This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ...and frequent repetition in order to retain; third, the sorting out of things essential to the performance of the act from those things that are non-essential;1 fourth, the selection, 1 See Coover and Angell, "General practice effect of special exercise," Am. Jour. Psychology, XVIII, pp. 328-341. Table I. Results of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ...and frequent repetition in order to retain; third, the sorting out of things essential to the performance of the act from those things that are non-essential;1 fourth, the selection, 1 See Coover and Angell, "General practice effect of special exercise," Am. Jour. Psychology, XVIII, pp. 328-341. Table I. Results of Test Series for Trained Observers. G. C. F. D. S. F. S. l," 2," and 3" = First, second and third tests. 2"--1" = Average of First test minus average of the second test. + = Gain.--=Loss. Table II. Results of First and Second Tests for Untrained Observers. M.C. J.W. M.D.F. D.D.W. consciously or subconsciously, of an individual way of picturing the stimuli, sometimes also including the response, and which consists of a particular form of imagery; fifth, the use of this imagery until it becomes reflex; sixth, the appearance of rhythms in the ability to hold the image-changes in attention; and seventh the formation of associations between the giving of the stimulus and the response, after the use of the imagery becomes reflex. RESULTS OF THE TEST SERIES. The results of the test series for all observers are shown on Charts I to XIII inclusive by the broken lines which run directly across the chart. The results are also shown numerically in Tables I to III. The ability in each of these tests is expressed in the per cent of correct responses, as in the training records. The tests are discussed in the order in which they were taken. Trained Observers. Poetry. The gain in the tests for poetry was not very great in the case of any observer. Various methods were used. A large number read the stanza over first. Some divided it into parts of two lines each, some of four lines each, some into two parts. More than half of the ...
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