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Title: State Female Normal School (Farmville, Va.) Undergraduate Catalog
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: State Female Normal School (Farmville, Va.)
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Publisher: State Female Normal School, Farmville, Va.
Contributing Library: Longwood University
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yof observation and right interpretation of results. Psychology (Advanced) Junior A—TTiree periods a week. This course is intended tobe an extension and elaboration of the elementary course, andthe study of several additional topics. Such subjects as habit,association, memory, imagination, apperception, attention, sen-sory and motor training, the emotions, instinct and will, receivecareful attention. Students are directed in their reading, andreports and discussions are given a prominent place. The stu-dents read carefully certain selected chapters from a number ofstandard works, and the leading psychological journals are fre-quently consulted. Psychology (Briefer Course) Junior A—Three periods a week. This is a one term coursein psychology intended primarily for high school graduates. Aneffort is made to select those parts of the subject which are ofmost value to the teacher, and to apply the principles to teaching.The whole field is covered, but, of necessity, in a less thorough
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State Female Normal School 65 manner. As far as possible, technicalities and details are omit-ted and fundamentals emphasized. Child Study Junior B—Two periods a week. Kirkpatricks Fundamentalsof Child Study is used as a text. This is supplemented by read-ings and reports from the works of Baldwin, Groos, Judd, Op-penheim, Rowe, Warner and others. The purpose of the courseis to give the student a more thorough knowledge of child nature,to enable her better to understand a childs conditions, to inter-pret his actions, to appreciate his feelings and motives, andthus to take advantage of the psychological moment to inter-est him in things he ought to know. TTie meaning of infancy,the value and significance of plays and other childish activities,the order of development of instincts and problems of the periodof adolescence are some of the topics discussed. Philosophy of Education Senior B—Three periods a week. Homes Philosophy ofEducation is used as a text. The meaning of education is

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