A Study of Association in Insanity

by Grace Helen Kent; A. J. Rosanoff

Cold—fire…………
Slow—speed………..
Wish—go…………..
River—boat………..
White—stem………..13
Beautiful—cloak……17
Window—drift………19
Rough—storm……….
Citizen—citron…….10
Foot—feed…………19
Spider—web………..
Needle—thread……..
Red—sew…………..13
Sleep—rest………..
Anger—health………13
Carpet—carrots…….10
Girl—eat………….19
High—horse………..19
Working—hay……….15
Sour—cut………….19
Earth—machine……..19
Trouble—repair…….18
Soldier—mow……….19
Cabbage—plant……..
Hard—seed…………18
Eagle—bird………..
Stomach—egg……….17
Stem—join…………
Lamp—oil………….
Dream—burn………..13
Yellow—gas………..18
Bread—flour……….
Justices—drink…….19
Boy—girl………….
Light—man………… 9
Health—woman……… 1
Bible—baby………..10
Memory—want……….19
Sheep—lamb………..
Bath—water………..
Cottage—hay……….15
Swift—corn………..18
Blue—eat………….18
Hungry—ham………..17
Priest—pickle……..18
Ocean—turnip………18
Head—hair…………
Stove—coal………..
Long—wood…………13
Religion—lemon…….10
Whiskey—wheat……..17
Child—rye…………18
Bitter—medicine……
Hammer—nail……….
Thirsty—beer………
City—cake…………19
Square—pie………..18
Butter—cream………
Doctor—herb……….19
Loud—duck…………19
Thief—feathers…….18
Lion—animal……….
Joy—peace…………
Bed—sleep…………
Heavy—rest………..13
Tobacco—chew………
Baby—chair………..19
Moon—sun………….
Scissors—cut………
Quiet—hair………..18
Green—grapes………
Salt—bag………….19
Street—stone………
King—cement……….18
Cheese—money………19
Blossom—flower…….
Afraid—fast……….19

CASE No. 17880.—E.D. Numerous repetitions of reactions previously given; unclassified reactions, mostly incoherent; neologisms.

Table—eating………
Dark—night………..
Music—piano……….
Sickness—stoppery…. 4
Man—manly…………
Deep—knowing……… 6
Soft—undoable…….. 4
Eating—oblong……..19
Mountain—guide…….19
House—residing……. 2
Black—dress……….
Mutton—aiding……..19
Comfort—escorted….. 6
Hand—escorted…….. 5
Short—unescorted…..18
Fruit—eating………
Butterfly—interfere..19
Smooth—knowing……. 6
Command—unerrorer…. 4
Chair—seated………
Sweet—durable……..19
Whistle—treated……19
Woman—help……….. 2
Cold—stoppery…….. 4
Slow—unknowing……. 4
Wish—treated………15
River—boats……….
White—treasurer……19
Beautiful—form…….
Window—outlook…….
Rough—unescorted…..15
Citizen—residing….. 2
Foot—travel……….
Spider—stoppery…… 4
Needle—clothing…… 2
Red—color…………
Sleep—stoppery……. 4
Anger—unguarded……17
Carpet—residence…..15
Girl—help………… 6
High—escorted…….. 6
Working—man………. 1
Sour—form…………15
Earth—platformer….. 4
Trouble—unguarded….15
Soldier—sentinel….. 2
Cabbage—dinners…… 2
Hard—escorted…….. 6
Eagle—newspaper……17
Stomach—health…….
Stem—winding………
Lamp—reading………
Dream—guarded……..19
Yellow—aged……….19
Bread—knowing…….. 6
Justice—bar……….17
Boy—help…………. 6
Light—advice………19
Health—doableness…. 4
Bible—church………
Memory—knowing……. 2
Sheep—aided……….15
Bath—stoppery…….. 4
Cottage—seashore…..
Swift—business…….17
Blue—help………… 6
Hungry—unadded……. 4
Priest—Rome……….19
Ocean—help……….. 6
Head—knowing……… 2
Stove—cooking……..
Long—bank…………19
Religion—church……
Whiskey—drink……..
Child—help……….. 6
Bitter—error………16
Hammer—builder……. 2
Thirsty—drink……..
City—building……..
Square—unerrorer….. 4
Butter—eating……..
Doctor—destroyer…..10
Loud—notoriety…….17
Thief—error……….15
Lion—lord…………19
Joy—escorted……… 6
Bed—unescorted…….15
Heavy—unescorted….. 5
Tobacco—chewing……
Baby—help………… 6
Moon—knowing……… 6
Scissors—tailor……
Quiet—form………..15
Green—moneyed……..19
Salt—eating……….
Street—city……….
King—adds…………19
Cheese—eating……..
Blossom—escorted….. 6
Afraid—unguarded…..15

CASE No. 6065.—A.F. Unclassified reactions, mostly incoherent; perseveration: instances of association to preceding reaction and to preceding stimulus.

Table—stove……….19
Dark—clear………..19
Music—calm………..19
Sickness—exact…….19
Man—particular…….18
Deep—personal……..18
Soft—frank………..19
Eating—determined….19
Mountain—idea……..19
House—street………
Black—water……….
Mutton—ground……..19
Comfort—country……18
Hand—fire…………19
Short—straight…….10
Fruit—flowers……..
Butterfly—horn…….19
Smooth—farm……….19
Command—forbidden…. 2
Chair—bed…………
Sweet—sugar……….
Whistle—noise……..
Woman—boy…………
Cold—house………..13
Slow—store………..14
Wish—work…………19
River—sound……….17
White—blue………..
Beautiful—fair…….
Window—door……….
Rough—glass……….13
Citizen—dress……..19
Foot—exact………..15
Spider—fly………..
Needle—pins……….
Red—person……….. 9
Sleep—nervous……..17
Anger—determined…..15
Carpet—floor………
Girl—man…………. 1
High—fruit………..19
Working—wear………10
Sour—sweet………..
Earth—early……….10
Trouble—state……..19
Soldier—girl………18
Cabbage—woman…….. 9
Hard—heart………..
Eagle—bird………..
Stomach—friend…….19
Stem—tree…………
Lamp—couch………..19
Dream—desk………..19
Yellow—table………
Bread—chair……….14
Justice—truth……..
Boy—honor…………13
Light—tails……….19
Health—care……….
Bible—book………..
Memory—remembrance…
Sheep—free………..19
Bath—court………..19
Cottage—pitcher……19
Swift—strong………
Blue—delicate……..18
Hungry—bread………
Priest—church……..
Ocean—ship………..
Head—height………. 2
Stove—people……… 9
Long—heart………..15
Religion—Catholic….
Whiskey—Brooklyn…..19
Child—New York…….18
Bitter—frost………19
Hammer—summer……..10
Thirsty—fall………18
City—autumn……….18
Square—winter……..18
Butter—daily………19
Doctor—midnight……19
Loud—forenoon……..18
Thief—afternoon……18
Lion—evening………18
Joy—sorrow………..
Bed—obstinate……..19
Heavy—indifferent….19
Tobacco—pipe………
Baby—mother……….
Moon—daughter……..18
Scissors—son………18
Quiet—sister………18
Queen—brother……..18
Salt—forward………19
Street—proper……..19
King—vulgar……….18
Cheese—personal……15
Blossom—tree………
Afraid—fear……….

CASE No. 17188.—G.B. Sound reactions; unclassified reactions, mostly incoherent

Table—tablet………10
Dark—dot………….10
Music—Lizzie………19
Sickness—Josh……..17
Man—McMahon……….10
Deep—deaf (deef)…..10
Soft—sulphur………10
Eating—itching…….10
Mountain—mouth…….10
House—horse……….10
Black—back………..10
Mutton—button……..10
Comfort—community….10
Hand—hat………….10
Short—shore……….10
Fruit—Freehoff…….10
Butterfly—busty…… 3
Smooth—small……… 1
Command—Cummings…..10
Chair—cherries…….10
Sweet—sweeten…….. 8
Whistle—Walters……19
Woman—wayman………10
Cold—laboratory……19
Slow—slaw…………10
Wish—wishbone……..
River—Ontario……..17
White—William……..19
Beautiful—bureau…..10
Window—Weldon……..10
Rough—saw…………17
Citizen—Sendow…….17
Foot—hoof…………17
Spider—web………..
Needle—shoe……….19
Red—book………….
Sleep—sitting……..19
Anger—Freeman……..19
Carpet—longing…….19
Girl—gone…………19
High—law………….19
Working—back………15
Sour—clock………..19
Earth—flower………
Trouble—sensibility..17
Soldier—sodder…….10
Cabbage—Cabot……..10
Hard—done………… 2
Eagle—time………..19
Stomach—mat……….19
Stem—water………..
Lamp—florist………19
Dream—Conners……..19
Yellow—flower……..
Bread—water……….
Justice—Gaynor…….17
Boy—passion……….19
Light—life………..
Health—wealth……..
Bible—gone………..15
Memory—Hans……….19
Sheep—pasture……..
Bath—Rogan………..19
Cottage—house……..
Swift—swim………..10
Blue—Thompson……..19
Hungry—memory……..18
Priest—golden……..18
Green—hat…………15
Head—broom………..19
Stove—fan…………19
Long—time…………
Religion—Yukon…….19
Whiskey—Freeman……15
Child—Hopkins……..17
Bitter—brown………19
Hammer—hands………19
Thirsty—thirty…….10
City—sure…………19
Square—squire……..10
Butter—Tam O'Shanter.10
Doctor—Dorsan……..10
Loud—law………….15
Thief—child……….19
Lion—dirty………..19
Joy—commerce………19
Bed—strike………..19
Heavy—Walden………19
Tobacco—Alice……..19
Baby—water………..15
Moon—handsome……..19
Scissors—comet…….19
Quiet—tiger……….19
Green—tree………..
Salt—salary……….10
Street—prunes……..19
King—kind…………19
Cheese—handsome……15
Blossom—pretty……. 1
Afraid—Africa……..10

CASE No. 6238.—M.H. Sound reactions; unclassified reactions, mostly incoherent.

Table—token……….19
Dark—dye………….17
Music—meat………..10
Sickness—sorrow……
Man—mother………..17
Jeep—dark…………
Soft—silk…………
Eating—elephant……19
Mountain—many……..10
House—home………..
Black—brown……….
Mutton—men………..10
Comfort—cat……….10
Hand—hat………….10
Short—shift……….10
Fruit—free………..10
Butterfly—baby…….19
Smooth—soft……….
Command—cat……….10
Chair—comfort……..
Sweet—sugar……….
Whistle—wine………19
Woman—when………..10
Cold—cat………….15
Slow—short………..
Wish—when…………12
River—Rhine……….
White—when………..10
Beautiful—baby…….
Window—wide……….
Rough—red…………19
Citizen—company……19
Foot—feeling………19
Spider—speck………10
Needle—nothing…….18
Red—rose………….
Sleep—should………12
Anger—after……….10
Carpet—cat………..10
Girl—God………….19
High—heaven……….
Working—will……… 2
Sour—sweet………..
Earth—eaten……….14
Trouble—tea……….10
Soldier—sailor…….
Cabbage—cobweb…….19
Hard—haven't………12
Eagle—eaten……….15
Stomach—sat……….10
Stem—should……….12
Lamp—little……….19
Dream—did…………12
Yellow—you………..10
Bread—butter………
Justice—Jesus……..10
Boy—baby………….
Light—love………..14
Health—heaven……..
Bible—bitch……….19
Memory—man……….. 1
Sheep—shepherd…….
Bath—both…………10
Cottage—cat……….10
Swift—said………..19
Blue—bad…………. 9
Hungry—haven't…….12
Priest—Pope……….
Ocean—open………..10
Head—heart………..
Stove—steel……….
Long—little……….15
Religion—right…….
Whiskey—when………12
Child—chimney……..19
Bitter—both……….19
Hammer—heart………15
Thirsty—think…….. 9
City—church……….17
Square—swift………19
Butter—bread………
Doctor—debtor……..10
Loud—loaf…………19
Thief—theatre……..10
Lion—liar…………10
Joy—jam…………..19
Bed—broom…………19
Heavy—hard………..
Tobacco—Tom……….19
Baby—brother………17
Moon—men…………. 2
Scissors—shift…….10
Quiet—quilt……….10
Green—grass……….
Salt—said…………19
Street—Stevens…….10
King—kite…………19
Cheese—cat………..15
Blossom—bad………. 9
Afraid—anger………

CASE No. 12720.—J.B. Unclassified reactions, many of which are probably due to distraction; some stereotypy. Note on test record states: "Influenced by sensory impressions, but gave good attention to each stimulus word. Had some difficulty in limiting his response to one word, but made all possible effort to comply with every request. On one occasion he was asked to react with his eyes closed, but was unable, under the unnatural conditions, to respond with one word."