Our cautious ancestors, when yawning, blocked the way to the entrance of evil spirits by putting their hands before their mouths. We find a reason for the gesture in the delicacy of manner which forbids an indecent exposure.
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The self has the characteristic that it is an object to itself, and that characteristic distinguishes it from other objects and from the body.George H. Mead
Social psychology has, as a rule, dealt with various phases of social experience from the psychological standpoint of individual experience.
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Imagery is not past but present. It rests with what we call our mental processes to place these images in a temporal order.
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The intelligence of the lower forms of animal life, like a great deal of human intelligence, does not involve a self.
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Warfare is an utterly stupid method of settling differences of interest between different nations.
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No very sharp line can be drawn between social psychology and individual psychology.
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