Applied psychology / by H.L. Hollingworth and A.T. Poffenberger.

  • Harry L. Hollingworth
Date:
1917
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Applied psychology / by H.L. Hollingworth and A.T. Poffenberger. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    38/358 page 22
    Underlying the whole question of inheritance is that of the mechanism of inheritance and closely related to this that of the bodily seat of the inherited qualities. The problem of the mechanism of inherit- ance or the laws of inheritance is of great impor- tance for the elimination of bad and the preserva- tion of good characters, but this problem is too in- volved to be discussed here. We are interested mainly in the study of the facts of inheritance; to put them together into a theory would be to select that biological theory into which the facts best fit. So far as the bodily seat of the inherited qualities -is concerned it may be said that they are represented by conditions in the central nervous system, the brain, or cerebrum, the cerebellum and the spinal cord. The nervous system is thought of as a system made up of centers and connecting pathways very much like a large telephone system with its central station, its local and private exchanges, and the tremendous number of wires connecting these sta- certain bodily activities will take place when stimuli affect the senses. The inherited tendencies are con- previous exercise. Just as habits are thought of as certain changes produced in the conduction Tn or neurones, so the inherited tendencies are repre- ]
    digitised image 1
    digitised image 2
    digitised image 3