Fact and fable in psychology . Fig. 2. — These letters should not be seen at all until they have beenobserved at a distance of eight to twelve feet. An interesting method oftesting the activity of the minds eye with these letters is described in thetext. eye sees the former, but the mental eye sees the latter. Fig. 2a. E Fig. 26. I tried this experiment with a class of some thirty Uni-. Fig. 3. — For description, see text, page 282. versity students of Psychology, and, although theywere disposed to be quite critical and suspected some 282 FACT AND FABLE IN PSYCHOLOGY kind of an illusion, only
Fact and fable in psychology . Fig. 2. — These letters should not be seen at all until they have beenobserved at a distance of eight to twelve feet. An interesting method oftesting the activity of the minds eye with these letters is described in thetext. eye sees the former, but the mental eye sees the latter. Fig. 2a. E Fig. 26. I tried this experiment with a class of some thirty Uni-. Fig. 3. — For description, see text, page 282. versity students of Psychology, and, although theywere disposed to be quite critical and suspected some 282 FACT AND FABLE IN PSYCHOLOGY kind of an illusion, only three or four drew the letterscorrectly; all the rest filled in the imaginary lightcontours ; some even drew them as heavily as the realstrokes. I followed this by an experiment of a similarcharacter. I placed upon a table a figure (Fig. 3)made of light cardboard, fastened to blocks of woodat the base, so that the pieces would easily stand up-right. The middle piece, which is rectangular andhigher than the rest, was placed a little in front of therest of the figure. The students were asked to describeprecisely what they saw ; and with one exception theyall described, in different words, a semicircular piece ofcardboard with a rectangular piece in front of it. Inreality there was no half-circle of cardboard, but onlyportions of two quarter-circles with the portion backof the mi
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