Psychopathology

[121] A note -on the persistence of moods.-E. N. KENDREW. Brit. Jour. Psychol., 1935, 26, 165. TiE experiment here dealt with was devised to test the possibility of achieving a technique for measuring the degree of persistence of moods experimentally aroused in young children. The 20 cases fell into three groups. In nine disappointment appeared to produce persistent effects of a diminishing order of magnitude; in eight cases the persistent effect was of an increasing order of magnitude; in three cases no noticeable effects could be observed. Ji several cases a persisting conative activity showed itself in general behaviour, but the emotional disturbance had a greater effect on the natural rate of working. The experimental results are shown to fit well with general observations. Interest and fatigue influenced the results in a few cases, while two children, at least, delayed the effect of disturbance by a determined effort.