The Backward Child, a Study of the Psychology And Treatment of Backwardness; a Practical Manual for Teachers And Students;
The Backward Child, a Study of the Psychology And Treatment of Backwardness; a Practical Manual for Teachers And Students;
Barbara Spofford Morgan
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Four shows a poor automatic memory, and three would indicate a defect, if it is cer- tain that the child is not flustered. If a child shows good general intelligence, and a very poor automatic memory, the examiner should look to her manner of giving the test. If the numbers are sprung at a child in the manner of saying, "Now see what you can do," the result will be quite unfair to the child. For as conscious concentration improves volun- tary mental action, conversely, the sudden intrusion of c...onsciousness upon an invol- untary process disturbs its workings. And so in the involuntary act of automatic memory the test must be given as tmob- trusively as possible, saying simply, "Say after me 3, 9, 5, 7," in an even tone of voice. This test should be amplified by substituting for the numbers a series of unconnected Digitized by VjOOQIC 58 The BacKward Child words, like "paper, wall, cold, ink, tree,'* given in the same manner. In automatic memory, as indeed in testing any faculty, no absolute judgment is to be made.
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