The Psychic Life of Micro-Organisms: A Study in Experimental Psychology

  • Paperback
  • Chicago: The Open Court Publishing Company, 1889
By Binet, Alfred; McCormack, Thomas (Trans.)
Chicago: The Open Court Publishing Company, 1889. Paperback. Fair. Paperback. 7 1/2" X 5". xii, 120pp. Cover wraps are completely detached from text block. Rubbing, toning, creasing, chipping, and tears to covers, corners, and edges of wraps. Paper has been torn away at spine. Age-toning to pages and to edges of text block. Pages are free of marks and notation. Text block remains intact. Includes laid in publisher's ad.

ABOUT THIS BOOK:
I have endeavored, in the following essay upon Micro-organisms, to show that psychological phenomena begin among the very lowest classes of beings, they are met with in every form of life from the simplest cellule to the most complicated organism. It is they that are the essential phenomena of life, inherent in all protoplasm. We admit, accordingly, the existence of a vitalism, that is to say, of an aggregate of properties which properly pertain to living matter and which are never found in inanimate substances. Among these properties of life we classify psychological phenomena.(American Psychological Association)

Alfred Binet was a French psychologist best known for developing the first practical intelligence test. Born in 1857, Binet's work in psychology focused on understanding human intelligence and cognitive development. In 1905, he, along with his colleague Théodore Simon, created the Binet-Simon scale, which was designed to identify children in need of special educational assistance. This test became the foundation for modern intelligence testing, leading to the development of the IQ (Intelligence Quotient) concept. Binet's work was pioneering in the field of educational psychology, and his contributions have had a lasting impact on how intelligence is measured and understood.

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Title

The Psychic Life of Micro-Organisms: A Study in Experimental Psychology

Author

Binet, Alfred; McCormack, Thomas (Trans.)

Binding

Paperback

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Good

Publisher

The Open Court Publishing Company: Chicago

Date

1889


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