Instinct: A Study in Social Psychology

ix, 550 pp. Blue cloth boards. CONTENTS: Introduction--Problem and Method; The Controversy Regarding Instinct and Environment; The Organic Bases of Action; The Nature of Instinct--Analysis and Criticism; The Evolution of Neuro-Psychic Traits--Habits; The Evolution of Neuro-Psychic Controls--Intelligence and Language; Current Usage of the Term Instinct; The Classification of Instincts; Some Results of Investigation; Origins of the Usage of Instinct; Heredity and the Instincts; Conditional Development and Delayed Instincts; A Reductio ad Absurdum; Some False Instincts Exposed--Maternal, Paternal and Parental; Some False Instincts Exposed--Play, Fighting, Construction, Etc.; Some False Instincts Exposed--Analysis of Contents; Some Further Misconceptions Concerning the Nature of Instinct; The Nature of the Emotions; The Emotions and Sentiments; Summary and Conclusions; Index.