ATTENTION 



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ATTICA 



Outline and Questions on 

 Attention 



I. M.-linili.m 



( 1 ) The act 



(2) The purpose 



II. IMi:is,-s 



(1) Passive or non-voluntary 



Without HT.Tt 



(b) Without purpose 



(c) First stop toward active at- 



tention 



(.1) Characteristic of the chil.l 

 \<-tivi- or voluntary 

 Directed by will 



(b) Definite purpose 



(c) Characteristic of adult 



(3) Secondary passive or acquired 



(a) Difference from active one of 



degree 



(b) Effort required 



(c) Cultivation of habit 



III. Importance lu Education 



(1) First step to knowledge 



(2) Grows with practice 



(3) Selective nature 



( 4 ) Importance of relaxation 



Questions 



When a teacher says, "This is the 

 most inattentive child in the class," 

 what does she really mean? 



If your eye is unconsciously caught 

 B brilliantly lighted sign and you 

 stop to discover what the sign says, 

 what process has taken place? 



Is it wise to expect a child to solve 

 his arithmetic problems just before he 

 goes to bed? Why? 



Can you at any time actually be at- 

 tentive to nothing? 



Can a person who has never learned 

 to hold his attention fixed on one idea 

 be considered well-educated? 



Why can you not fix your attention 

 for a half hour upon the fact that 

 "Two times two are four"? 



What is the difference between active 

 ami secondary passive attention? 



What sort of attention is it that 

 registers the sound of a revolver shot? 



How can a young person determine 

 the sort of things which shall 'claim 

 his attention when he grows older? 



Whnt lid Joseph Cook call the 

 "Knindmother of knowledge"? 



Why is it difficult to do as much and 

 as good work as usual amid new sur- 

 roundings? 



Attention can be held only for a short time 

 upon an object that does not change. In the 

 acquisition of knowledge the miml is active; 

 it requires that the material upon which it 

 works should be active also. 



Attention causes fatigue, hence it becomes 

 weakened when exercised for a long time. It 

 is usually weaker toward the close of the day 

 than in the morning. In the training of chil- 

 dren periods requiring active attention should 

 be followed by periods of relaxation. W.F.U. 



ATTICA, at'ika, a district of Greece on the 

 extreme southeast, coast, celebrated as the home 

 of the ancient Athenians, through whose p-nius 

 (Irecian art. literature and philosophy reached 

 their greatest heights. Attica is a triangular 



ATTICA 



Location of the district, both in ancient and 

 modern times. 



peninsula jutting into the Aegean Sea, and 

 Athens is its most important city. Its surf ace 

 is mountainous, the soil is light and thin, and 

 the coast indented by numerous bays and har- 

 bors. The early inhabitants had to use the 

 greatest care -in the practice of agriculture, 

 which fostered habits of industry, while the 

 coast, with its line of natural harbors, made 

 them a seafaring race and encouraged trade and 

 commerce. The clear air of this region, and 

 the brilliant blue of its skies, praised by poets 

 from ancient times, are said to have been a 

 wonderful inspiration to the Athenians. Mil- 

 ton's lines in this connection are well known : 



Where, on the Aegean shore, a city stands, 

 Built nobly, pure the air, and light the soil 

 Athens, the eye of Greece. 



Modern Attica is a department of Greece, 

 having a population of about 341,000. See 

 ATHENS; GREECE, subhead History. 



