Gittinger Seminar Notes - Lecture 14
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Lecture 14 - Block Design and Similarities
On aspect of blocks is R can do without concern for why they are asked to do it. 173
R can do harder ones faster. 173
At 12,13,14 NL range, difference is speed on BD. 174
F is more questioning and has more need to understand what he is doing. 174
F keeps trying to figure out why we are doing this. 174
Original Kohs blocks with more colors a better test because F confused about why we don't use the extra colors. 175
R will perseverate on blocks. 175
F may say "I haven't done blocks since I was a kid". 176
BD scores drop with age. Maybe because R's lose the imitating ability. 177
BD results can be affected by organic problems. 177
It is R who does poorly due to organic problems. 178
F has early experience with being confused. 178
F has capability to respond to wider range of stimuli, E external, I internal. 179
F needs to learn to control confusion and R to be confused. 179 180
F sensitivity is sensitive to things going on, not necessarily "emotional sensitivity". 180
R insensitivity is a kind of "tunnel vision". 180
On BD, "tunnel vision" is what you need. 180
F has lifetime experience with confusion. If R has organic based confusion, they don't do well. 181
Organic effects of arteriosclerosis. 181
R learns and need to be taught to understand. 182
F needs to understand to learn it. 182
F anticipates well, but may over-anticipate. 182
F over-anticipation carries inferiority and insecurity. 182
In our cultures, F forced to overcome inferiority. 183
R finds things happen unexpected - lack of anticipation. 183
R as grows towards adulthood now forced to see he is inferior - it is a depressive effect. 183
Adolescent inferiority complex more likely in R. 184
Similarities "natural" to an F. 184
R with low Similarities can learn many things by rote but beware of his lack of understanding. 186
It takes effort for an F to do poorly on Similarities. 187
It takes effort for an R to do well on Similarities. 187
