The abilities of man : their nature and measurement / by C. Spearman.

  • Charles Spearman
Date:
1927
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    tions of visual and auditory imagery by Fechner and Galton, which were supplemented by the graphic description that Strieker gave of his own almost exclusively kinesthetic way of representing objects. Soon the doctrine of sensory facul¬ ties gained wide acceptance, particularly in the medical and the educational professions ; mankind was divided up into the eye-, the ear-, and the muscle-minded. Radical reforms were projected to suit this state of affairs. It was even proposed to break up the school classes into sections, each being confined to the children employing one and the same sense. The faculties preferred at the present day. From this historical excursion let us pass on to the faculties as they are being advocated in current literature. The following is a little statistical summary which shows which of them are now finding the most general support. It is an analysis obtained from 33 prominent publications on the subject : Faculty. Number of times advocated. Original source. Sensory perception - - 15 1 Intellect - - 16 Memory - - - 19 Taken over Imagination - - - II ► from ancient Attention - - 10 psychology. Language - - 3 Movement - - 6 J Various - - - 16 New. A few comments on the literature from which these figures have been derived will perhaps aid towards understanding how the faculties are being at present conceived. We will take each in turn. The sensory perception, which heads the list, appears in these cases to be sometimes thrown together into one single faculty, as occurs when a test is proposed for the power of “ keen perception.” But more often, some particular kind is picked out to constitute a power by itself. An example
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