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Psychology is an academic and applied discipline that involves the scientific study of mental functions and behaviors. Psychology has the immediate goal of understanding individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases, and by many accounts it ultimately aims to benefit society.In this field, a professional practitioner or researcher is called a psychologist and can be classified as a social, behavioral, or cognitive scientist. Psychologists attempt to understand the role of mental functions in individual and social behavior, while also exploring the physiological and neurobiological processes that underlie certain cognitive functions and behaviors.

Psychologists explore concepts such as perception, cognition, attention, emotion, phenomenology, motivation, brain functioning, personality, behavior, and interpersonal relationships. Psychologists of diverse stripes also consider the unconscious mind. Psychologists employ empirical methods to infer causal and correlational relationships between psychosocial variables. In addition, or in opposition, to employing empirical and deductive methods, some—especially clinical and counseling psychologists—at times rely upon symbolic interpretation and other inductive techniques. Psychology has been described as a "hub science",with psychological findings linking to research and perspectives from the social sciences, natural sciences, medicine, and the humanities, such as philosophy.

While psychological knowledge is often applied to the assessment and treatment of mental health problems, it is also directed towards understanding and solving problems in many different spheres of human activity. The majority of psychologists are involved in some kind of therapeutic role, practicing in clinical, counseling, or school settings. Many do scientific research on a wide range of topics related to mental processes and behavior, and typically work in university psychology departments or teach in other academic settings (e.g., medical schools, hospitals). Some are employed in industrial and organizational settings, or in other areas such as human development and aging, sports, health, and the media, as well as in forensic investigation and other aspects of law.^!*

E-texts Psychology

The Analysis of Mind by Bertrand Russel

Mysticism and Logic, and Other Essays, Text in Unicode

Psychology and Industrial Efficiency by Hugo Minsterberg

History of Psychology: A Sketch and an Interpretation by James Mark Baldwin

Freud and His Critics (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993) by Paul A. Robinson

Preachers of the Italian Ghetto (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992), ed. by David B. Ruderman

The Principles of Psychology by William James

The Analysis of Mind by Bertrand Russell

Outlines of Psychology by Wilhelm Max Wundt, trans. by Charles Hubbard Judd

Psychopathology of Everyday Life by Sigmund Freud, trans. by A. A. Brill

The History of the Psychoanalytic Movement by Sigmund Freud, trans. by A. A. Brill

Instinct and the Unconscious: A Contribution to a Biological Theory of the Psycho-Neuroses by William H. R. Rivers

Memory: A Contribution to Experimental Psychology by Hermann Ebbinghaus, trans. by Henry A. Ruger and Clara E. Bussenius

Aha! A Puzzle Approach to Creative Thinking by Morgan Worthy

The Universal Mystery-Language and Its Interpretation (revised edition, 1997) by Henry T. Edge

Theosophical Light on the Christian Bible by Henry T. Edge

Learning, Remembering, Believing: Enhancing Human Performance, ed. by Daniel Druckman and Robert A. Bjork

Be Your Own Therapist: Psychology Self Help by Thayer D. White

To Love is To Be Happy With by Barry Neil Kaufman HTML at option.org

A Shi'ite Encyclopedia (electronic edition), ed. by Ali Abbas

The Mental Traits of Sex: An Experimental Investigation of the Normal Mind in Men and Women by Helen Bradford Thompson

The I by Norman N. Holland

Homo Schizo (2 volumes) by Alfred De Grazia

On the Witness Stand: Essays on Psychology and Crime by Hugo M nsterberg

The Foundations of Personality by Abraham Myerson

Psychic Powers by Helen Savage

Reality Revealed: The Theory of Multidimensional Reality (delisted due to disappearance of hosting site) by Douglas B. Vogt and Gary Sultan

The Unknown Guest by Maurice Maeterlinck, trans. by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted: or, What's In a Dream by Gustavus Hindman Miller

The New Revelation by Arthur Conan Doyle Gutenberg text

Angelic Revelations of Divine Truth by James E. Padgett

The Planet Mars and Its Inhabitants by J. L. Kennon

Studies in Occultism by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky

Miscellanies Upon Various Subjects by John Aubrey

Psychic Phenomena of Jamaica by Joseph John Williams

Daemonologie; and Newes From Scotland, ed. by G. B. Harrison, contrib. by King (of England) James I

Scot's Discovery of Witchcraft (London: Printed by R.C. and are to be sold by Giles Cavert, 1651) by Reginald Scot

The Witch-Cult in Western Europe: A Study in Anthropology (1921) by Margaret Alice Murray

Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches by Charles Godfrey Leland

Voodoos and Obeahs: Phases of West India Witchcraft by Joseph John Williams

Bygone Beliefs: Being a Series of Excursions in the Byways of Thought by Herbert Stanley Redgrove

The Book of the Law by Aleister Crowley

Corpus Hermeticum (with additional texts and commentary), trans. by George Robert Stow Mead

Magick in Theory and Practice by Aleister Crowley (HTML at hermetic.com)

Magick Without Tears by Aleister Crowley

Nature Spirits and Nature Forces by Max Heindel

Ancient and Modern Initiation by Max Heindel

Compiled Information Concerning Archetypes, From the Writings of Max Heindel by Max Heindel

The Rosicrucian Mysteries by Max Heindel

The Rosicrucian Principles of Child Training by Max Heindel

The Rosicrucian Philosophy in Questions and Answers by Max Heindel volume I: illustrated HTML at rosicrucian.com volume II: illustrated HTML at rosicrucian.com

Teachings of an Initiate by Max Heindel

The Web of Destiny by Max Heindel

The Message of the Stars by Max Heindel and Augusta Foss Heindel

Astro-Diagnosis: A Guide to Healing by Max Heindel and Augusta Foss Heindel

The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by Arthur Edward Waite

Foundation for a New Consciousness: An Essay on Art, Science and Religion by John Caris

Classics in Psychology, 1855-1914: Historical Essays, by Robert H. Wozniak (HTML at archive.org)

Essays and Observations on Natural History, Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology, and Geology (2 volumes; London: J. van Voorst, 1861), by John Hunter, contrib. by Richard Owen : Volume I: multiple formats at Google, Volume II: multiple formats at Google

Human Efficiency: A Psychological Study of Modern Problems (New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1912), by Horatio W. Dresser (multiple formats at archive.org)

Inquiries Concerning the Intellectual Powers, and the Investigation of Truth, by John Abercrombie (page images at MOA)

An Introduction to Psychology (second edition; New York and London: Macmillan, 1905), by Mary Whiton Calkins (multiple formats at archive.org)

L'Énergie Spirituelle: Essais et Conférences (7th edition, in French; Paris: F. Alcan, 1922), by Henri Bergson (multiple formats at archive.org)

A Practical Study of the Soul (New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1901), by Margaret M. Barbour Stone (multiple formats at archive.org)

The Principles of Psychology (2 volumes; London: Macmillan and Co., ca. 1891), by William James : Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org, Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org

Psychology (American Science series, briefer course; 1893), by William James (searchable page images at Google; US access only)

Psychology, or, Elements of a New System of Mental Philosophy, On the Basis of Consciousness and Common Sense (second edition; New Yotk: Harper and Brothers, 1855), by S. S. Schmucker (page images at MOA)

Rational Living: Some Practical Inferences from Modern Psychology (New York and London: Macmillan, 1912), by Henry Churchill King (multiple formats at archive.org)

Theosophy and the New Psychology (1904), by Annie Besant (HTML at anandgholap.net) Filed under:

On the Soul, by Aristotle, trans. by J. A. Smith (HTML at Internet Classics)

The System of Nature: or, The Laws of the Moral and Physical World, by Paul Henri Thiry Holbach, trans. by Samuel Wilkinson (HTML with commentary at Freethought Archives)

Mind, Brain and Adaptation in the Nineteenth Century, by Robert M. Young (HTML in the UK) Filed under:

From Complexity to Creativity: Computational Models of Evolutionary, Autopoietic and Cognitive Dynamics (prepublication version), by Ben Goertzel (HTML at goertzel.org) Filed under:

TAT Journal (1977-1986) (full serial archives) Filed under:

Risk and Decision Making: Perspectives and Research, by National Research Council Committee on Risk and Decision Making (page images with commentary at NAP)

The Manipulation of Human Behavior (New York and London: John Wiley and Sons, c1961), ed. by Albert D. Biderman and Herbert Zimmer (HTML at archive.org)

Thucydides and the Ancient Simplicity: The Limits of Political Realism (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998), by Gregory Crane (HTML at UC Press) Filed under:

The Sick Day Handbook: Strategies and Techniques for Faking It, by Ellie Bishop (HTML with commentary at Booktrope) Filed under:

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience (2007-) (full serial archives) Filed under:

Communist Psychological Warfare (Brainwashing) (1958), by United States House Committee on Un-American Activities, contrib. by Edward Hunter (multiple formats at archive.org)

The Rape of the Mind: The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, And Brainwashing (main text all present, bibliography incomplete; 1956), by Joost Abraham Maurits Meerloo (HTML at lermanet.com) Filed under:

Reducing Tobacco Use: A Report of the Surgeon General (2000), by United States Department of Health and Human Services (PDF files at nih.gov) Filed under:

Crossing the Line: Georgia's Violent Dispersal of Protestors and Raid on Imedi Television (New York: Human Rights Watch, c2007), by Jane Buchanan (HTML and PDF with commentary at hrw.org) Filed under:

Burntollet (London: L.R.S. Publishers, 1969), by Bowes Egan and Vincent McCormack (illustrated HTML at CAIN) Filed under:

Report of the Tribunal Appointed to Inquire into the Events on Sunday, 30th January 1972 (London: HMSO, 1972), by Lord Widgery (HTML at CAIN) Filed under:

Bloody Sunday: Submission to the United Nations' Special Rapporteur on Summary or Arbitary Executions: The Murder of 13 Civilians by Soldiers of the British Army on 'Bloody Sunday', 30th January 1972 (1994), by British Irish Rights Watch (HTML at CAIN)

The Bloody Sunday Tribunal of Inquiry: A Resounding Defeat for Truth, Justice and the Rule of Law, by Dermot Walsh (HTML at CAIN)

Black Spring, by Elod Kincses (HTML at Corvinus Library) Filed under:

Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story (ca. 1957), by Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) (PDF at crmvet.org) Filed under:

Once Upon a Virus: AIDS Legends and Vernacular Risk Perception (Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, c2004), by Diane E. Goldstein (PDF with commentary at usu.edu) Filed under:

Biological Components of Substance Abuse and Addiction (1993), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)

The Part Played by Labour in the Transition From Ape to Man, by Friedrich Engels (HTML at marxists.org)

Will-Power and Work (third edition; New York and London: Funk and Wagnalls Co;, 1922), by Jules Payot, trans. by Richard Duffy: page images at Google; US access only, multiple formats at archive.org Filed under:

Echoes From Labor's War: Industrial Cape Breton in the 1920s (introduction and poems), by Dawn Fraser (HTML with commentary at socialisthistory.ca)

The Glass-Blower and Other Poems, by Jan Struther (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers) Filed under:

College Grad Job Hunter: Insider Techniques and Tactics For Finding a Top-Paying Entry Level Job, by Brian D. Krueger (searchable HTML at collegegrad.com)

T.A.Z.: The Temporary Autonomous Zone, by Hakim Bey (HTML at sacred-texts.com) Filed under:

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