Excerpt from An Experimental Investigation of the Process of Choosing The Experimental Investigation of the Process of Choosing By Raymond H.Wheeler University of Oregon I. Introduction The experimental investigation here reported aims to present a detailed description and analysis of the mental processes involved in the act of choosing, together with an interpretation of the functioning of these mental processes. In 1910 Michotte and Prum (6)made an experimental analysis of the act of choosing. Their materials consisted of groups of numbers which were written upon cards in such fashion that certain simple arithmetical operations (adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing), were possible and convenient; and their method consisted of presenting one of these cards in a tachistoscope, with the instructions that the observer should choose for a serious motive either to add or subtract, to multiply or divide the numbers. Here it was found that one of the determining factors of the volitional consciousness consisted of a feeling of mental activity conscience de I action) which is unanalyzable and which is intimately associated with a consciousness of the self. The authors expressly state that this feeling of activity should be differentiated sharply from an awareness of muscular strain. Contemporary with these latter experiments, Barrett(3) investigated motives and motivation. He first established strong associations between eight unpleasantly tasting liquids and eight corresponding nonsense names; then he presented these names to his observers in as many combinations of pairs as possible. On a shelf between the observer and the experimental apparatus rested the two glasses of liquids corresponding to the names in the tachistoscope. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from An Experimental Study of the Factors and Types of Voluntary Choice Stout (19. P. Treats the problem in similar fashion, but where mcdougall definitely attributes sense of effort only to the presence of the self-regarding sentiment, Stout refers all forms of volitional choice to the interposition Of a self-factor, and under the concept self as expressed in the word I is included in systematic unity the life history Of the individual, past, present and future, as it appears to himself and others together with all its possible or imaginary develop ments The motives are motives only in so far as they arise from the nature Of the self, and presuppose the connec tion with the self as a determining factor. From this it fol lows that the recognized reasons for a decision can never con stitute the entire cause Of a decision. Behind them there al ways lies the idea of the self as a whole. What this involves can never be completely analysed or stated in the form Of definite reasons or special motives. Calkins (5 p. 226) also specifically emphasizes the ego-centric nature of volition. In will I am actively, assertively, related to my environment, I am conscious of my superiority and my independence Of it, I conceive of it as existing mainly for my own use or gratifica tion. And she finally dissents emphatically from any attempt to define the act merely in structural terms of sensation, image and feeling, the consciousness of the self as Willing being utterly irreducible to such. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This book is designed to introduce doctoral and graduate students to the process of conducting scientific research in the social sciences, business, education, public health, and related disciplines. It is a one-stop, comprehensive, and compact source for foundational concepts in behavioral research, and can serve as a stand-alone text or as a supplement to research readings in any doctoral seminar or research methods class. This book is currently used as a research text at universities on six continents and will shortly be available in nine different languages.

Excerpt from Experimental Investigation of the Action of Medicines, Vol. 1: Circulation The insufficiency of present modes of treatment, and the urgent necessity which exists for an accurate knowledge of pathology and pharmacology, are shown by the manner in which any new remedy is seized upon and applied in all sorts of cases, even in those where a knowledge of the morbid processes going on, and of the action of the remedy itself would at once have indicated that harm, and not benefit. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This work addresses the performance of novel metallic hollow-sphere structures (MHSS) in sandwich panels. Numerical finite-element analyses and experimental tests are described.