THE ASSOCIATION METHOD
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|+ The Probable Average of the Reaction Time
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|- | style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;border-top:1px solid black;width:50%;" | for | style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;border-top:1px solid black;" | A | style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;border-top:1px solid black;" | B | style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid black;border-top:1px solid black;" | C |- | style="border-right:1px solid black;" |
Indifferent reactions |
| style="text-align:center;border-right:1px solid black;" | 10.0 | style="text-align:center;border-right:1px solid black;" | 11.0 | style="text-align:center;" | 12.0 |- | style="border-right:1px solid black;" |
Critical reactions |
| style="text-align:center;border-right:1px solid black;" | 16.0 | style="text-align:center;border-right:1px solid black;" | 13.0 | style="text-align:center;" | 15.0 |- | style="border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;" |
Post-critical reactions |
| style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;" | 10.0 | style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;" | 11.0 | style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid black;" | 13.0 |}
parison to the other two persons of the experiment, the longest time for the critical reactions.
The difference between the reaction times, let us say between the indifferent and the critical, is 6 for A, 2 for B, and 3 for C, that is, it is more than double for A when compared with the other two persons.
In the same way we can calculate how many complex indicators there are on an average for the indifferent, critical, etc., reactions.
| for | A | B | C | |||
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0.6 | 0.9 | 0.8 | |||
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1.3 | 0.9 | 1.2 | |||
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0.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | |||
The difference between the indifferent and critical reactions for A = 0.7, for B = 0, for C = 0.4. A is again the highest.
Another question to consider is, in what special way do the imperfect reactions behave?
The result for A = 34%, for B = 28%, and for C = 30%.
Here, too, A reaches the highest value, and in this, I believe, we see the characteristic moment of the guilt-complex in A. I am, however, unable to explain here circumstantially the reasons why I maintain that memory errors are related to an emotional complex, as this would lead me beyond the limits of the present work. I therefore refer the reader to my work “Ueber die Reproductionsstörrungen im Associationsexperiment” (IX Beitrag der Diegnost. Associat. Studien).
As it often happens that an association of strong feeling tone produces in the experiment a perseveration, with the result that not only the critical association, but also two or three successive