 | James Sully - Psychology - 1892 - 540 pages
...discriminative process in perception is one' main factor in the determination of the subsequent retention.1 The nature and sources of interest have been sufficiently...marvellous, whether delightful or terrible. The effect 1 See above, p. 193. CONDITIONS OF REPRODUCTION. 2gi of disagreeable feeling in fixing impressions... | |
 | James Sully - Psychology - 1892 - 540 pages
...discriminative process in perception is one main factor in the determination of the subsequent retention.1 The nature and sources of interest have been sufficiently...and marvellous, whether delightful or terrible. The etfect of disagreeable feeling in fixing impressions is illustrated in the retention of the image of... | |
 | George Frederick Arnold - Criminal anthropology - 1906 - 492 pages
...limited subject, the feeling is highly efficacious."(a) To the same effect again Prof. Sully says : ' ' The essential element in interest is feeling, and...terrible. The effect of disagreeable feeling in fixing impression is illustrated in the retention of the image of an ugly or malevolent-looking face, of words... | |
 | John Henry Wigmore - Law - 1913 - 1226 pages
...they are likely to intimately concern us." . . . To the same effect again Professor Sully says : " The essential element in interest is feeling, and...perhaps that of childish wonder at something new and marvelous, whether delightful or terrible. The effect of disagreeable feeling in fixing impression... | |
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To the same effect again Professor Sully says : " The essential element in interest is feeling, and any marked accompaniment of feeling, whether pleasurable or painful, is, as we all know, a great aid to retention. 