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perseverate, v. Psychol.|pəˈsɛvəreɪt|
[Back-formation from perseveration; cf. L. persevērāre to persevere.]
intr. To repeat a response after the cessation of the original stimulus, in various senses of perseveration 2.
1915Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. VII. 388 The varying degree in which their ideas after disappearing from consciousness continue to ‘perseverate’ unconsciously. 1927C. Spearman Abilities of Man xvii. 293 They seem not even to have cared to inquire whether..he who perseverates in one kind of operation may be expected to do so..in others. Ibid. 306 A tendency for mental processes to have a certain lag or inertia and in this meaning to ‘perseverate’. 1968P. McKellar Experience & Behaviour xii. 324 One subject started to draw an analogy with a gramophone record, and perseverated. 1976Smythies & Corbett Psychiatry vii. 105 He may be talkative but difficult to understand, and perseverates—that is replies to questions with responses appropriate to previous questions. 1977Word 1972 XXVIII. 214 Often, the archiunit is one which was used appropriately some time ago in the conversation. It then pops up again and again—both in the patient's own speech and in his misunderstanding of the speech which he hears. In the latter case, the patient is said to perseverate on the archiunit.
Hence perˈseverating ppl. a.; perˈseverative a.; perˈseverator, one who perseverates.
1915Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. VII. 389 This inhibition of a succeeding by the effect of a preceding experience must also be expected to reveal itself in the relative slowness of the perseverator. 1923E. Jones Papers on Psycho-Anal. (ed. 3) xxxiii. 445 The perseverating influence of this last reaction is also to be noticed in the next succeeding one. 1924R. M. Ogden tr. Koffka's Growth of Mind iv. §5. 178 This ‘perseverative tendency’ of certain methods deserves special consideration. 1927C. Spearman Abilities of Man xvii. 292 The perseverator has been assumed to be stable in his emotions and steadfast in his purposes. 1943H. Read Educ. through Art v. 150 On the other hand we have slight ability to direct attention, inclination to concentrate on colour to the neglect of form, perseverative talent—all symptoms of the tetanoid type. 1964M. Critchley Developmental Dyslexia vi. 23 Words may be repeated in a perseverating fashion, e.g. The cat the cat. 1972Science 16 June 1227/1 Attempts to reproduce such effects [sc. of medial temporal lesions] in animals have been largely fruitless; perseverative or disinhibitory effects have been the most frequent outcome. 1977Lancet 10 Dec. 1227/2 She had a generalised memory disorder, momentary confusion, and mental and motor inertia and perseverative responses. |