1st Edition
Revival: Human Behavior (1921) In Relation to the Study of Educational, Social & Ethical Problems
I. The Study of the Individual in Relation to Educational and Social Problems II. Adjusting Mechanisms III. Special Mechanisms of Adjustment IV. The Personality V. The Development of the Personality V. Organization and Synthesis (Temperament, Character, and Intelligence) VII. Controlling Mechanisms (Inhibition) VIII. Factors Determining the Trends of Activities (Dispositions) IX. Habit-Formation X. Involution of the Personality XI. Imperfect Organization of Activities (Conflict and Dissociation of the Personality) XII. Methods of Studying the Personality XIII. The Intelligent Direction of Activities (Education) XIV. The Study of Man in Relation to the Progress of Civilization
Biography
Stewart Paton M.D. (April 19, 1865 - January 7, 1942) was an American psychiatrist and educator.
Born in New York City in 1865, Stewart Paton graduated from Princeton (1886) and receive his M.D. degree from Columbia three years later. He lectured for a time at Columbia and Yale University. Paton was a member of the American Philosophical Society, the New York Academy of Medicine, and the Harvey Society. He was a leading eugenicist of his day and president of the Eugenics Research Association. He died of heart disease in 1942.
