A first book in psychology / by Mary Whiton Calkins.

  • Mary Whiton Calkins
Date:
1910
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Credit: A first book in psychology / by Mary Whiton Calkins. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    26. (a) Let a friend who is unacquainted with the purpose of the experiment, read the passage (A) on page 385, lines 12-30, of this book. Direct him to “skim it inattentively.” Keep a record of the time. Next let him read attentively the passage (B) on page 391, lines 12-31; and keep a record of the time. Compare the time records in the two cases. (b) Let the subject write what he remembers of each passage. Compare the results. (Th.) (In recording time, use a stop-watch, or a watch with second hand starting at 60. The experiment should be tried with several subjects. With half of them the passages should be read in the order A — B ; with the others, in the order B — A.) 27. Pillsbury, the celebrated chess-player, used, while blind¬ folded, to play twelve games of chess simultaneously. Is this an instance of simultaneous attention? (Th.) 28. Do children master the mechanics of reading better by the use of very interesting stories or by the use of relatively un¬ interesting ones? Why? (IT.) 29. Of the 10 interests mentioned below, name (a) four that are largely instinctive, (b) two that are largely acquired, (c) two that are long delayed, (d) three that appear early in life and also persist. (Th.) The interest, (1) in change and excitement. (6) in society. (2) in getting money. (7) in rhythm. (3) in moving objects. (8) in adornment. (4) in living animals. (9) in the stock exchange. (5) in adventure. (10) in philosophy. 30. How would you interest a boy who “hates history” in American history? VII. 31. Classify, as total or partial (multiple or focalized), and analyze by the use of diagram (cf. pages 107, 109) the asso¬ ciation involved in each of the following passages: — (a) Hilda’s perception of the “palaces, churches, and imperial sepulchres of Rome with the muddy Tiber eddying through the midst” is followed by the memory of “her native village with its great, old elm trees, the neat, comfortable houses scattered along
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