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APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
THE TRAINED MEMORY
_Being the Fourth of a Series of Twelve Volumes on the Applications of
Psychology to the Problems of Personal and Business Efficiency_
BY
WARREN HILTON, A.B., L.L.B.
FOUNDER OF THE SOCIETY OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
ISSUED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE LITERARY DIGEST
FOR
The Society of Applied Psychology
NEW YORK AND LONDON
1920
COPYRIGHT 1914
BY THE APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO
(_Printed in the United States of America_)
CONTENTS
Chapter
I. THE ELEMENTS OF MEMORY
FOUR SPECIAL MEMORY PROCESSES
II. THE MENTAL TREASURE VAULT AND ITS LOST COMBINATION
WHAT EVERYONE THINKS
CAUSES OF FORGETFULNESS
SEEING WITH "HALF AN EYE"
THE MAN ON BROADWAY
WAXEN TABLETS
NOT HOW, BUT HOW MUCH
REMEMBERING THE UNPERCEIVED
SPEAKING A FORGOTTEN TONGUE
LIVING PAST EXPERIENCES OVER AGAIN
THE "FLASH OF INSPIRATION"
THE TOTALITY OF RETENTION
POSSIBILITIES OF SELF-DISCOVERY
"ACRES OF DIAMONDS"
III. THE MECHANISM OF RECALL
THE RIGHT STIMULUS
"COMPLEXES" OF EXPERIENCE
THE THRILL OF RECOLLECTION
"COMPLEXES" AND FUNCTIONAL DERANGEMENTS
AUTOMATICALLY WORKING MENTAL MECHANISMS
TWO CLASSES OF "COMPLEXES"
THE SUBCONSCIOUS STOREHOUSE
IV. THE LAWS OF RECALL
THE LAW OF INTEGRAL RECALL
WHAT ORDINARY "THINKING" AMOUNTS TO
THE REVERSE OF COMPLEX FORMATION
PROLIXITY AND TERSENESS
THE LAW OF CONTIGUITY
LAWS OF HABIT AND INTENSITY
APPLICATIONS TO ADVERTISING
EFFECT OF REPETITIONS
RATIO OF SIZE TO VALUE
RISKS IN ADVERTISING
V. THE SCIENCE OF FORGETTING
THE SKILLED ARTISAN
HOW THE ATTENTION WORKS
IRON FILINGS AND MENTAL MAGNETS
THE COMPARTMENT OF SUBCONSCIOUS FORGETFULNESS
MAKING EXPERIENCE COUNT
HOW HABITS ARE FORMED
VI. THE FALLACY OF MOST MEMORY SYSTEMS
PRACTICE IN MEMORIZING INADEQUATE
TORTURE OF THE DRILL
REAL CAUSE OF FAILING MEMORY
THE MANUFACTURED INTEREST
MEMORY LURE OF A DESIRE
VII. A SCIENTIFIC MEMORY SYSTEM FOR BUSINESS SUCCESS
IMPORTANCE OF ASSOCIATES
"CRAMMING" AND "WILLING"
BASIC PRINCIPLE OF THOUGHT-REPRODUCTION
METHODS OF PICK
SCIENTIFIC PEDAGOGY
HOW TO REMEMBER NAMES
FIVE EXERCISES FOR DEVELOPING OBSERVATION
INVENTION AND THOUGHT-MEMORY
THREE EXERCISES FOR DEVELOPING THOUGHT-MEMORY
HOW TO COMPEL RECOLLECTION
FORMATION OF CORRECT MEMORY HABITS
NOW!
PERSISTENCE, ACCURACY, DISPATCH
MEMORY SIGNS AND TOKENS
THE MENTAL COMBINATION REVEALED
THE ELEMENTS OF MEMORY
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CHAPTER I
THE ELEMENTS OF MEMORY
[Sidenote: _Four Special Memory Processes_]
You have learned of the sense-perceptive and judicial processes by which
your mind acquires its knowledge of the outside world. You come now to a
study of the phenomenon of memory, the instrument by which your mind
retains and makes use of its knowledge, the agency that has power to
resurrect the buried past or power to enfold us in a Paradise of dreams
more perfect than reality.
In the broadest sense, memory is the faculty of the mind by which we
(1) _retain_, (2) _recall_, (3) _picture to the mind's eye_, and (4)
_recognize_ past experiences.
Memory involves, therefore, four elements, _Retention_, _Recall_,
_Imagination_ and _Recognition_.
THE MENTAL TREASURE VAULT AND ITS LOST COMBINATION
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