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I90 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF COURSES PSYCHOLOGY 1. GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY.—In this course are considered the more general problems of the mental life of the normal individual, especially those that have a living interest for the student, and find illustration in his every day life. Among the topics discussed the following are. the principal: Relation of mental activity to bodily changes, sensation, habits, attention, memory, imagination, association of ideas, reasoning, instinct, emotion, will, localization of cerebral functions, time relations of mental phenomena. The course is amply illustrated by the use of apparatus, charts, prepared tissue, and photographs. Endeavor is made to give the class the more important results of recent researches, and the course is ma.de to comprise the results of both the introspection and laboratory methods. Fall term, full study. Assistant Professor KROHN. 2. LABORATORY PSYCHOLOGY.—This course is made up of lectures and laboratory work, with assigned reading. The class performs a series of about one hundred experiments to illustrate the time relations of mental processes, the influence of mind and body upon each other, and the psychic factors in sensation. The current literature in this field is discussed in the class, and made; the basis of reports and reviews on the part of the students. Winter and spring terms, three-fifths study. Assistant Professor KROHN. 3. COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY.—This course embraces the study of the lower 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. Spring term, two-fifths study. Assistant Professor KROHN. Required: Psychology 1, 2, or g. 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 contents 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 note 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. PSYCHQI,OGY OF C.RIME-—This course consists of a special study
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