The experimental determination of mental discipline in school studies / by Harold Ordway Rugg.
- Harold Rugg
- Date:
- 1916
Licence: In copyright
Credit: The experimental determination of mental discipline in school studies / by Harold Ordway Rugg. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![D. Generalized Factors Present in Several Tests. In addition to the specific factors mentioned above, there have been developed in the training course certain generalized factors that are closely linked together in operation and that clearly function in many or all of the tests in the case of the training subjects. These may be classified as follows: (1) The building up of a large number of imagery con- cepts to which the subject can react with his specific images, e. g., many definite image-concepts of combina- tions of lines and planes in space, a large and yet particu- larized background of geometrical concepts—lines, planes, solids, triangles, squares, prisms, etc. (2) Attitudes of orientation (@) in the field of general visual manipulation, (0) in the field of specific visual manipulation. (3) Feelings of familiarity with the materials or con- tent of imagery. (4) Specific habits of initial] adjustment to visual prob- lems. In addition, the actual working of the test prob- lems is complicated by the setting up of general feelings of agitation and strain, the ‘examination’ feelings that have been mentioned, feelings of excitement in the actual working of the problems, which are accentuated by pres- sure or hurry due to the time element in the test taking. E. Analysis of the Process of Mental Manipulation of Spatial Elements and Résumé of the Effective Agencies of Transfer. Having brought out above the various factors, both specific and general, involved in the process of visual manipulation, let us state briefly the steps involved in the](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32846782_0123.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
