{"product_id":"the-nature-of-psychology-paperback-9780521134804","title":"The Nature of Psychology (Paperback) 9780521134804","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Nature of Psychology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis selection of papers from Kenneth Craik, explores the measurement of perception, sensory physiology and the relationship of nervous function to machines.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKenneth J. W. Craik (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521134804, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 11 March 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e208 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.2 cm, 0.31 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn his brilliant and tragically brief career, Kenneth Craik anticipated certain ideas in biology and psychology which have since his death found wide acceptance. Craik was one of the first to realise that the machines of his and our day share some of the principles of functioning with brains. Kenneth Craik was killed in an accident in 1945 and left a large number of unpublished papers, a selection of which have here been sorted and edited by Dr Stephen L. Sherwood. The selection includes the draft for a book on the 'Mechanism of Human Action' with important ideas on learning, thinking, decision-making and on models of brain mechanism. There is also fascinating material on the measurement of perception, sensory physiology and the relationship of nervous function to machines. There are some philosophical discussions and a few introspective comments.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eEditor's notes\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Obituary notices by Sir Frederic Bartlett, F. R. S.\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Analytical and Causal treatments of Perception (Epilogue from the PhD Thesis): Part II. The Mechanism of Human Action: 1. Introductory\u003cbr\u003e 2. Principles of automatic regulation and servo-mechanisms\u003cbr\u003e 3. Review of synthetic principles and their application to living systems\u003cbr\u003e 4. Brain mechanisms: levels\u003cbr\u003e 5. Cyclical action in men and machinery\u003cbr\u003e 6. On human behaviour\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Experimental Work: 7. Anderson Stuart's Contrast phenomenon\u003cbr\u003e 8. Brightness, discrimination, borders, and subjective brightness\u003cbr\u003e 9. On the effects of looking at the sun\u003cbr\u003e 10. Localized aniseikonia following 'eclipse blindness'\u003cbr\u003e 11. Correspondence regarding amblyopia\u003cbr\u003e 12. The photochemical stimulation of the optic nerve\u003cbr\u003e 13. Theories on dark-adaptation\u003cbr\u003e 14. Introspections on learning the Link Trainer by a mixed visual and instrument method\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Sensory Quantification: 15. Crawford's results in binocular summation (unpublished)\u003cbr\u003e 16. Measurability of sensation\u003cbr\u003e 17. In defence of the measurability of sensation-intensity\u003cbr\u003e 18. Quantitative estimates of sensory events\u003cbr\u003e 19. On the question of sensation scales\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Aspects of Psychology: 20. Lectures on psychology for medical students\u003cbr\u003e 21. The nature of animal behaviour\u003cbr\u003e 22. Laws of association\u003cbr\u003e 23. Psychological effects of the black-out\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. Philosophy: 24. The nature of explanation - reply to critics\u003cbr\u003e 25. Causes and purposes\u003cbr\u003e 26. Man's extension of himself\u003cbr\u003e 27. On the working of the mind\u003cbr\u003e 28. On the inductive study of language and the meaning of particular words\u003cbr\u003e 29. Induction, coherence, relational systems, and the objective validity of thought, 30. Life\u003cbr\u003e 31. Claustrophobia\u003cbr\u003e 32. 'The Marxist Philosophy and the Sciences'\u003cbr\u003e 33. Disagreement\u003cbr\u003e 34. War as a part of life\u003cbr\u003e 35. Songs of creation\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography of the writings of K. J. W. Craik\u003cbr\u003e References.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Psychology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Psychology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Psychology%20%5BJM%5D%22\"\u003eJM\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005141668120,"sku":"9780521134804","price":28.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521134804i_81e1eaa1-6c4f-4f44-a8d0-99b1d2e70db3.jpg?v=1691372194","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-nature-of-psychology-paperback-9780521134804","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}