Keywords:
Typology (Psychology).
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Electronic books.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (497 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781483149899
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=1838438
Language:
English
Note:
Front Cover -- Pavlov's Typology -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- PART 1: The Historical Development of Pavlov's Theory of Typological Differences in the Dog -- Chapter 1. PROBLEMS IN THE STUDY OF GENERAL TYPES OF HIGHER NERVOUS ACTIVITY IN MAN AND ANIMALS -- 1. TESTS OF THE CAPACITY OF CORTICAL CELLS TO ENDURE PROTRACTED CONCENTRATED EXCITATION -- 2. METHODS OF DETERMINING THE LIMIT OF INTENSITY OF THE CONDITIONED STIMULUS UP TO WHICH THE "LAW OF STRENGTH" IS STILL OBSERVED -- 3. TESTS UNDER CONDITIONS OF ARTIFICIALLY HEIGHTENED EXCITABILITY IN THE CORTICAL CELLS -- 1. THE SPEED WITH WHICH THE NERVOUS PROCESS IS INITIATED -- 2. THE SPEED OF MOVEMENT OF THE NERVOUS PROCESS, ITS IRRADIATION AND CONCENTRATION -- 3. THE SPEED WITH WHICH THE NERVOUS PROCESSES TERMINATE -- 4. THE SPEED WITH WHICH INHIBITION IS REPLACED BY EXCITATION AND EXCITATION BY INHIBITION -- 5. THE SPEED OF FORMATION OF NEW POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE CONDITIONED CONNECTION S -- 6. THE SPEED OF CHANGE OF RESPONSE WHEN EXTERNAL CONDITIONS CHANGE -- REFERENCES -- PART 2:The Application of Pavlov's Theory of Types to Individual Differences in Man -- Chapter 2. STRENGTH OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AS A DIMENSION OF PERSONALITY IN MAN -- INTRODUCTION -- THE THRESHOLD OF TRANSMARGINAL INHIBITION -- CAFFEINE AND TH E EXCITATORY PROCESS -- THE THRESHOLDS OF CONCENTRATION AND IRRADIATION OF EXCITATION -- THE ABSOLUTE SENSORY THRESHOLD AND STRENGTH OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM -- REACTION TIME AND STRENGTH OF THE NERVOU S SYSTEM -- ELECTRICAL EXCITABILITY OF THE EYE, SENSITIVITY, AND STRENGTH -- ATTENTION AND STRENGTH OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM -- AGREEMENT BETWEEN MEASURES OF STRENGTH OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM -- THE THEORY OF STRENGTH OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES.
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Chapter 3. STRENGTH OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND LEVELS OF AROUSAL: A REINTERPRETATION -- AROUSAL -- INTENSITY OF THE EXCITATORY PROCESS AND AROUSAL LEVEL -- THE RETICULAR ACTIVATION SYSTEM -- A THEORY OF AROUSABILITY -- DERIVATION OF INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES DEMONSTRATED IN TEPLOV'S LABORATORY FROM THE THEORY OF AROUSABILITY -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCE S -- PART 3: Experiments from Teplov s Laboratory on the Dimension of Strength of the Nervous System in Man -- Chapter 4. THE STRENGTH OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AS SHOWN IN THE ABILITY OF NERVE-CELLS TO ENDURE PROTRACTED CONCENTRATED EXCITATION* -- METHOD -- EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS -- DISCUSSION OF RESULTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5. AN ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE THE STRENGTH OF THE PROCESS OF EXCITATION THROUGH FEATURES OF ITS IRRADIATION AND CONCENTRATIONIN THE VISUAL ANALYSER* -- METHOD -- FIRST SERIES OF EXPERIMENTS -- SECOND SERIES OF EXPERIMENTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6. STRENGTH OF NERVE-CELLS AS SHOWN IN THE NATURE OF THE EFFECT OF AN ADDITIONAL STIMULUS ON VISUAL SENSITIVITY -- SEQUENCE OF EXPERIMENTS -- EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7. AN INVESTIGATION OF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN SENSITIVITY AND STRENGTH OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM -- SOME INFORMATION CONCERNING THE CONCEPTS OF STRENGTH AND SENSITIVITY -- METHOD OF INVESTIGATION -- EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS -- DISCUSSION OF RESULTS -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8. CONCENTRATION OF ATTENTION AND STRENGTH OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM -- RESULTS OF THE EXPERIMENTS DETERMINING STRENGTH OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM -- DETERMINATION OF INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN CONCENTRATION OF ATTENTION -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- AUTHOR INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEX -- INDEX OF EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS.
