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esses are concerned with the interactions between the 

 organism and its environment. So we see that it is 

 adaptive behavior which is the subject-matter of psy- 

 chology. Reflex, instinctive, and habitual responses 

 are all of this adaptive kind. Eventually, living be- 

 ings acquired more complex forms of response. They 

 learned, for instance, to be resourceful — to devise new 

 and different ways of dealing with situations to the 

 end of furthering their needs. Then intelligence was 

 born — and mind. 



Thus mind is not a function of the brain, or of any 

 of the bodily organs. The function of the brain is 

 primarily that of an integrative organ mediating be- 

 tween receptors and effectors. What we have to do 

 with in psychology is the behavior of the whole indi- 

 vidual in his intercourse with his surroundings, to- 

 gether with his motives governing this behavior, and 

 the organization of the whole into a personality. In 

 this respect the German Gestalt psychologists have 

 corrected the one-sidedness of the extreme behavior- 

 ists, putting the emphasis upon organization and the 

 behavior patterns which follow upon the total situa- 

 tion. 



So we see that when we think, remember, plan, de- 

 vise, reflect, decide, we are always in action. The ac- 

 tivity may be outward or inward, explicit or implicit; 

 but it is activity. Perceiving, thinking, remembering, 

 are what we human beings are doing in certain cir- 

 cumstances. It is not the mind which thinks and re- 

 members; we think and remember — and It is because 

 we can think and remember that we have minds. We 

 do not solve problems because we have intelligence; 



