Man has been called the reasoning animal but he could with greater truthfulness be called the creature of suggestion. He is reasonable, but he is to … - Walter Dill Scott

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Man has been called the reasoning animal but he could with greater truthfulness be called the creature of suggestion. He is reasonable, but he is to a greater extent suggestible.

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About Walter Dill Scott

(May 1, 1869 – September 24, 1955) was an American applied psychologist, Professor of Applied Psychology at the and President of the Northwestern University. He applied psychology to various business practices such as personnel selection and advertising.

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The senses (the organs of sight, sound, taste, smell, temperature, and touch) are the guardians of the body, and whatever appears good to these sentinels is instantly desired, and ordinarily such things tend to the preservation and furtherance of the welfare of the body, but we choose them simply because they appear pleasing and not for ulterior ends.

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