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Title: Mental development and education
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent), 1866-1932
Subjects: Child development Education
Publisher: New York : The Macmillan compay
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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contempt,scorn and disdain is not so much of the nature of ejecting or re-moving the disagreeable person as of avoiding him or lettinghim alone. Disgust produces a more positive and dynamic re-action ; an individual is more likely to assume an aggressiveattitude when he feels disgust than when he feels contempt orscorn or disdain for an individual. A person who awakensdisgust may actually be offensive to the senses of the one whois reacting against him; but a person who arouses contemptis apt to be offensive to the intellect or the moral sense, and sothe expression is more reserved in the case of the latter than ofthe former. Contrasted with taste and smell experiences which are dis-agreeable are those which are agreeable. In response to sweettastes the motor reactions of the mouth especially are such as arenecessary to secure and retain the object which affords thepleasurable sensations. In the reactions upon pleasant odors 82 MENTAL DE\ELOPMENT AND EDUCATION Wentd/Order Order fVy//
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n7ounh 8ed5onPd5b/on Fig. 8. — Some jieople believe it is possible to read ones character by examining thevarious mounts and lines of the hand and the relative lengths and thicknesses of thejoints of the fingers. (See exercise 15, page 324.) EXPRESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 83 and fragrances the individual tries to bring the olfactory organclose to the object yielding the odors. In the course of de-velopment one sees the expression of emotions of approval whichare derived from the expression for agreeable tastes and smells.The expressions of affection—feeUngs denoted by sweet, lovely,delightful and so on — have reference to taste and odor expe-riences. The expression of admiration is less dynamic than theexpression of affection. But the attitude of the individualin both cases is positive; he would like to secure and enjoy theperson who arouses his affection and admiration. There are a few complex emotional attitudes which appearin the course of development the expression for which cannot

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