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Human Nature and Conduct: An introduction to social psychology

Dewey, John

Read by William Allan Jones · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Chapters

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01 - IMPULSES AND CHANGES OF HABITS: Present interest in instincts, impulses as re-organizing. (13:11)
02 - PLASTICITY OF IMPULSE: Impulse and education, uprush of impulse, fixed codes (25:30)
03 - CHANGING HUMAN NATURE: Habits the inert factor, modification of impulses, war a social function, economic regimes as social products, nature of motives. (41:38)
04 - IMPULSE AND CONFLICT OF HABITS: Possibility of social betterment, conservatism. (12:47)
05 - CLASSIFICATION OF INSTINCTS: False simplifications, self-love, will to power, acquisitive and creative. (35:59)
06 - NO SEPARATE INSTINCTS: Uniqueness of acts, possibilities of operation, necessity of play and art, rebelliousness. (38:32)
07 - IMPULSE AND THOUGHT (6:05)

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