| Such self-regulatory perseveration is characterized by unproductive rumination about the failure. |
| In the foreground stands a strong tendency to perseveration. |
| And though perseverance can be an admirable trait and is essential for all success in life, when taken too far it becomes perseveration — uncontrollable repetition — or simple perversity. |
| With that change, they found that bees no longer demonstrated a preference for perseveration. |
| Stereotypy and perseveration are other evidences of this narrowness of thought content. |
| These are plainly reactions of the path of least resistance or, in these instances, of perseveration. |
