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��Geschichtsphilosophie,&quot; quot ed, 155; cited concerning ef fect of modern environmental conditions on man s attitude toward nature, 35,1.

Singing, effectiveness of, in pro moting process of fusion in assemblies, 251-253.

Social changes, predisposing con ditions to mental epidemics found in, 275-276.

Social mind, theory of a, 249.

Social organization, lack of, under conditions of primitive life, 340-341 ; bewildering growth of, in modern life, 348-

349-

Social problems, pressure of modern, 362-363.

Society, stages of, and their bearing upon phenomena of mental epidemics, 278-287.

Sombart, r Der Bourgeois,&quot; cited, 323, 328, 330.

Specialization, influence of pres ent-day, on mental systems,

Speculation, crazes for, as ex amples of mental epidemics, 267.

Spencer, Herbert, struggle be tween head and heart illus trated by, 156.

Spontaneous attention, discus sion of, I7S-I77.

Stimuli, like response to, by like- minded persons, resulting in mental epidemics, 268-269.

Stimulus, loss of strength of, from repetition, 82-83; strength of, as related to the feeling-tone, 83-86.

Story-telling, influences affecting selection of details in, 26, 27- 28; as a means of securing spontaneous attention, 177.

Street preaching, sources of ef fectiveness of, 237-238; dis advantage of, in lack of uni fied psychological group of hearers, 238.

��Structure, instinct defined in terms of, 3.

Style in speaking, as a means of arousing emotion, 125-132.

Subconscious, problem and the ories of the, 16-18.

Suggestibility, fundamental prin ciples underlying phenomena of, 212-215; varies inversely as the insistence of the per sonality upon maintaining its autonomy, 215; varies in versely as the mental equip ment and organization, 216- 218; of children, 218-220; of women, 220-223; reasons for, in other classes of persons, 223-224; of races in early stages of development, 278.

Suggestion, discussion of, 209 ff. ; indefiniteness of meaning as used in popular speech, 209- 210; the essential characteris tic of process of, 210; distinc tion between normal and ab normal, 210-211; hysteria and hypnosis, 210-211; hypnotic suggestion differentiated from other forms of, 211-212; psy chological principles which un derlie phenomenon, 212-215 &amp;gt; two fundamental laws of nor mal suggestibility, 215-218; nobody beyond the reach of, 218; extraordinary sugges tibility of children, 218-220; women unsually open to in fluence of, 220-223 ; causes of suggestibility in other classes of persons, 223-224; effective methods of, 224 ff. ; must be indirect, 224-225 ; importance of securing confidence of sub ject, 225-226: importance of prestige in, 226-227; power of personality in, 227-228; shar ing of prejudices as a means of, 228-229; susceptibility of those under sway of strong emotion, 229-230; use of repe tition to render effective, 230-

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