Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development

Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development

Francis Galton, english Victorian polymath and psychologist (1822-1911)


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Table of Contents

- About This Book

- Preface To The Second Edition

- Introduction

- Variety Of Human Nature

- Features

- Composite Portraiture

- Description Of The Composites

- Examples Of Composite Protraits

- Bodily Qualities

- Energy

- Sensitivity

- Sequence Of Test Weights

- Whistles For Audibility Of Shrill Notes

- Anthropometric Registers

- Unconsciousness Of Peculiarieites

- Statistical Methods

- Character

- Criminals And The Insane

- Gregarious And Slavish Instincts

- Intellectual Differences

- Mental Imagery

- Vividness Of Mental Imagery

- Colour Representation

- Number Forms

- Visionaries

- Nurture And Nature

- Associations

- Psychometric Experiments

- Antechamber Of Consciousness

- Early Sentiments

- History Of Twins

- Domestication Of Animals

- The Observed Order Of Events

- Selection And Race

- Influence Of Man Upon Race

- Population

- Early And Late Marriages

- Marks For Family Merit

- Endowments

- Conclusion

- Appendix