Mind Self and Society
from the Standpoint of a Social Behaviorist
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
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Part I: The Point of View of Social Behaviorism
- Social Psychology and Behaviorism
- The Behavioristic Significance of Attitudes
- The Behavioristic Significance of Gestures
- Rise of Parallelism in Psychology
- Parallelism and the Ambiguity of "Consciousness"
- The Program of Behaviorism
Part II: Mind
- Wundt and the Concept of the Gesture
- Imitation and the Origin of Language
- The Vocal Gesture and the Significant Symbol
- Thought, Communication and the Significant Symbol
- Meaning
- Universality
- The Nature of Reflective Intelligence
- Behaviorism, Watsonism, and Reflection
- Behaviorism and Psychological Parallelism
- Mind and the Symbol
- The Relation of Mind to Response and Environment
Part III: The Self
- The Self and the Organism
- The Background of the Genesis of the Self
- Play, the Game, and the Generalized Other
- The Self and the Subjective
- The "I" and the "Me"
- Social Attitudes and the Physical World
- Mind as the Individual Importation of the Social Process
- The "I" and the "Me" as Phases of the Self
- The Realization of the Self in the Social Situation
- The Contribution of the "Me" and the "I"
- The Social Creativity of the Emergent Self
- A Contrast of Individualistic and Social Theories of the Self
Part IV: Society
- The Basis of Human Society: Man and the Insects
- The Basis of Human Society: Man and the Vertebrates
- Organism, Community, and Environment
- The Social Foundations and Functions of Thought and Communication
- The Community and the Institution
- The Fusion of the "I" and the "Me" in Social Activities
- Democracy and Universality in Society
- Further Consideration of Religious and Economic Attitudes
- The Nature of Sympathy
- Conflict and Integration
- The Functions of Personality and Reason in Social Organization
- Obstacles and Promises in Social Organization
- Summary and Conclusion