| Concrete | Abstract | Concrete | Abstract | Concrete | Abstract |
| street | scope | coat | time | pen | law |
| ink | proof | woman | aft | clock | thought |
| lamp | scheme | house | route | man | plot |
| spoon | form | salt | phase | floor | glee |
| horse | craft | glove | work | sponge | life |
| chair | myth | watch | truth | hat | rhythm |
| stone | rate | box | thing | chalk | faith |
| ground | cause | mat | tact | knife | mirth |
The examiner should repeat these lists of words to the subject one at a
time, alternating the concrete and abstract lists. To insure the presentation of the words with an even tempo, a metronome may be had by simply swinging a small weight on a string, having the string of just sufficient length so that the beats come at intervals of one second. Each word should be pronounced distinctly in time with the beat of the metronome, but without rhythm. After each list has been pronounced, have the subject write the list from memory. The lists thus made up by the subject from memory are then to be inspected with reference to the following points:
1. Memory errors (omissions and displacements), concrete lists.
2. Memory errors (omissions and displacements), abstract lists.
Every omission counts two errors; every displacement counts two-thirds when the displacement is by one remove only, one and one-third when by more than one move.
3. Insertions. These are words added by the subject. They count for two errors each, unless the added word resembles the word given in sound, in which case it counts one and one-third.
4. Perseverations. These are reproductions in a given series of words already given in a previous series. If frequent, this indicates a low order of intelligence, with weak self-control