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distractions, in others, have various distracting noises. What differences do you find in the results?

(2) Try learning nonsense syllables, some lists with distractions, others without distractions.

(3) Try getting the ideas from stories read to you, as in the logical memory experiment described in Chapter X. Some stories should be read without distractions, others with distractions.

14. Why are you unable to study well when under the influence of some strong emotion?

15. Are you trained to the extent that you can concentrate on a task and hold yourself to it for a long time?

16. Do you see that as far as will and attention and the emotions are concerned, your life and character are in large measure in your own hands?

17. Make a complete outline of the chapter.

REFERENCES FOR CLASS READING

COLVIN and BAGLEY: _Human Behavior_, Chapters IV, V, and VI.

MÜNSTERBERG: _Psychology, General and Applied_, Chapter XIV, also pp. 187-192 and pp. 370-371.

PILLSBURY: _Essentials of Psychology_, Chapters V and XI.

PYLE: _The Outlines of Educational Psychology_, Chapter XIV.

TITCHENER: _A Beginner's Psychology_, Chapters IV, VIII, and XI.