目的
Purposive behavior in animals and men.
Behavior, as such, is not to be regarded as a mere chain of muscular contractions, but rather as a purposive and cognitive affair.
The concept of purpose has no place in a scientific account of behavior.
The purpose of psychology is to understand how life works.
The purpose of mental activity is successful living.
The purpose of psychology is to explain how we manage to live.
Mental activity is always directed toward some end.
Every thought serves some biological purpose.
The stream of thought flows toward purposeful ends.
The purpose of mental activity is to guide action.
To understand the mind, we must first understand its evolutionary purpose.
The purpose of psychology is to understand how we cope with the world.
To understand behavior, we must look at its purpose in the context of survival and adaptation.
We think not in isolated ideas, but in continuous streams of purpose-directed activity.
Every mental state exists for a purpose; to understand it, we must ask what function it serves in the broader system of behavior.
Consciousness flows like a river, always moving toward purposeful ends.
Every thought serves a purpose, even when we don't immediately perceive it.
Understanding the function of the mind is like mapping the stars - the patterns reveal the purpose.