THE SCIENCE OF THE MIND 

 THE NEW PSYCHOLOGY PSYCHO-ANALYSIS 



IT is something of a paradox that the most difficult thing the 

 mind finds to master is the mind itself. In recent years 

 science has applied itself to the problem with a new keen- 

 ness; much attention has been given to the special study of the 

 mind of the child, and valuable results have been obtained from 

 the study of animal behaviour. In particular there have been 

 many investigators at work on what has become known as the 

 New Psychology, which concerns itself largely with abnormal 

 mental phenomena and subconscious operations that part of 

 mental activity which lies beyond the region of normal conscious- 

 ness. 



Practically all the recent work in psychology has gone to 

 show that there are elements in our minds of which we are uncon- 

 scious, and that these elements often take a greater share in 

 shaping our behaviour than do the elements of which we are 

 directly aware. The conception of the human mind has, in fact, 

 undergone a profound change ; it is revealed as a larger and more 

 complicated affair than we had supposed, and we now see that 

 what we had taken to be the mind, is, in reality, a superficial 

 although very valuable part of man's total mind. 



The Senses 



Sense-experience forms the foundation of our mental life. 

 In the course of long ages of evolution our sense-organs have 

 evolved, and have given rise to that wonderful organ the human 



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