332 REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE, ETC. 



The relation of perceiving to imagining. Kinds of mental imagery. Their 

 relation to ' styles ' of expression in speech and writing. Eidetic imagery. 

 The role of imagery in thinking. 



Remembering. Learning. The nervous mechanisms in learning. 

 Forgetting. 



Cognition and Intelligence. Intelligence testing. Thinking and Willing. 



Instinct and emotion. Can psychology ' do without instinct ' ? Reflex 

 action. Habits. The acquisition of skill. The transfer of training. 



Speaking. Its functions. Its social significance and present-day 

 importance. Its relation to problems of personality. 



Dreaming and sleep. Likenesses and differences between waking and 

 sleeping life. 



Personality. Temperament and character. 



Schools of psychology. The Gestalt School. The psycho-analysts. 

 The Behaviourists. The factor school. 



Modern theories of the motivation of conduct. The problems of adjust- 

 ment to actuality. ' Minor ' disabilities ; popularly called shyness, clumsi- 

 ness, laziness, stupidity. 



' Type ' psychology. 



Applications of psychology to education, industry and medicine. 



Third Year. Psychological Aspects of Society. 



The relations between psychology and sociology. The psychological 

 basis of social relationships. Personality as shaped by society. Impulse 

 and Reason in Society. Sentiments, Complexes and Character. Theories 

 of Group Mentality. The conception of a General Will. The study of 

 Individual Differences in relation to Social Groups. The Inheritances of 

 Mental Characters. Racial and National Characteristics. Social Classes, 

 Primitive Mentality. Habit, Customs, Tradition, Culture Patterns. 

 Mental Factors in Social Evolution. Co-operation and Antagonism. 

 Authority and Leadership. The Psychology of the Crowd. Psychological 

 Aspects of Law and Morals. Fashion. The Public and Public Opinion. 

 Propaganda Organisation and Democracy considered from the point of 

 view of the psychologist. The psychological study of disharmony, conflict 

 and revolt. 



Prof. T. H. Pear. 



(Manchester.) 



