Lisa Ruddick cites William James’s discussion of
“mind-wandering” and “wandering attention” in his Psychology: The
Briefer Course as typical of children and some adults who never
outgrow “this sensitiveness to immediately exciting sensorial stimuli” and for
whom “perceptual life continues to consist of immediate, aimless sensation.”
Could this be referred to as arrested development or should we emply different epistemological methods in our assessment of behaviours?
Could this be referred to as arrested development or should we emply different epistemological methods in our assessment of behaviours?
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