Psychopathology

Abstract

PSYCHOLOGY [21] Perseveration and personality.-KENNETH H. ROGERS. Jour. of Ment. Sci., 1935, 81, 145. CONTEMPORARY with the experimental determination of perseveration as a mental function, there have been effected correlative explorations of the possible relationships between this function and personality features. Spearman has indicated that the so-called ' type ' psychology bears on this problem, and perseverative function as a common basic feature of these various personality dichotomies is suggested. Certain investigations would appear to have established a definite relationship between perseveration and personality characteristics. Apart from intelligence, perseveration offers one of the more important contributions toward the delineation of individual differences on a functional basis. C. S. R.