A note on the recall of the pleasant vs. the unpleasant.

An experimental analogue of repression. I. Historical summary.

“…Review articles or discussions of various aspects of pleasantunpleasant experiments have been presented by Meltzer (42), Moore (45), Sears (64,67,68,69), Gilbert (19), McGeoch (37), Rapaport (54), and Prentice (S3). As can be seen from the experiments reviewed so far, very little has been contributed to an understanding of the problem of repression as outlined by Freud.…”

The Experimental Contributions of General Psychology.

“…Meltzer's (95) positive criticism, Beebe-Center's (55) overoptimistic and Cason's (101, 137) over-pessimistic view of the results stimulated much of the technical improvement noted above. The surveys of Moore (138) and Gilbert (139) appraised the development that had taken place in the wake of the previous surveys. Also, most of the experimenters in their reports referred critically to previous experiments.…”