Untersuchungen über das Versicherungswesen in Deutschland

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Identifikator:: 1015153682

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-160573

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Hitze, Franz http://d-nb.info/gnd/118705288

Title:: Geburtenrückgang u. Sozialreform

Place of publication:: M.-Gladbach

Publisher:: Volksvereins-Verl.

Year of publication:: 1922

Scope:: 244 S

Digitisation:: 2021

Collection:: Economics Books

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EMPLOYMENT PSYCHOLOGY DEFINED 9 At death, this spirit left the body at its last breath, and departed into some other region. This belief, in a more or less refined form, constituted the heart of psychology as far down as the present decade. Within the memory of most people are the famous experiments conducted by many prominent physicians, in which bodies were weighed on the most delicate scales just before and just after death in order to discover if the departure of the soul was accom panied by any falling off in weight. At the present time, psychology is in what we have called the stage of home remedies. People are believing all manner of queer things and following all kinds of strange advice because they are labelled psychology. Hypnotism and the ability of the psychologist to make people do impossible stunts are still considered a psychological sine qua non. Indeed, it is most common for people to ask whether it is possible for a psychologist to read minds, and they are usually disappointed at a negative answer. The writer once made a deep impression on a group of hard-headed busi ness men to whom he was being introduced as a psychol ogist. During the introduction he remarked to one of the men: “You are a Cornell man, are you not?” This happened to be the case and all the men marvelled at the uncanny insight of this psychologist, when, as a matter of fact, his question was nothing more than a lucky guess. Instances of this kind, and the frequent misuses of the word psychology which have been pointed out before, are evidence of the nebulous idea which psychology sug gests to the majority of those who use the word. However, within the last fifty years, in secluded and little known laboratories, psychology has been developing very rapidly into a genuine science. The workings of the mind have been subject to a scrutiny as minute and thorough

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