Chapter I: Front Matter

Applied Psychology

MAKING YOUR OWN WORLD

_Being the Second of a Series of Twelve Volumes on the Applications of Psychology to the Problems of Personal and Business Efficiency_

BY WARREN HILTON, A.B., L.L.B. FOUNDER OF THE SOCIETY OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY

ISSUED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE LITERARY DIGEST FOR The Society of Applied Psychology NEW YORK AND LONDON 1920

COPYRIGHT 1914 BY THE APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY PRESS SAN FRANCISCO

CONTENTS

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I. THE TWO FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES OF MIND

MIND AS A MEANS TO ATTAINMENT 3
THREE POSTULATES FOR THIS COURSE 4
EXPERIENCE AND ABSTRACTIONS 5
PRIMARY MENTAL OPERATIONS 6

II. SENSATIONS AND OUR PERCEPTION OF THEM

MIND'S SOURCE OF SUPPLIES 9
DOES MATTER EXIST? 10
FIRST-HAND KNOWLEDGE 11
SECOND-HAND KNOWLEDGE 12
ETHERIC VIBRATIONS AS CAUSING SENSATIONS 13
THE ROAD TO PERCEPTION 14
THE PLACE WHERE SENSATION OCCURS 15
LABORATORY PROOF OF SENSE-PERCEPTIVE PROCESS 16
REACTION-TIME 17
THE HUMAN TELEPHONE 18
THE LIVING TELEGRAPH 19
THE SIX STEPS TO REACTION 20
UNOPENED MENTAL MAIL 21
SELECTIVE PROCESS THAT DETERMINES CONDUCT 22
IN TUNE WITH LIFE-INTEREST 23
PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF PERCEPTION PROCESS 24

III. SENSORY ILLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR THEIR USE

UNRELIABILITY OF SENSE-ORGANS 27
BEING AND SEEMING 29
USE OF ILLUSIONS IN BUSINESS 31
MAKING AN ARTICLE LOOK BIG 32
TESTING THE CONFIDENTIAL MAN 33
TESTS FOR CREDULITY 34
WHAT COLORS LOOK NEAREST 35
TESTING THE RANGE OF ATTENTION 36
A GUIDE TO OCCUPATIONAL SELECTION 37
TEST FOR ATTENTION TO DETAILS 38
OTHER BUSINESS APPLICATIONS 39

IV. INWARDNESS OF ENVIRONMENT

FACTORS OF SUCCESS OR FAILURE 43
SHOULD SEEING BE BELIEVING? 44
HEARING THE LIGHTNING 46
IMPORTANCE OF THE MENTAL MAKE-UP 47
UNREALITY OF "THE REAL" 48
"THINGS" AND THEIR MENTAL DUPLICATES 49
EFFECT OF CLOSING ONE'S EYES 50
IF MATTER WERE ANNIHILATED 51
IF MIND WERE ANNIHILATED 52
AS MANY WORLDS AS MINDS 53

V. ESSENTIAL LAW OF PRACTICAL SELF-MASTERY

OPTION AND OPPORTUNITY 57
PRE-ARRANGING YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS 58
HOW TO DEFINITELY SELECT ITS ELEMENTS 59
AN INFALLIBLE RECIPE FOR SELF-POSSESSION 60
USING "UNSEEN EAR PROTECTORS" 61
HOW TO AVOID WORRY, MELANCHOLY 62
PUTTING CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER FOOT 63
RUNNING YOUR MENTAL FACTORY 64
ACQUIRING MENTAL BALANCE 65
DISSIPATING MENTAL SPECTERS 66
HOW TO CONTROL YOUR DESTINY 67