERY -- Putting the Hidden Machinery together—The Reflex Arc—The Central Nervous System: The Brain; The Cerebrum; The Cerebellum; The Thalamus; The Medulla Oblongata; The Spinal Cord—Peripheral Nerve Groups—Tbe Cerebrospinal Nerves—The Autonomic Nervous System— Ganglionic Plexi—The Simple Reflex and the Total Response—Classes of Part-Reactions— Psycbomc Reactions—Summary. -- IV THE HIDDEN MACHINERY -- PART III: Acriows AND REACTIONS OF THE HIDDEN MACHINERY -- (A) Actions of the Hidden Machinery : The ‘Self’ and Its Role in the Unit Response; Genetic Stimulus Mechanisms and the Reflex Activities they Cause; Mechanical and Physical Stimulus Mechanisms resulting in Reflex Activity; SemiCircular Canals; Dilation of Blood Vessels; Variations in Smooth Muscle Tensions; Self Initiated Contractions of the Skeletal Muscles; Constant Auditory Activity; Regulation of Body Temperature; Pressure of Secretions; Chemical Stimulus Mechanisms: the Endocrines; Taste and Smell; Basic Metabolism; Nervous Mechanisms especially Devoted to Self Activities; Importance of the Self in the Unit Response; Actions of the Hidden Machinery Constitute the Self— -- (B) Reactions of the Hidden Machinery: Elementary Unit Responses; The Role of Part Reactions in Unit Response; Is there a Law of Natural Sequence between integrative Part Reactions? -- VII DRIVES -- PART I: HUNGER AND THE COMPOUND Uwrr RESPONSES OF DESIRE AND SATISFACTION -- Drives of the Self—Hunger Drive—Desire, a Compound Unit Response combining Passive Compliance and Active Dominance—Satisfaction. a Compound Unit Response combining Active Compliance and Passive Dominance—Appetite Response—Learned Hunger Drive. -- VIII DRIVES -- PART II: EROTIC DRIVE AND THE COMPOUND RESPONSES OF PASSION AND CAPTIVATION -- Introductory: The Genital Systems—Causes Underlying Love Behaviour—Passion: A Compound Unit Response combining Passive Inducement and Active Submission—Captivation: A Compound Unit Repsonse combining Active Inducement and Passive Submission—Erotic Drive and Love Response. -- IX DRIVES -- PART III: PROCREATION DRIVE AND THE COMPOUND UNIT RESPONSES OF ORIGINATION AND TRANSFORMATION -- Procreative Drive—Maternal Procreative Drive— Mother’s Origination Response.—Mothers Transformation Response—Other Types of Procreative Drive. -- X MOTIVATION -- PART I: ANIMAL AND HUMAN MOTIVATION -- Introductory—Two Types of Motives—What Motives Cause Animals to Learn ?—Comparativc Effectiveness of Different Animal Motives— Human Motives: Freud; Adler: Jung; Summary—Other Types of Motives in Psycho- analytical Therapy. -- XI MOTIVATION -- PART II: UNIT RESPONSE MOTIVATION -- Introductory — Compliance — Dominance — Inducement—Submission—Compound Unit Response Motives: Desire; Satisfaction; Passion; Captivation—Complex Unit Response Motives: Origination; Transformation. -- XII LEARNING, RECALL, AND INTELLIGENCE -- Introductory—Preliminary Definition of Learning —Where and Flow Learning Occurs—The Learning Process—Animal Learning—Human Learning—- Retention—Factors in Behavior which make for Retention: Frequency; Recency; Intensity; Congruity—Some PractcaI Aspects of the Problem of Retention—Successful Completion of Actions or Reactions—The Conditioned Reflex: Technique for Integrating Substitute Stimuli; Substitute Response; Popular Usage Objections—RecaU— The Synaptic Process of Recall—Intelligence— What is Intelligence? -- XIII THE PLACE OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN UNIT RESPONSE PSYCHOLOGY -- Subjective Considerations—Consciousness as a Part-Reaction—Various Views of Consciousness— Attributes of Consciousness (Subjective)—Corresponding Attributes of Synaptic Conduction— Psychons—The Place of Consciousness in the UNTT RESPONSE. -- XIV SENSATION -- Introductory—Sensation as Viewed Physiologically: Visual Theories; General Theories; The Physiologists Relation to Theories of Sensation— The Panpsychic Theory of Sensation (Psychological)—The Psychonic Theory of Sensation (Psycho. logical)—General Statement of Psychonic Theory of Sensation—Integrative (Psychonic) Theory of Vision: Black-White Sensations; Colour Sensatons; Blue-Dominance; Yellow-Submission; Green-Compliance; Red-Inducement; Complementarv Colours—The Psychonic Theory of Sensations other than the Visual—The Function of Sensation in the Unit Response. -- XV THOUGHT-PROCESSES -- Introductory—Contemporary Theories of the Nature of Thought: The Introspectionist Position; The Behavioristic Position; The View-point of Gestalt Psychology; The View-point of the Middle Grounders “—“ Mental Association bP The Objective View.point as to Thought—The Six Types of Relationship Underlying Thought: (z) Relationships between different groups of Sensory Impulses; (i) Relationships between groups of Sensory and Correlation Impulses; (3) Relationships between groups of Sensory and Motor Impulses; (4) Relationships between different groups of Correlation Impulses; () Relationships between groups of Correlation and Motor Impulses; (6) Relationships between different groups of Motor Impulses; Summary of Type-relationships—The Four Primary Integration Types: Dominance-type Thought-processes; Compliance-type Thought- processes; Submission-type Thought-processes; Inducement-type Thought-processes—Compound Unit Responses of the Intellect: Grasping; Comprehension—Intellectual Complex Unit Response of Knowing—Compound Unit Responses: ‘Creative’ Imagination—Explanation—The Complex Response of Realization—Intellectual “ Creative” Responses: Origination; Transformation— Mental” Functions”: Imagery; Concentration; Attention—The General Psychonic Theory of Thought-processes—The Function of Thought in the Unit Response. -- XVI EMOTION -- PART I: FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS -- Introductory—Previous Theones of the Nature of Emotion—Motation—Feeling—Priniary Emotions: -- The Primary Integration-types of the Motor System: Dominance; Compliance; Inducement; Submission—Compound Emotions: Desire; Satisfaction; Passion and Captivation—Other Compound Emotions—Complex Emotions: Appetite; Love—Creation. -- XVII EMOTION -- PART II INTEGRATIVE THEORY OF ABNORMAL -- EMOTION: AND THE PLACE OF EMOTION IN UNIT RESPONSES -- Appetitive-type and Love-type Motor Responses— Abnormal Emotions: Fear and Rage; Jealousy and Hatred—The Objective Nature of Abnormal Emotions — The Physiologial Expression of Emotion—The General Psychonic Theory of Emotion—Place of Emotion in the Unit Response. -- XVIII EMOTION -- Pur III : BODILY SYMPTOMS OF EMoTIoN -- Introductory—Theoretical Significance of Bodily Changes—Blood Pressure—Pulse Rate—Blood Volume—Respiration—Electrical Changes—Nitrogen Excretion—Evaluation of Psycho-Physiological Measures of Emotion—” Psychological Measures: Association Reaction Times—Responses of Children to Emotional Stimuli—Glandular Visceral and Muscular Changes-Experiments on the Bodily Symptoms of. the Four Primary Emotions: Compound Emotions have varying Bodily Symptoms; Elementary Emotions Experimentally Determined by Ideas; Ideas Experimentally Determined by Motion Pictures; Are Bodily Symptoms of Elementary Emotions Predictable?; Results; SeX Differences; Conclusions-Future Experimental Work on Emotion —Bibliography. -- XIX PERSONALITY -- PART I: PERSONALITY PATTERNS AND THE LOVE TYPE -- Introductory—Personality Patterns—Types of Personality Patterns—The Love Type: Women; Youths; Intellectual Originators; The Inventor- The Subdivision of Personality Types. -- XX PERSONALITY -- PART II: APPETITIVE AND DUPLEX TYPES -- Appetitive Type PersonalitymSensory Appetitive Types The motional Appetiti ye Types: Intellectual Appetitive Types-Differences between Love Type and Appetitive Type Personalities Duplex Type Personality. Duplex Sensory Types r Duplex Emotional Types*-Duplex Intellectual Types-Summary. -- INDEX.

    Biography

    William M Marston, C Daly King