The Machinery of the Mind

THE MACHINERY OF THE MIND

BY

VIOLET M. FIRTH

WITH A FOREWORD BY

A. G. TANSLEY, F. R. S.



NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
1922


FOREWORD BY A. G. TANSLEY
INTRODUCTION
I. THE PHYSICAL VEHICLE OF CONSCIOUSNESS
II. THE EVOLUTION OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
III. HOW AN IDEA ENTERS THE MIND
IV. THE ORGANISATION OF THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE MIND
V. THE ORGANISATION OF THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE MIND
VI. COMPLEXES
VII. THE INSTINCTS
VIII. THE SELF-PRESERVATION INSTINCT
IX. DISEASES OF THE SELF-PRESERVATION INSTINCT
X. THE REPRODUCTIVE INSTINCT
XI. DEVELOPMENT OF THE REPRODUCTIVE INSTINCT
XII. DISEASES OF THE REPRODUCTIVE INSTINCT
XIII. SUBLIMATION
XIV. MALADAPTATION TO ENVIRONMENT AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY {9}
XV. CONFLICT
XVI. REPRESSION
XVII. DISSOCIATION
XVIII. SYMBOLISATION
XIX. PHANTASIES, DREAMS, AND DELUSIONS
XX. PSYCHOTHERAPY\
XXI. PSYCHOANALYSIS
XXII. HYPNOSIS, SUGGESTION, AND AUTO-SUGGESTION
XXIII. THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF PSYCHOLOGY
XXIV. CONCLUSION

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