Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals by William James
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V. THE NECESSITY OF REACTIONS
No impression without expression,--Verbal reproduction,--Manual training,--Pupils should know their 'marks'. VI. NATIVE AND ACQUIRED REACTIONS The acquired reactions must be preceded by native ones,--Illustration: teaching child to ask instead of snatching,--Man has more instincts than other mammals. VII. WHAT THE NATIVE REACTIONS ARE Fear and love,--Curiosity,--Imitation,--Emulation,--Forbidden by Rousseau,--His error,--Ambition, pugnacity, and pride. Soft pedagogics and the fighting impulse,--Ownership,--Its educational uses,--Constructiveness,--Manual teaching,--Transitoriness in instincts,--Their order of succession. VIII. THE LAWS OF HABIT Good and bad habits,--Habit due to plasticity of organic tissues,--The aim of education is to make useful habits automatic,--Maxims relative to habit-forming: 1. Strong initiative,--2. No exception,--3. Seize first opportunity to act,--4. Don't preach,--Darwin and poetry: without exercise our capacities decay,--The habit of mental and muscular relaxation,--Fifth maxim, keep the faculty of effort trained,--Sudden conversions compatible with laws of habit,--Momentous influence of habits on character. |
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