Contributions to modern psychology; [electronic resource] selected readings in general psychology. [Edited by] Don E. Dulany, Jr. [and others]

Heredity and environment in behavior / D.O. Hebb -- A study of imprinting / A. Ogden Ramsay and Eckhard H. Hess -- The genesis of emotional behavior / Ronald Melzack -- Causes of retardation among institutional children: Iran / Wayne Dennis -- Optic nerve regeneration with return of vision / R.W. Sperry -- Testing intelligence and aptitudes / L.L. Thurstone -- Parental occupations and children's intelligence scores / A.M. Jordan -- Discovery and encouragement of exceptional talent / Lewis M. Terman -- The genetic factor in autonomic nervous system function / Hudson Jost and Lester Warren Sontag -- Receptive fields of single neurones in the cat's striate cortex / D.H. Hubel and T.N. Wiesel -- Effects of decreased variation in the sensory environment / W. Harold Bexton, Woodburn Heron, and Thomas H. Scott -- Modification of brain activity during attention / Raúl Hernández-Peón, Harald Scherrer, and Michel Jouvet -- Grouping in visual perception / Wolfgang Köhler -- Brightness constancy and the nature of achromatic colors / Hans Wallach -- An experiment with ambiguous figures / Robert Leeper -- Fear as an acquirable drive / Neal E. Miller -- "Superstition" in the pigeon / B.F. Skinner -- A second type of "superstition" in the pigeon / W.H. Morse and B.F. Skinner -- The reinforcement of co-operation between children / Nathan H. Azrin and Ogden R. Lindsley -- Ideational learning / Robert M. Yerkes -- A memory system in the octopus / B.B. Boycott and J.Z. Young -- How we form concepts: a review of some of Piaget's experiments / Wolfe Mays -- Learning to think / Harry F. Harlow and Margaret Kuenne Harlow -- The relation of the poet to daydreaming / Sigmund Freud -- The measurement of individual differences in originality / R.C. Wilson, J.P. Guilford, and P.R. Christensen -- Preparatory action and belief in the probable occurrence of future events / Ruby B. Yaryan and Leon Festinger -- When is human behavior predetermined? / Edwin G. Boring -- Measuring motivation in phantasy: the achievement motive / David C. Mc Clelland -- Pleasure centers in the brain / James Olds -- Rhinencephalon and behavior / Leon Schreiner and Arthur Kling -- Anxiety and learning / O.H. Mowrer -- Primary affectional patterns in primates / H.F. Harlow -- Epinephrine, chloropromazine, and amusement / Stanley Schachter and Ladd Wheeler -- Self-acceptance and adjustment / Charles Taylor and Arthur W. Combs -- Traditional family ideology and its relation to personality / Daniel J. Levinson and Phyllis E. Huffman -- Conformity and character / Richard S. Crutchfield -- The cross-cultural method / John W. Whiting -- Permissive child rearing and adult role behavior / Harry Levin -- A neurological crisis in a small boy: Sam / Erik H. Erikson -- An autobiography of a schizophrenic experience / Anonymous -- Disorders of attention and perception in schizophrenia / J. Chapman, T. Freeman, and A. Mc Ghie -- Personality and reaction to brain damage / H.-L. Teuber -- Social structure and psychiatric treatment / H.A. Robinson, F.C. Redlich and J.K. Myers -- "Client-centered" psychotherapy / Carl R. Rogers -- Reference groups, membership groups, and attitude change / Alberta Engvall Siegel and Sidney Siegel -- The effect of severity of initiation on liking for a group / Elliot Aronson and Judson Mills -- Anti-semitism and the displacement of aggression / Leonard Berkowitz -- Compatriot and foreigner: a study of impression formation in three countries / Jerome S. Bruner and Howard V. Perlmutter -- Emotional expression in Chinese literature / Otto Klineberg.

Includes bibliographies.