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INHERITANCE OF PHYSICAL TRAITS IN MAN.
INHERITANCE OF MENTAL TRAITS IN MAN. Feeble-mindedness. Epilepsy.
Insanity.
SUPPLEMENTS TO THE THEORY OF HEREDITY. Multiple factors. Bon-
hote's theory of vigor. Possibility of more than one form of heredity.
CONCLUSION.
CHAPTER XXIII
HEREDITY AND ENVIRONMENT.
TWO PROBLEMS OF ENVIRONMENT.
PROBLEM OF THE INHERITANCE OF ACQUIRED CHARACTERS.
TRUE MEANING OF HEREDITY.
DIRECT EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENT ON THE GERM CELLS.
PROBLEM OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE ENVIRONMENT GIVES RISE TO TWO
SCHOOLS OF REFORM.
TRUE MEANING OF THE PROBLEM.
GALTON'S EARLY STUDIES.
MODERN PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS.
CONTRIBUTIONS OF STATISTICIANS.
ARGUMENTS EMPHASIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ENVIRONMENT.
THE TRUE NATURE OF ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCE.
FINAL CONSIDERATIONS.
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THE RELATIVE FERTILITY OF DIFFERENT CLASSES.
FERTILITY AND AGE AT MARRIAGE.
THE EUGENIC IDEAL.
METHODS FOR THE RESTRAINT OF THE Unfit.
RESTRICTING THE BIRTH RATE OF INFERIORS.
STIMULATING THE BIRTH RATE OF SUPERIORS.
PART IV. PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS
CHAPTER XXV
THE SOCIAL SELF AND THE DESIRE FOR
APPROBATION
INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH ASSOCIATION.
EGOISM AND ALTRUISM.
INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE DESIRE FOR APPROBATION.
FAVORABLE AND UNFAVORABLE MANIFESTATIONS OF THE DESIRE FOR
APPROBATION.
SOCIAL RESULTS OF THE DESIRE FOR APPROBATION.
CHAPTER XXVI
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SUGGESTION AND IMITATION
IMITATION AND SUGGESTION DEFINED.
DIFFERENT METHODS OF RECEIVING SUGGESTIONS.
REASONS FOR DIFFERENCES IN SUGGESTIBILITY.
THE FORMS OF IMITATION.
THE PROVINCE OF NON-RATIONAL IMITATION.
THE LAWS OF IMITATIVE CHOICE. Ideas vary in power of suggestion.
Imitations proceed from superiors to inferiors. Imitations proceed
from the unilateral to the reciprocal. Imitations proceed from custom
to convention. Imitations proceed from within outward.
LAWS OF THE SPREAD OF IMITATION. Imitations spread in concentric
circles. Imitations are altered in passing into new environments.
CHAPTER XXVII
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OPPOSITIONS
THE MEANING OF OPPOSITION.
THE RELATIONSHIP OF IMITATION AND OPPOSITION.
THE SOCIAL VALUE OF OPPOSITION. Opposition is defensive. Opposition
helps to adjust incompatible elements. Opposition promotes group unity.
STRENGTH OF OPPOSITIONS. Depends upon the importance of the question
at issue. Depends upon intensity of association. Depends upon degree
of opposition aroused.
THE CHARACTER OF OPPOSITIONS IS ALTERED IN Two Ways.
REASONS FOR THE CHANGE IN THE NATURE OF OPPOSITIONS.
PART V. CULTURAL FORCES
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THE MORAL
CHAPTER XXVIII
MORALITY
MORALITY USED IN Two SENSES.
THE EVOLUTION OF MORAL CODES.
METHODS OF SOCIAL CONTROL ARE DISTINCT FROM
CODE.
REASONS FOR CHANGES IN MORAL CODES.
THE PROBLEM OF MORAL ATTAINMENT.
SPECIFIC FORMS OF MORALITY.
THE IMPORTANCE OF PERSONAL MORALITY.
CONDITIONS FAVORABLE TO PERSONAL MORALITY.
THE ESSENTIALS OF SEX MORALITY.
CONDITIONS FAVORABLE TO Sex MORALITY.
NATURE OF THE HUMANITARIAN VIRTUES.
CONDITIONS FAVORABLE TO HUMANITARIAN MORALITY.
SOCIAL MORALITY DISTINGUISHED FROM HUMANITARIAN.
THE NATURE OF ART.
ART AS A SOCIAL PRODUCT.
ART REQUIRES FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION.
THE FIELD OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION.
ART AS A FACTOR IN SOCIAL PROGRESS.
SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF DIFFERENT FORMS OF ART.
CONDITIONS FAVORABLE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ART.
INFLUENCE OF THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT.
INFLUENCE OF THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT.
POLITICAL INFLUENCES.
INFLUENCE OF EDUCATION.
INFLUENCE OF MACHINERY.
CHAPTER XXX
SCIENCE .
EFFECTS OF SCIENCE ON SOCIAL PROGRESS.
INDIVIDUAL CAUSES OF THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE.
PHYSICAL CONDITIONS FAVORABLE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE.
SOCIAL CONDITIONS FAVORABLE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE.
ORIGINS OF THE VARIOUS SCIENCES. Astronomy. Physics. Chemistry.
Biology. Psychology. Sociology.
ORDER OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCIENCES.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCIENCES Shows INTERDEPENDENCE.
SUMMARY.
CHAPTER XXXI
RELIGION ..
CLASSIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF RELIGIONS.
DEFINITION OF RELIGION.
RELIGION AND SCIENCE.
RELIGION AND ART.
EFFECTS OF RELIGION.
FACTORS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF RELIGIONS. Influence of the physical
environment. Influence of the mental factor. Influence of social life.
FACTORS INFLUENCING ETHICAL RELIGIONS.
THE FUTURE OF RELIGION.
CHAPTER XXXII
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SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
REVIEW OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
THE FUTURE TREND.
THE INTERACTION OF SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS.
INDEX
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PART I
THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF SOCIAL
PROGRESS