Instinct, Intelligence and Character

Sir Godfrey Hilton Thomson was an English educational psychologist known as a critical pioneer in intelligence research.

• Preface 1. A Preliminary Talk on Instincts and Habits 2. The Laws of Heredity 3. Instincts in Man 4. Play 5. The Learning Process 6. The Nervous System 7. Maze Experiments 8. The Nature of Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction 9. The Ascent from Instinct to Intelligence: A) Imagery 10. Various Uses of Visual Imagery 11. Brain Localization 12. The Ascent from Instinct to Intelligence: B) The Use of Words in Thought 13. Mathematical and the Other Symbols 14. The Transfer of Training 15. Interests and Prejudices 16. Repression and Sublimation 17. Individual Differences in Intellect 18. Intelligence Tests 19. Achievement Tests 20. General and Special Abilities 21. The Influence of Schooling on Intelligence and the Limit of Its Growth 22. Differences in Will and Temperament 23. Pygmalion or Procrustes? 24. Back to the Learning Process. The Best Methods of Memorising and of Acquiring Skill 25. The Wings of Thought 26. Review Index

Reviews of the Original Publication: “Thoroughly to be recommended as an exposition of educational psychology” -Sunday Times“Excellent- eminently readable and enlivened by frequent touches of humour”-The Times“A book which no teacher should fail to read and re-read."- Expository Times“A thoroughly good book, the product of a well-read thoughtful and well-balanced mind.”-British Medical Journal“No priest, school master or parent who takes a thoughtful interest in the development of his child, can afford to miss it”-Church Times