How to secure and retain attention . CHAPTER II. CHARACTERISTICS OF POSITIVE ATTENTION. 1. Positive attention may be eitherinstinctive or controlled. Instinctive attention. Attention may bewon or directed, attracted or guided. Pupilsmay give attention to a subject because theyare interested in it, or because they are con-vinced that they will receive benefit from soattending. We attend to many things withouteffort, and even in opposition to our things which give us either pleasure orpain demand and receive our attention in pro-portion to the intensity of the interest theyhave for
How to secure and retain attention . CHAPTER II. CHARACTERISTICS OF POSITIVE ATTENTION. 1. Positive attention may be eitherinstinctive or controlled. Instinctive attention. Attention may bewon or directed, attracted or guided. Pupilsmay give attention to a subject because theyare interested in it, or because they are con-vinced that they will receive benefit from soattending. We attend to many things withouteffort, and even in opposition to our things which give us either pleasure orpain demand and receive our attention in pro-portion to the intensity of the interest theyhave for us. The little child gives attentionbecause it is a delight to do so. It attends toone thing until another becomes more attrac-tive. Observation, attention, concentration,4 CHARACTERISTICS OF POSITIVE ATTENTION. 5 last so long as enjoyment lasts and no mind of the little one flies like the beefrom flower to flower, and it gets somethingevery time it alights. The child does not passfrom object to object for the sake of inf
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