The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 20. köideLittle, Brown, 1886 |
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Page 46
... intensity and massiveness , there is probably a much nearer approach to the character of the really primitive presentations . " " strong excitement . But this " diffusion " or " radiation , " as it has been called , diminishes as we ...
... intensity and massiveness , there is probably a much nearer approach to the character of the really primitive presentations . " " strong excitement . But this " diffusion " or " radiation , " as it has been called , diminishes as we ...
Page 47
... intensity . On attaining this intensity presentations are said to pass over the threshold of consciousness , to use Herbart's now classic phrase . What are we to say of them before they have attained it ? After they have attained it ...
... intensity . On attaining this intensity presentations are said to pass over the threshold of consciousness , to use Herbart's now classic phrase . What are we to say of them before they have attained it ? After they have attained it ...
Page 48
... intensity requisite in the given distribution of attention to change that distribution appreciably is pertinent enough . Sub- conscious presentations may tell on conscious life — as sunshine or mist tells on a landscape or the ...
... intensity requisite in the given distribution of attention to change that distribution appreciably is pertinent enough . Sub- conscious presentations may tell on conscious life — as sunshine or mist tells on a landscape or the ...
Page 49
... intensity diminishes , and when the presentation is below the threshold of conscious- ness its intensity is then subliminal , whatever that of the physical stimulus may be . In such a case of psychological accommodation we should expect ...
... intensity diminishes , and when the presentation is below the threshold of conscious- ness its intensity is then subliminal , whatever that of the physical stimulus may be . In such a case of psychological accommodation we should expect ...
Page 50
... intensity of parts severally the same , - " Our sensations afford no absolute but only a relative these several parts being either simultaneously presented measure of external impressions . The intensities of stimuli , or succeeding ...
... intensity of parts severally the same , - " Our sensations afford no absolute but only a relative these several parts being either simultaneously presented measure of external impressions . The intensities of stimuli , or succeeding ...
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