“What I used to respect was not really aristocracy, but a set of personal qualities which aristocracy then developed better than any other system . . . a set of qualities, however, whose merit lay only in a psychology of non-calculative, non-competitive disinterestedness, truthfulness, courage, and generosity fostered by good education, minimum economic stress, and assumed position, AND JUST AS ACHIEVABLE THROUGH SOCIALISM AS THROUGH ARISTOCRACY.” UsedQualityPsychologyEconomicPositionStressLaysSocialismGenerosityMeritHatsMinimumAristocracyTruthfulnessGood EducationPersonal Qualities Author:H. P. Lovecraft
“The model of the educational Kalila Wa-Dimna. These are books of instruction to rulers and humans. The stories unfold a range of human psychology, a vast range of human psychology. The Sultan is being moved from his narrow and bigoted position into a wider, more subtle, more nuanced understanding of human experiences.” HumansBookStoriesUnderstandingPsychologyPositionModelsMovedEducationalRangeSubtleInstructionRulersHuman Experience Author:Marina Warner
“17th century philosophers were not in a position to understand the mind as well as we can today, since the advent of experimental methods in psychology. It shows no disrespect for the brilliance of Descartes or Kant to acknowledge that the psychology which they worked with was primitive by comparison with what is available today in the cognitive sciences, any more than it shows disrespect for the brilliance of Aristotle to acknowledge that the physics he worked with does not compare with that of Newton or Einstein.” MindWellsDoeShowsTodayPsychologyCenturyPositionMethodPhilosopherAvailablePhysicsCompareAcknowledgeComparisonPrimitiveBrillianceNewtonDisrespectCognitiveAdventCognitive Science17th Century Author:Hilary Kornblith
“So I do, of course, reject much that is central not only to the psychology of Descartes and Kant, but to their epistemology as well. No doubt, the best available theories of today will look primitive in comparison with what we are in a position to understand hundreds of years from now.” YearsWellsLooksTodayCoursesDoubtPsychologyPositionTheoryAvailableNo DoubtComparisonRejectsPrimitiveEpistemology Author:Hilary Kornblith
“...once the cards are dealt we turn them up in turn, and make two piles each, one red, one black; the winner has the biggest pile of red ones. So once the cards are dealt the game is determined, and from any position in it you can derive all others back to the deal and forward to win or draw. ...in relation to the solar system..., the laws are like the rules of an infantile card game.... But in relation to what happens on and inside a planet the laws are, rather, like the rules of chess; the play is seldom determined, though nobody breaks the rules.” TwoPlayHappensActionLawTurnsGamesWinningBlackDealsMoralBreakPsychologyPositionPlanetsDrawsEthicsRedRelationDeterminedChessCardsWinnerSolar SystemInfantile Author:G. E. M. Anscombe
“When you sit down to play a game you should think only about the position, but not about the opponent. Whether chess is regarded as a science, or an art, or a sport, all the same psychology bears no relation to it and only stands in the way of real chess.” ThinkingWayShouldArtRealPlayGamesSportsPsychologyPositionBearsRelationChessOpponents Author:Jose Raul Capablanca
“If your opponent cannot do anything active, then don't rush the position; instead you should let him sit there, suffer, and beg you for a draw” IfsShouldSufferingPsychologyPositionDrawsActiveChessOpponents Author:Jeremy Silman
“Psychology, as the behaviorist views it, is a purely objective, experimental branch of natural science which needs introspection as little as do the sciences of chemistry and physics.... The position is taken here that the behavior of man and the behavior of animals must be considered in the same plane.” MenNeedsLittlesNaturalAnimalViewsTakenPsychologyPositionBehaviorPhysicsObjectivesPlanesBranchesChemistryIntrospectionNatural Science Author:John B. Watson
“The psychological effects of having to hold a prospectless position for what might seem an infinite amount of time does nothing to aid the defender's concentration.” DoeSeemsMightLearningPsychologyEffectsPositionAmountInfiniteAidsChessPsychologicalConcentrationDefenders Book:Simple Chess: New Algebraic Edition Source: Simple Chess: New Algebraic Edition
“Naturally, the psychological susceptibility of a match participant is significantly higher than a participant in a tournament, since each game substantially changes the over-all position.” GamesPsychologyPositionHigherPsychologicalTournamentsParticipantsSusceptibility Author:Mikhail Tal
“Sometimes players need to gain time on the clock by repeating the position, but most often its purpose is to wear down the opponent psychologically.” NeedsSometimesPurposePsychologyPlayerPositionGainsClockOpponents Author:Pal Benko
“There is nothing wrong with trying to exploit the natural human tendency to become impatient when forced to play a boring position.” TryingHumansPlayNaturalPsychologyPositionBoringTendenciesExploitsImpatient Author:Pal Benko
“How come the little things bother you when you are in a bad position? They don't bother you in good positions.” LittlesPsychologyPositionBotherLittle Things Author:Yasser Seirawan
“Just remember, without discipline, a clear strategy, and a concise plan, the speculator will fall into all the emotional pitfalls of the market - jump from one stock to another, hold a losing position too long, and cut out of a winner too soon, for no reason other than fear of losing profit. Greed, Fear, Impatience, Ignorance, and Hope will all fight for mental dominance over the speculator. Then, after a few failures and catastrophes the speculator may become demoralised, depressed, despondent, and abandon the market and the chance to make a fortune from what the market has to offer.” MayLongReasonRememberFallFightingChanceClearPsychologyCuttingPlansPositionIgnoranceEmotionalDisciplineOffersLosingStrategyFortuneGreedProfitWinnerNo ReasonAbandonCatastropheImpatienceDominancePitfallsConciseSpeculatorsDespondent Author:Jesse Lauriston Livermore
“Psychology is still trying to explain the perception of the position of an object in space, along with its shape, size, and so on, and to understand the sensations of color.” TryingMindStillsPhilosophyBodySpacePsychologyPositionObjectsColorShapesPerceptionMedicineSizeSensesSensationsSoma Author:James J. Gibson