Integrative Psychology A Study of Unit Response BY WILLIAM M. MARSTON AND C. DALY KING AND ELIZABETH H. MARSTON LONDON KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNER CO., LTD NEW YORK HARCOURT BRACE AND COMPANY 1931 PRINTED IK GREAT BRITAIN BY THE DEVONSHIRE PRESS, TORQUAY z 04 50 CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE FOREWORD xiii I THE INTEGRATIVE PSYCHOLOGY OF YOU i Introductory Psychological Law The Limits of Psychological Law Psychologys You Consists of Integrative Activities Consciousness A Product of Integrative Activity Integrative Psychology Does Not Imply Control of the Organ ism by Environment. II FUNDAMENTAL ACTIVITIES . . 16 Early Soul Theories Modern Soul Theories Mechanistic Theories The Dynamic School The Psychoanalysts The Instinctivists James The Purposivists Reaction Tendencies Biological Action Tendencies Prepotent Reflexes Behav ioristic Reflexes Unit Responses Summary. III ELEMENTARY UNIT RESPONSES . 43 The Organism as a Reacting Unit Adequate Stimuli to Unit Responses Stimulus must com pete successfully with other Stimuli Stimulus must change Unit Pattern of Activities Stimulus must oppose or ally itself with Activity Pattern Summary Responses of the Unit Organism Responses of Opposition Opposition-increase Opposition-decrease Alliance Responses Alliance-increase Alliance - decrease Four Ele mentary Unit Responses Dominance Com pliance Submission Inducement Circular Series of Elementary Unit Responses IV THE HIDDEN MACHINERY ... 63 PART I RECEPTORS, NEURONS AND EFFECTORS Introductory The Parts of the Hidden Machine and their Relation to Each Other A. Receptors General Classes and Types of Receptors Recep tion versus Sensation Skin Receptors - Touch and Pressure Thermal Receptors Pain Chemi calSensibility Vision Hearing Smell Taste Muscular Sensitivity Tendon Receptors Joint Receptors Balance and Equilibrium The Vis ceral Receptors Hunger Thirst Abdominal Pain Other Visceral Receptors B. The Neuron Nerve Trunk Conduction Size and Function of Neurons C . Synapses Structure of the Synapse Function of the Synapse D. Effectors Gen eral Types The Muscles Striped Smooth The Glands Duct DuctlessEndocrine Thy roids Parathyroids Adrenals Pituitary, Thy mus Pineal Gonads, vi CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE V THE HIDDEN MACHINERY . . .113 PART II PART REACTIONS OF THE HIDDEN MACHINERY Putting the Hidden Machinery together The Reflex Arc The Central Nervous System The Brain The Cerebrum The Cerebellum The Thalamus The Medulla Oblongata The Spinal Cord Peripheral Nerve Groups The Cerebro spinal Nerves The Autonomic Nervous System Ganglionic Plexi The Simple Reflex and the Total Response Classes of Part-Reactions Psychomc Reactions Summary. VI THE HIDDEN MACHINERY . . ...