Table of Contents
Sampling Normal and Schizophrenic Inner Experience
by
Russell T. Hurlburt
published by
Plenum Press

Preliminary Comments Designed to Suspend the Introspection Controversy. (Read this excerpt)
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Method
Chapter 3 Method Considerations

The Normal Subjects
Chapter 4 A College Freshman
Chapter 5 A Professional Potter
Chapter 6 A Record Store Manager
Chapter 7 A Medical Doctor
Chapter 8 A Graduate Student
Chapter 9 A Research Associate
Chapter 10 Characteristics of Normal Inner Experience

The Schizophrenic Subjects
Chapter 11 A Schizophrenic Woman with "Goofed-Up" Images
Chapter 12 A Schizophrenic Man with (Perhaps) No Inner Experience
Chapter 13 A Decompensating Schizophrenic
Chapter 14 A Schizophrenic Woman Who Heard Voices of the Gods
Chapter 15 Implications for Understanding Schizophrenia

Chapter 16 Discussion
Chapter 17 A Look at Depression and Beyond


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Chapter 1 Introduction
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Chapter 2 Method
Phase 1: The Pre-Sampling Retrospective General Account of the Subject's
Inner Experience
Phase 2: The sampling Itself
Phase 3: Writing the Descriptions
Phase 4: Reviewing Each Sampled Thought
Phase 5: Comparing Sampled Thought Descriptions to the Pre-Sampling
Generalizations
Phase 6: The Follow-Up Sample
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Chapter 3 Method Considerations
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Chapter 4 A College Freshman
(with Susan M. Melancon)
Images
Daydreaming
Problem-Solving Images
Comparison of Images with External Reality
Revisualizations of External Details
Inner Hearing
Inner Speech
Wordless Speech and Imageless Seeing
Wordless Speech
Imageless Seeing
Paying Particular Attention
Feelings
Discussion
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Chapter 5 A Professional Potter
Feelings
Images
Noticing Characteristics
Just doing
Body Sense
Verbal Thought
Discussion
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Chapter 6 A Record Store Manager
(with Susan M. Melancon)
Unsymbolized Thinking
Feelings
Verbal Thought
Inner Speech
Inner Hearing
Speaking Aloud
Visual Thought
Images
Altered States
No Thought
Discussion
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Chapter 7 A Medical Doctor
Verbal Inner Experience
Inner Speech
Inner Hearing
The Use of a Foreign Language
Partially Wordless Speech
Wordless Verbalization
Reading
Word Repetitions
Absorbed in Speaking
Paying Attention
Nonverbal Inner Experience
Feelings
Unsymbolized Thinking
Visual Experience
Images
Imageless Seeing
Other Characteristics of Helen's Inner Experience
Multiple Experiences
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Chapter 8 A Graduate Student
(with Sonja Smith)
Word Repetition
Self-Aware Thoughts
Images
Reverie
Taking in Quality of Objects
Actions: Doing, Reading, Listening, Talking
Comparison with Sonja's Pre-Sampling Expectations
The Follow-Up Study
Discussion
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Chapter 9 A Research Associate
(with Susan M. Melancon)
Verbal Thought
Inner Speech
Inner Hearing
Unsymbolized Thinking
Images
Observing Characteristics
Speaking Aloud
Active Listening to Other Persons Speaking
No Thought
Comparison with Sue's Pre-Sampling Expectations
The Follow-Up Study
Discussion
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Chapter 10 Characteristics of Normal Inner Experience
Inner Verbal Experience
Images
Meaning without Words or Images
Other Observations
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Chapter 11 A Schizophrenic Woman with "Goofed-Up" Images
(with Susan M. Melancon)
Visual Experience
Images
Images of External Reality
Images Related to Current Activities
Daydreams
Images of Written Words
Distortions in Images
Role of Color and Movement
Verbal Thought
Feelings
Unsymbolized Thinking
No Thought or Forgotten Thought
Comments on the Sampling Procedure
Discussion
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Chapter 12 A Schizophrenic Man with (Perhaps) No Inner Experience
(with Susan M. Melancon)

The Experience of the Beep
Being the Beeper
The Question of Inner Experience
Discussion
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Chapter 13 A Decompensating Schizophrenic
(with Leny Meertens)
The Symptom-Free Period
Feelings
Visual Experience
Verbal Inner Experience
The Decompensating Period
Discussion
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Chapter 14 A Schizophrenic Woman Who Heard Voices of the Gods
The Voices of the Gods
Visual Experiences
Images
Verbal Inner Experience
Feelings
Discussion
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Chapter 15 Implications for Understanding Schizophrenia
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Chapter 16 Discussion
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Chapter 17 A Look at Depression and Beyond
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