An introduction to experimental psychology in relation to education / by C.W. Valentine.

  • Charles Wilfred Valentine
Date:
[1913?]
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Credit: An introduction to experimental psychology in relation to education / by C.W. Valentine. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Try similarly whether you can get (cZ) A touch image of the sensation produced by touch- ing velvet or emery-paper; (e) A taste image, say of an orange, or of coffee ; {f) A smell image of the coffee, or of a rose; (gr) A temperature image, of the sensation produced by the heat of a fire, or by touching ice; {h) A pain image, of the pain of a pin-prick, or of any pain you have recently experienced. The student should repeat the tests, using the following imagined objects for the respective kinds of imagery :— (a) A house, a friend. (h) The howling of the wind, a friend’s voice. (c) The movement of the tongue and lips in saying “ Grod save the King,” and of the fingers in writing it. (Care must be taken not to move the bps or fingers while trying to get these motor images.) (d) The touch of a blanket, or of marble. (e) The taste of sugar, and of salt. (/) The smell of tar, and of gas. {g) The heat of a strong sun, the cold of a piercing wind. (Ji) Toothache, a burn, or the pulling of the hair. The student should now be able to draw some con- clusions as to the comparative vividness of the different types of imagery in his own case. Experiment III. Facility of Imaging tested by Speed.—Eead the instructions right through before starting the experiment. If possible get a friend to time you in this experiment. (a) First take two minutes and write down the names
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