Note 7 — I. INTRODUCTORY.

The great advantage which the female observer of the infant’s mind has over her male competitor is clearly illustrated in some recent studies of childhood by American women. I would especially call attention to a study by Miss M. W. Shinn of the University of California (Development of a child. Notes on the writer’s niece), where the minute and painstaking record (e.g., of the child’s colour discrimination and visual space exploration) points to the ample opportunity of observation which comes more readily to women.