Mental development and education . Fig. 6i. — Postures ofttn determine mental states, and vice versa. (See exercise 26, page 381.) himself relaxing unconsciously, which is an imperative need forthe majority of American people. Just as ideas and feelings find their way into motor actions,so motor attitudes influence the current of ones thought andfeeling. Deliberately assume any given motor attitude and itwill tend to awaken the emotion which usually initiates thisattitude. Assume the outward manifestation of fear and fearwill be easily engendered; while if one stands bravely againstthe world,
Mental development and education . Fig. 6i. — Postures ofttn determine mental states, and vice versa. (See exercise 26, page 381.) himself relaxing unconsciously, which is an imperative need forthe majority of American people. Just as ideas and feelings find their way into motor actions,so motor attitudes influence the current of ones thought andfeeling. Deliberately assume any given motor attitude and itwill tend to awaken the emotion which usually initiates thisattitude. Assume the outward manifestation of fear and fearwill be easily engendered; while if one stands bravely againstthe world, courage will be strengthened. In the words of OVERSTRAIN IN EDUCATION 255 Ribot: It is less generally known that movements and attitudesof the body, artificially produced, are capable (in some cases, andto a slight degree) of exciting the corresponding emotions. Re-main for some time in an attitude of sadness, and vou will feel. Fig. 62. — Seating can be arranged so as to secure an erect posture. (See exercise 58, page 386.) sad. By mingling in cheerful society and regulating your outwardbehavior in accordance with it, you may awaken in yourself atransient gayety. If the arm of a hypnotized subject is placed,with clenched fist, in a threatening attitude, the correspondingimpression spontaneously appears in the face and in the rest of The Psychology of the Emotions, j). 392. 256 MEMAL DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION the body; tlir same holds good for the expression of love,prayer, contempt, etc. Here the movement is the cause and theemotion the effect. The two cases are reducible to a singleformula. There is an indissoluble association between a givenmovement and a given feeling. It seems to be a principle of our human nature that what welike to do, speaking generally, produces less strain and stress thanPlay as a the things we dislike. Disagreeable tasks lie alongrestorative ^Y^^, Juries q{ greatest resistance fo
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