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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

time relations of mental processes, the influence of mind and body upon each other, and the psychic factors in sensation. The psychological laboratory of the University is already well equipped with apparatus, to which additions are constantly making. The current literature in this field is discussed in class and made the basis of reports and reviews on the part of the students. Fall and winter terms, three-fifths study. Assistant Professor KKOHN.

3. COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY.—This course embraces the

study of the more elementary mental activities, as manifested in the life of various animals. The object of the course is to trace the development of mind along the animal scale, ranging from the lower forms to the more complex mental phenomena in the conscious life of man. Romanes and Lloyd-Morgan. Winter term, two-fifths study. Assistant Professor KEOHN. Required: Psychology 1 or 2 or 9. 4. EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY.—In this course are discussed the growth and development of the mind, especially with reference to the first years of childhood. The attempt is made to devise methods by means of which the content of a child's mind may be determined at any period of its development. Thus the various methods of testing and training the memory, attention, and other mental powers, will be submitted and employed in actual observations, upon which notes will be made for discussion in class. The order in which the various mental capacities unfold will also form an important theme for study. The course is thoroughly practical in its nature. Krohn's Practical Lessons in Psychology. Fall term, two-fifths study. Assistant Professor KROHN. 5. PSYCHOLOGY OP CRIME.—This course consists of a special study of the criminal as a morbid individual in comparison with the normal person. Spring term, two-fifths study. Assistant Professor KROHN.

Required: Psychology 1 or 2 or 9. 6. PSYCHOLOGY OF ABNORMAL TYPES.—In this course the following, among other subjects, will be studied: The chief forms of mental diseases or types of insanity, the diseases of memory, the diseases of language, the diseases of will, double personality, peculiar dreams, hallucinations, illusions and delusions. The life of the blind, deaf, and imbecile will be inquired into with a view,to determine the best methods of education for these classes. Winter term, three-fifths study. Assistant Professor

KROHN.

Required: Psychology 1 or 2 or 9.