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Page 69
... activity arises , it reaches a point where it is self - maintaining and may then be continued for its own sake independently of the original instinctive energies which started it . This is the doctrine of functional autonomy . The ...
... activity arises , it reaches a point where it is self - maintaining and may then be continued for its own sake independently of the original instinctive energies which started it . This is the doctrine of functional autonomy . The ...
Page 70
... activity is something that is fun to do anyhow , some- thing that expresses the self and is thus worth making a competi- tive game out of . Canalization exemplifies that vast world of delight in sensory gratification which is ...
... activity is something that is fun to do anyhow , some- thing that expresses the self and is thus worth making a competi- tive game out of . Canalization exemplifies that vast world of delight in sensory gratification which is ...
Page 169
... activity , we must in the first instance deal only with the specific content and form which relates to that limited process . In teaching sculpture from such a viewpoint , for ex- ample , one must teach space , surface , and — to a ...
... activity , we must in the first instance deal only with the specific content and form which relates to that limited process . In teaching sculpture from such a viewpoint , for ex- ample , one must teach space , surface , and — to a ...
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achieve activity adaptive radiation appear arts aspects association psychology autisms basic become biological canalization capacity cathexis central nervous system century changes child complex conception cosmic craving creative cultural curiosity depend discovered discovery drives emergence environment evolution example existence experience extrapolation fact factors freedom fulfillment genes genetic give given goals Gordon Allport homogamy human potentialities hypnosis ideas impulse individual intellectual interac interaction invention involved James Harvey Robinson Julian Huxley kind Kurt Lewin learning living man's mankind means ment mind modes mold move organization patterns period person physical possible principle problem psychoanalysis psychology reality relation response rhythms rigid satisfactions science fiction scientific sense sensitive sensory sheer simian social society specific standardized structure things thinking thought tion tive trends tural ture types understanding World War II