The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-02-10

service to the in which it is situated and to which
it its support it should be able to show how the
theoretical work of the laboratory can be applied to
the lettering of human conditions.
The agricultural and engineering experiment sta
lions the university have been attempting to give the
practical of the state information in regard to the
best of preventing wastes and of obtaining the
greatest efficiency the various fields Of their endeavor
A similar attempt is being made by the department of
psychology of the university to show to the schoomen
of the state how they can save time and how they can
regulate the environment of the school to get the
greatest results with the least possible expenditure of
energy.
All knowledge is based fundamentally upon memory
and it is quite obvious that If the most economical meth
DDS of learning discovered and applied tremendous
wastes schoolroom will be saved. 1t is striking
fact that most students who come to the university do
know how to properly memorze their material They
lose very large amount of time that might be saved
greatly their advantage If they had the simple knowl
edge of how go about their work before them What
is true Of the university student is undoubtedly true
even a greater degree of the pupils in the public
1t is clear that If the teachers knew what was
the best method by which the pupil could memorize
certain material and could train that pupil In such meth
DDS memory highly beneficial results would be accom-
plished.
Working along this line, years the depart.
ment Of psychology at Illinois instituted series OF
experiments determine far possible the exact
facts concerning what is technically know the idea
tiona types children and the relation of these
types the memorzing Of different kinds OF material
BY the deatona type the psychologist understands the
sort of mental imagery in which person thinks-for
II q Il
do SO by having mental picture OF the bird as Wis
ibe object he may recall the bird in terms of the
song that 1t sings. 1t is further possible that he may
not In thinking of the bird mentally recall its
song that he may merely the word bird written
or hear it spoken, attempt to pronounce 1t himself
II he actually the bird in his minds he is said
to have concrete visual imagery If he hears the song
that sings mentally, he is said to have concrete audi
tory imagery If he not the bird but the word, he
ia said verbal imagery and II Instead
of seeing word hearing he simply has the men
tai imagery of pronouncng the word he is said to have
verbalmotor imagery
1t is then possible for the person in his ordinary
thinking employ either concrete imagery In which he
recalls the actual object presented through some of
his senses or employ verbal imagery in which latter
case he does recall the object AT all, but in which
he recalls the printed symbol for that object either In
visual auditory motor terms 1t is possible also to
have not only visual and auditory imagery but
IN have concrete imagery well. person. for
EXAMPLE in mentally recalling foot race, may think
NJ the runner he appears ready for the starting sig
nal or he may think of the starting signal or finally,
no may think muscular sensations which come in
nnng the race In this latter case he would think OF
the runner in terms of concrete motor imagery.
Probably the football player, In recalling the expert
ences of the game in which he has taken part does
no see the plays as spectator does from the grand
stand but recalls them in terms OF the movements
which he makes in executing them.