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Knitter, William – Educational Theory, 1981
To shed light on whether reason or attitudes, the intellect or the emotions, should be the primary focus of educational efforts, the writings of Jean Paul Sartre on human motivation are digested. Educators should foster the conscious and deliberate acceptance of the human condition of freedom. (PP)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Affective Behavior, Decision Making, Educational Objectives

Eccles, John C. – Teachers College Record, 1981
Human beings must realize the great unknowns in the material makeup and operation of the brain, in the relationship of brain to mind, in the creative imagination, and in the uniqueness of the psyche. The essential feature of the dualist-interaction theory is that mind and body are independent entities which somehow interact. (JN)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Affective Behavior, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation