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1 online resource (333 pages) |
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Psychology classics, v. 2 |
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Psychology classics ; v. 2
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The space of visual perception.--The nature of musical consonance and dissonance.--The law of psychic relativity and Weber's law |
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"This sympathetic translation of the second edition of the Psychologische Studien by a former student of Lipps' is a valuable and timely contribution to the resources of students of psychology and philosophy. The Studies include three brief monographs on separate topics, but there are more than sentimental reasons for presenting the volume as a whole. The author's attitude and viewpoint in psychology are involved in all three, and are hence better represented in the three than in any one. The section on the Nature of Musical Consonance and Dissonance is valuable for the student of the psychology of music and for the student of esthetics. The sections on The Law of Psychic Relativity and Weber's Law, and The Space of Visual Perception might, from a superficial point of view, be considered of historical importance only, since psychologists today are little concerned with Weber's Law, and the problem of nativism vs. geneticism can hardly be said to exist any longer. But actually, the details of mental function organized under these headings are of continuing importance: an importance demonstrated by the recent rise of interest in the "Gestalt" theory, on which Lipps' discussion bears to a considerable extent, although written before the promulgation of that theory. Lipps' trenchant criticisms of the concept of Gestaltqualität as used by Ehrenfels and others undoubtedly helped the promoters of the Gestalt movement to a clarification of their position"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved) |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Psychology.
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Space perception.
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Music -- Psychological aspects.
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Relativity.
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Psychology
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Space Perception
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Music -- psychology
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psychology.
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space perception.
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Music -- Psychological aspects.
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Psychology.
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Relativity.
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Space perception.
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Electronic book
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