290 LINUS WARD KLINE 



resulted in confusion, errors, in lapses and in consequent loss of 

 speed. A perfect synthesis of movements, order of cards and 

 order of boxes on the conscious plane means their functional 

 coordination. One subject says 40 Dl OP. " These three factors 

 now work together, they are at ready command, formerly they 

 were more conscious and functioned separately." All parts of 

 such a synthesis remained at the conscious level a comparatively 

 short time. I have already given the order in which the factors 

 fade out. 



6. Order of cards and sequence of movements in the automatic 

 stage. The ability to handle the synthesized groups of move- 

 ments as units paved the way for a higher and final synthesis, 

 which may be termed the automatic stage, the completion of 

 which came slowly. It required more practice than the preced- 

 ing and was accompanied by frequent relapses. 



Subjects using the sectional and rational methods of learning 

 the stacked order of cards and who recognize a change in the 

 system of movements at the end of each 13, developed, while 

 in the " conscious" group stage, out of the 52 movements, four 

 distinct systems. The habit for the gross movements grew so 

 stable and sure that the attention was not needed for anticipat- 

 ing them; once started they ran solid without break from Q of C 

 to A of H. Two of the subjects mastered them so thoroughly 

 that with closed eyes they executed the movements in mimetic 

 fashion by tapping with index finger on the table or wall points 

 similar in relative position to the boxes visited. 6 They were 

 therefore free to use attention in the interest of accuracy and for 

 the more delicate aspects of the delivery, such as position before 

 the case, manner of holding the cards, use of the left thumb, 

 manner of grasping the cards with the right hand. When the 

 stacked order was learned by the sectional method only, based 

 on movements and their terminal boxes, the entire 52 movements 

 were sectioned into small groups of three and four each. For a 

 time these groups were handled as units and anticipated with 

 marked precision. The break and emphasis between the groups 



This voluntary rehearsal of the movements was a favorite exercise of E while 

 the case was being prepared for the next distribution. 



