Telic foundations of Psychological Sciences (In collaboration)
Publisher: Sinha Pub. House
Published: 1974
Place of publication: Calcutta
Number of pages: 485
Description: Telic standpoint which has been enunciated in this book is as follows; Psychology is the sceince of experience and telic behaviour of individuals are psychophysical. In the human personality perticularly the telic principle has become well defined in course of a long process of organic evolution. This is the reason why human personality is unique, autonomous, creative and appreciative of values. However, human personality is not necessarily goal seeking and deterministic as one of the earlier teleologist, William Mc Dongali maintained. The element of spontaneity and indeterminancy may always be found in human actions. The creative spontaneity and originality in human personality are basically differant from the rigid and stereotyped behaviour pattern of a lower order living system. The free choice of an alternative rational decision making, adoption of a meaningful life style, creative spontaneity, appreciativeness of value creatiions etc. are essentialy signs of purposeful attitude of human personality. The telic or purposive principle integrates and regulates the action system of a person.It gives orientations to the actions of a person in various possible directions . It is source of creative advance and cultural flux in a community of persons. In brief telic point of view in psychological science is both empirical and valuational. This is most comprehensive and appropriate method for the study of human personality and behaviour. It is hoped that present crisis in psychology may be resolved by following this method which is most suitable for study of psychological sciences, and also suitable for giving a unified world view. In fact it is the telic personality and its creativity through which the nature comprehends itself.Human mind reflects the purpose and meaning of Universe howsoever imperfectly. Ramaprosad a Tantric mystic expressed the same idies as follows : 'Of mind! Thou knowest not the art of tilling such (fertile) field as human nature lies fallow. It would yield gold  if it were tilled properly.'

CONTENTS;1.DEFINITION AND SCOPE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES 2. PSYCHOLOGY AND OTHER SCIENCES 3.NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL BASIS OF PSYCHOLOGY 4.PERSONALITY 5. INTELLIGENCE 6.UNLEARNT ACTIONS AND MOTIVATION 7.ATTENTION 8.SENSATION 9.PERCEPTION 10. LEARNING 11. MEMORY 12. IMAGINATION13. THINGING 14.EMOTION 15.VOLUNTARY ACTION 16.HABIT 17. INTEGRATION AND DISINTEGRATION OF PERSONALITY 18. HEREDITY,ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT 19 SCHOOLS OF PSYCHOLOGY 20. PSYCHOLOGY AS SCIENCE OF TELIC EXPERIENCE AND ACTION SYSTEM
Notes: The book is jointly authored with Dr. Jadunath Sinha M.A. PhD,P.R.S.
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