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"ready" was given, a moment later the screen lifted clear of the 

 case and at the same time a stop watch was started and the sub- 

 ject began the distribution; (4) as the last card was thrown the 

 subject called "up," as a signal to stop the watch and drop the 

 screen; the time between raising the screen and the subject's 

 signal "up" was considered the "distribution time;" (5) the rate 

 of distribution and the subject's introspections were recorded. 

 As the learning advanced, it became necessary to record errors 

 and the kind and number of cards that noticeably checked the 

 distribution. These latter inhibiting cards are referred to as 

 "hold-ups" and are so tabulated. 



Supplementary experimentation and observation will be de- 

 scribed in connection with the results which they are designed to 

 elucidate. 



CLASSIFICATION OF RESULTS 



A. General results 



The results of the main problem are arranged, discussed and 

 compared according as the subject worked under pleasant, un- 

 pleasant, or normal conditions. On this basis the results con- 

 sist: (1) of the distribution rates expressed in "learning curves;" 

 (2) of the subject's introspections; (3) of the relations between 

 the rate of learning, the location of the boxes and the rate of dis- 

 tributing the cards; (4) of the growth of the synthetic processes 

 with increase of speed; and finally (5), of errors, of dropped cards 

 and of hold-ups in relation to stimulus and to normal conditions. 



B. Supplementary results 



As the general results accumulated, additional experimentation 

 appeared necessary to support, check and explain them. These 

 subsidiary results consisted: (1) of "memory holds up" secured 

 by requiring the subject to recall in due sequence the 52 move- 

 ments. Here the degree of correlation is sought between the 

 remembered and unremembered movements on the one hand 

 and their feeling qualities on the other. (2) Of both a ' ' memory' ' 

 and a "perceptual" report of the feeling qualities of each of the 



