. Experiments in Educational psychology. previouslyexperienced. The ink blots are in themselves withoutsignificance, and were not made with the intention ofrepresenting anything. The meaning you give to each isentirely imposed upon it. The mind is persistent in givingmeaning to its sensations because meaningless things haveno value or significance. The mental development of achild is largely a development of apperception. b. Turn to the ten syllables given below. Write inyour note-book what each one reminds you of or suggeststo you. nof cem mig lor bax ges tal Ian fip rusHere again the same fa
. Experiments in Educational psychology. previouslyexperienced. The ink blots are in themselves withoutsignificance, and were not made with the intention ofrepresenting anything. The meaning you give to each isentirely imposed upon it. The mind is persistent in givingmeaning to its sensations because meaningless things haveno value or significance. The mental development of achild is largely a development of apperception. b. Turn to the ten syllables given below. Write inyour note-book what each one reminds you of or suggeststo you. nof cem mig lor bax ges tal Ian fip rusHere again the same fact is illustrated. The mindgives meaning even to the meaningless. These three-letter syllables do not constitute words or symbols, yeteach one almost without exception stirs up some associa-tion or other and forthwith it has meaning. I20 EXPERIMENTS IN EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY c. As soon as a meaning has been given to impressionsthey at once become definite according to the particularmeaning imposed. Find the frogs in Fig. 19, and notice. By permission of Century Company. S Fig. 19. that as soon as you have found them the blur springs intodefinite outline. The external stimulus is moulded accord-ing to the meaning given. d. In the developed adult mind the interpretative ten-dency is so dominant that the attention is primarily uponthe meaning aspect, to the neglect of the actual sensestimidi upon which the meaning is based. Only the slight-est hint needs to be given to make the mind see this orthat particular object. The mind, as it were, suppliesthe necessary material to fill out the picture. To demon-strate this point, ask an assistant to set the book at adistance of twenty or twenty-five feet from you to showFig. 21, on page 130.^ Do not look it up yourself, as it is The experiment can best be performed by the entire classsimultaneously, in which case the instructor in charge should place APPERCEPTION 121 important that you should not see the figure at close rangeuntil after th
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