436 SECTIONAL TRANSACTIONS.—J. 
The view that words are social, and are therefore distinguished from 
sensorial images. Can asimple meaning be attached to the ‘ social function ’ 
of words, especially spoken words ? 
How can the non-verbaliser be persuaded to think? The uses of ‘ pic- 
torial statistics,’ the cinema, the radio-talk and discussion. If visualisers 
are needed to evoke images in film and radio, can the verbalising literary 
critic appraise their attempts? What will be the worth of his criticism, 
if he adheres tightly to the present criteria of style in writing ? 
AFTERNOON. 
Dr. C. J. C. Eart.—Affective-instinctive factors in the imbecile child (2.0). 
The affective-instinctive deviations found in low grade children are at 
least of as great importance as the inferiority in the intellectual sphere. 
The affective-instinctive deviations may be found both at the temperamento 
and characterological levels. They may consist of an emotional sub- 
normality or an emotional abnormality. In the former heading we may find 
(a) an absolute quantitative emotional lack, or (6) an immaturity or infanti- 
lism. ‘The abnormalities take the form of psychoses or of psychoneuroses 
or behaviour disorder. The psychoses in these children are apparently 
endogenous and are played out principally at the psychomotor level. The 
psychoneuroses are indefinite and of a very simple order. Behaviour 
disorder, rarely serious, is a very common finding. 
The clinical and pedagogic importance of the various syndromes built 
upon these emotional deviations is discussed. 
Mr. R. J. BartLert.—Lowenfeld’s mosaics with psychotic patients (2.45). 
‘Two or more designs each were obtained from convalescent men and 
women, and also from men far removed from normality. Comparison was 
made with designs from a group of University students and tentative norms 
given by Dr. Lowenfeld. 
Computation of number of colours, shapes, varieties and pieces used, 
revealed a marked tendency for psychotics to use fewer shapes and pieces 
than normals, but little difference in the numerical use of colours. 
When designs were graded into seven grades the lowest two grades were 
occupied exclusively by psychotics, while median grades were : Normal 3, 
Psychotic women 4, Psychotic men 5. Correlation between gradings of the 
two designs from each person was 0:65 (P.E. 0:06). 
Judged by one with considerable experience of designs from children 
and normal adults, much of the work of the psychotic men was similar to 
that of intelligent boys in the middle school, showing arrest of emotional 
development, while comment was made on the slight use of the smallest 
triangle, the absence of floral designs and the frequency of representational 
designs. 
Diagnostic and prognostic guesses made by this worker, on the basis of 
the designs only, show an interesting measure of agreement with the 
physicians’ reports on the cases. 
Mr. WHATELY CARINGTON.—Word-association tests of trance personalities 
(3.30). 
Word-association tests have been repeatedly applied to the personalities 
of mediumistic trance, to the ‘mediums’ in their normal state, and to 
ordinary people. ‘The reaction time, the reproduction test and, to a less 
