Brooks G P
J Hist Behav Sci. 1976 Jan;12(1):65-77. doi: 10.1002/1520-6696(197601)12:1<65::aid-jhbs2300120108>3.0.co;2-t.
Contradictory versions of Reid's faculty psychology have been presented. A reexamination of Reid's writings suggests that the term, faculty, was used not as a classificatory device but rather to refer to innate, universal, and active mental powers. Being active, the faculties are one of the basic causes of observable psychological phenomena. The relation of the faculties to other mental powers is considered. A new listing and classification of such powers is compared with that presented in 1936 by H.D. Spoerl which has been used as the basis for much of the subsequent analysis of Reid's faculty psychology.
关于里德的官能心理学出现了相互矛盾的版本。对里德著作的重新审视表明，“官能”一词并非用作一种分类手段，而是用于指代天生的、普遍的和主动的心理能力。由于这些官能具有主动性，它们是可观察到的心理现象的基本成因之一。文中探讨了这些官能与其他心理能力的关系。将此类能力的一种新的列举和分类与H.D. 斯珀尔在1936年提出的分类进行了比较，后者一直是随后对里德官能心理学进行大量分析的基础。
