INDEPENDENCE-CONFORMITY BEHAVIOR AS A FUNCTION OF INTELLECT: BRIGHT AND DULL CHILDREN

A simplified version of Crutchfield's experimental procedure was used for assessing conformity to peer-group pressure among children. In general, the data indicate that there is an inverse relationship between level of intelligence and amount of conformity. More detailed analysis suggests that bright and dull children may approach the same task with different perceptual and goal orientations.

ORGANIC STUPOR SUBSEQUENT TO A SEVERE HEAD INJURY TREATED WITH E.C.T

Roth and Rosie (1953) discussed the beneficial effect of E.C.T. in a wide range of psychoses complicated by clouding of consciousness, including syndromes of frankly organic origin. The treatment has been used effectively for psychotic symptoms in G.P.I. (Ewald and Haddenbrock, 1942; Bini, 1947; Solomonet al., 1948; Yaskin, 1948; Kalinowsky, 1949; Lopez Ibor, 1950), pellagra and pernicious anaemia (Fernandes and Polonio, 1946). It is perhaps not surprising that a search through the literature has failed to bring to light a case of stupor subsequent to a head injury being treated with E.C.T.