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Ordahl, Louise Ellison

 
9781332875429: Qualitative Differences Between Levels of Intelligence in Feeble-Minded Children (Classic Reprint)

Sinopsis

Understanding how attention, memory, and problem solving differ by level of mental ability

This book presents a laboratory study that observes how children at different mental levels engage with a range of tasks. It shows how attention, memory, and reasoning emerge in tests that involve recognizing shapes, judging movement, and recalling geometric forms. The author explains how weaker levels may struggle with directions, keeping instructions in mind, and adjusting to new tasks, while higher levels show more sustained interest and greater accuracy.

The results are presented through a series of experiments that compare the abilities of different groups and explore how imagery, touch, and visual perception work together in problem solving. The narrative highlights the everyday challenges these children face in concentrating, remembering sequences, and applying learned rules, offering a careful look at how intelligence can manifest in concrete tasks.
  • Learn how attention and memory influence task performance across levels.
  • See how different mental ages approach form discrimination, memory for shapes, and sequence tasks.
  • Understand how perception, imagery, and reasoning interact during problem solving.
  • Discover patterns in how effort, motivation, and adjustment to rules affect outcomes.
Ideal for readers seeking a clear, research-based view of how cognitive skills develop and vary, with practical examples from controlled experiments.

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This study was undertaken at Faribault, Minnesota, in the psychological laboratory of the Minnesota School for Feeble Minded and Colony for Epileptics. Work was 'begun June 6, 1914, and experiments were abruptly terminated October 26, 1914. The problem was suggested by Dr. F. Kuhlmann, Director of Research, who also rendered the authors valuable assistance in planning and arranging experiments.

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