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Title: The Science of Human Nature
A Psychology for Beginners

Author: William Henry Pyle

Release Date: May 31, 2006 [EBook #18477]

Language: English

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Teacher Training Series
EDITED BY
W. W. CHARTERS
_Professor of Education, Carnegie Institute of Technology_

THE SCIENCE OF

HUMAN NATURE

_A PSYCHOLOGY FOR BEGINNERS_

BY

WILLIAM HENRY PYLE

PROFESSOR OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI

SILVER, BURDETT & COMPANY
BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO

COPYRIGHT, 1917,

BY SILVER, BURDETT & COMPANY.

AUTHOR'S PREFACE

This book is written for young students in high schools and normal