Psychology Books

The omnipotent self, a study in self-deception and self-cure

Paul Bousfield

There is no hard and fast line between the normal and the abnormal person, and indeed a very real difficulty exists in even defining a normal person. If we take our definition of normal as being “aver..

Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 2

Hugo Münsterberg

The Harvard Psychological Laboratory was founded in 1891 by Professor William James, who had introduced some experimental features into his psychological lecture courses for some time before the forma..

Psychopathology of Everyday Life

Sigmund Freud

Professor Freud developed his system of psychoanalysis while studying the so-called border-line cases of mental diseases, such as hysteria and compulsion neurosis.  It was while tracing back..

The Theory of Moral Sentiments

Adam Smith

Sympathy, therefore, does not arise so much from the view of the passion, as from that of the situation which excites it. We sometimes feel for another, a passion of which he himself seems to be altog..

Music in Medicine

Sidney Licht

The use of music for work, marches, the stimulation of mass sentiment or emotional impact (patriotism, war, etc.), for entertainment, oblivion, mood change, mood creation, and background music for mot..

Etiquette for Little Folks

Mrs. Henry S. Mackarness

Whenever dinners are given to invited guests, civility requires that an early answer should be returned; for the proper wording of such answers, I refer you to the Notes of Invitation, where full dire..

The Psychology of the Emotions

Th Ribot

The psychology of states of feelings, it is generally recognised, is still in a confused and backward condition. It is a very small part compared to the part played by the emotions and passions in hum..