A Study of Association in Insanity

by Grace Helen Kent; A. J. Rosanoff

Table—floor……….
Dark—light………..
Music—shoe………..19
Sickness—well……..
Man—boy…………..
Deep—sea………….
Soft—soap…………
Eating—tea………..17
Mountain—forest……17
House—horse……….10
Black—sill………..19
Mutton—tablecloth….17
Comfort—black……..16
Hand—fingers………
Short—wrist……….13
Fruit—soup………..17
Butterfly—grape……13
Smooth—coat……….
Command—vest………18
Chair—pillow………19
Sweet—brick……….19
Whistle—knuckles…..19
Woman—wall………..19
Cold—eating……….19
Slow—swift………..
Wish—knob…………19
River—pad…………19
White—book………..19
Beautiful—shadow….. 6
Window—stockings…..19
Bough—stand……….19
Citizen—blue………19
Foot—brass………..19
Spider—shoelace……19
Needle—name……….19
Red—sunlight………19
Sleep—flag………..18
Anger—slant……….19
Carpet—rip………..19
Girl—lady…………
High—stripe……….19
Working—steam……..17
Sour—handkerchief….19
Earth—ground………
Trouble—insect…….19
Soldier—army………
Cabbage—sill………15
Hard—washstand…….19
Eagle—blue………..15
Stomach—tap……….19
Stem—sill…………15
Lamp—back…………19
Dream—shadow……… 2
Yellow—blanket…….19
Bread—horizontal…..19
Justice—ink……….19
Boy—taste…………19
Light—yellow………
Health—book……….19
Bible—Joseph………17
Memory—Joe………..18
Sheep—pillow………19
Bath—Mott…………19
Cottage—globe……..19
Swift—continue…….19
Blue—notice……….19
Hungry—Josephine…..19
Priest—sixteen…….12
Ocean—flag………..15
Head—cabbage………
Stove—rivet……….17
Long—floor………..19
Religion—priest……
Whiskey—tin……….19
Child—shadow……… 6
Bitter—black………15
Hammer—buttons…….15
Thirsty—shadow……. 6
City—back…………15
Square—oval……….
Butter—table………
Doctor—doorway…….10
Loud—shadow………. 6
Thief—butter………16
Lion—difference……19
Joy—ink…………..15
Bed—butter………..15
Heavy—shadow……… 6
Tobacco—wood………13
Baby—wall…………15
Moon—lightning…….17
Scissors—book……..15
Quiet—yellow………15
Green—sole………..19
Salt—ink………….15
Street—sides………19
King—stripes………19
Cheese—butter……..
Blossom—trees……..
Afraid—boy………..

CASE No. 5374.—J.F. Perseveration; some stereotypy; sound reactions; unclassified reactions many of which are probably due to distraction. Note on test record states: "Understood what was expected, but could not be induced to give much attention to the stimulus words; sat facing a window, and showed a strong tendency to merely name objects in sight. Reaction time very short, in some cases so short that it is doubtful if he recognized the stimulus word at all."

Table—God…………19
Dark—angel………..18
Music—bird………..
Sickness—woman……. 9
Man—male………….
Deep—dove…………19
Soft—dog………….19
Eating—horse………18
Mountain—mule……..18
House—dog…………
Black—rabbit………18
Mutton—hen………..18
Comfort—dog……….15
Hand—clock………..
Short—myself………
Fruit—post………..19
Butterfly—bricks…..19
Smooth—glass………
Command—sand………10
Chair—leaf………..19
Sweet—wood………..19
Whistle—earth……..19
Woman—grass……….14
Cold—mustard………19
Slow—kale…………19
Wish—lampsquob……. 4
River—ten…………12
White—rock………..17
Beautiful—water……17
Window—scene………
Rough—been………..12
Citizen—house……..13
Foot—stable………. 2
Spider—horse………13
Needle—pin………..
Red—cushion……….18
Sleep—black……….13
Anger—white……….14
Carpet—vingency…… 4
Girl—noodles………19
High—macaroni……..18
Working—tomatoes…..18
Sour—asparagus…….18
Earth—oakry………. 4
Trouble—peas………19
Soldier—beans……..18
Cabbage—greens…….
Hard—cow………….19
Eagle—robin……….
Stomach—hawk………13
Stem—fishes……….19
Lamp—whale………..18
Dream—shark……….18
Yellow—crabs………18
Bread—red…………10
Justice—jam……….19
Boy—be…………… 2
Light—girl………..13
Health—filth………10
Bible—book………..
Memory—bad……….. 1
Sheep—dat………… 4
Bath—oval…………19
Cottage—nurse……..19
Swift—begin……….19
Blue—joy………….19
Hungry—wonder……..10
Priest—apostle…….17
Ocean—preacher…….13
Head—dead…………10
Stove—store……….10
Long—lone…………10
Religion—world…….19
Whiskey—whisper……10
Child—gule……….. 4
Bitter—Rugby………19
Hammer—ball……….18
Thirsty—sun……….19
City—Christ……….10
Square—Jesus………18
Butter—Joe………..19
Doctor—John……….17
Loud—Luke…………18
Thief—St. Matthew….18
Lion—lie………….10
Joy—George………..10
Bed—Beth………….10
Heavy—tither……… 4
Tobacco—iron………13
Baby—blade………..10
Moon—stars………..
Scissors—sun………13
Quiet—wired……….10
Green—mean………..10
Salt—Lou………….19
Street—vault………19
King—sepulchre…….18
Cheese—Presbyterian..19
Blossom—Baptist……18
Afraid—Methodist…..18

CASE No. 1431.—A.L. Sound reactions; particles; unclassified reactions, mostly incoherent.

Table—ammitting…… 4
Dark—cat………….
Music—hello……….12
Sickness—spelling….19
Man—then………….12
Deep—heap…………10
Soft—deep………… 7
Eating—people…….. 1
Mountain—striking….19
House—pat…………19
Black—and…………12
Mutton—it…………12
Comfort—herself……12
Hand—self…………19
Short—length………
Fruit—long………..13
Butterfly—quick……19
Smooth—edges………19
Command—first……..17
Chair—exact……….19
Sweet—nicest……… 2
Whistle—thistle……10
Woman—pins………..19
Cold—waving……….19
Slow—swift………..
Wish—choice……….17
River—never……….10
White—black……….
Beautiful—much…….19
Window—such……….19
Rough—exact……….15
Citizen—just………
Foot—root…………10
Spider—diving……..19
Needle—Hercules……19
Red—green…………
Sleep—deep………..
Anger—grief……….
Carpet—cheap………19
Girl—ink………….19
High—I……………10
Working—loafing……
Sour—hour…………10
Earth—hurt………..10
Trouble—bubble…….10
Soldier—yes……….12
Cabbage—garbage……10
Hard—hitting………17
Eagle—fitting……..19
Stomach—pitting……19
Stem—condemned…….10
Lamp—stamp………..10
Dream—stained……..19
Yellow—purple……..
Bread—pimple………19
Justice—suit………17
Boy—ahoy………….12
Light—night……….
Health—wealth……..
Bible—indeed………12
Memory—remembering…
Sheep—cow…………
Bath—sponge……….
Cottage—people……. 1
Swift—left………..10
Blue—shift………..19
Hungry—property……19
Priest—judge……… 2
Ocean—river……….
Head—sea………….13
Stove—Venus……….19
Long—hog………….19
Religion—pigeon……10
Whiskey—gin……….
Child—thing……….19
Bitter—better……..10
Hammer—happy……… 9
Thirsty—whiskey……17
City—fitting………10
Square—round………
Butter—shut……….10
Doctor—exercise……19
Loud—accounts……..10
Thief—endless……..19
Lion—tiger………..
Joy—fast………….19
Bed—grass…………19
Heavy—heaving……..10
Tobacco—queen……..19
Baby—water………..19
Moon—room…………19
Scissors—pants…….17
Quiet—razor……….13
Green—steel……….18
Salt—sharp………..
Street—fence………19
King—bring………..10
Cheese—eggs……….
Blossom—see……….19
Afraid—awaiting……19

CASE No. 6251.—C.D. Some stereotypy; particles; unclassified reactions, mostly incoherent.

Table—doctor………19
Dark—nigger……….17
Music—violin………
Sickness—whores……19
Man—Mulcane……….17
Deep—deaf…………19
Soft—hearing………18
Eating—pillow……..13
Mountain—sight…….19
House—pure………..19
Black—nigger………
Mutton—plenty…….. 6
Comfort—middle…….19
Hand—left…………17
Short—one…………12
Fruit—up………….12
Butterfly—bird…….
Smooth—never……… 6
Command—commodore….10
Chair—seat………..
Sweet—sugar……….
Whistle—highest……19
Woman—Constance……17
Cold—temperature…..
Slow—walk…………
Wish—wishbone……..
River—love………..19
White—Dr. White……17
Beautiful—pretty….. 1
Window—dove……….19
Rough—fine……….. 1
Citizen—United States
Foot—left…………15
Spider—web………..
Needle—ether………19
Red—pot…………..
Sleep—wake………..
Anger—mad…………
Carpet—pretty…….. 1
Girl—boy………….
High—Heidel……….10
Working—never……..
Sour—sweet………..
Earth—bride……….19
Trouble—mischief…..
Soldier—war……….
Cabbage—head………
Hard—never……….. 6
Eagle—fly…………
Stomach—go………..19
Stem—study………..10
Lamp—light………..
Dream—behave………19
Yellow—false………19
Bread—plenty……… 6
Justice—just………
Boy—come………….19
Light—Davie……….19
Health—wealth……..
Bible—Constance……15
Memory—fine………. 1
Sheep—plenty……… 6
Bath—bother……….10
Cottage—mansion……
Swift—hurry……….
Blue—flowers……… 2
Hungry—never………
Priest—highest……. 2
Ocean—land………..
Head—millionaire…..19
Stove—twenty-five….12
Long—thirty-four…..12
Religion—churches….
Whiskey—plenty……. 6
Child—baby………..
Bitter—sorrow……..
Hammer—court………19
Thirsty—blood……..11
City—this…………12
Square—I………….12
Butter—plenty…….. 6
Doctor—millionaire…15
Loud—tell…………17
Thief—rich………..19
Lion—west…………19
Joy—ever………….12
Bed—Constance……..15
Heavy—fine……….. 9
Tobacco—back………10
Baby—millionaire…..15
Moon—always……….12
Scissors—large……. 9
Quiet—stay………..19
Green—flowers……..
Salt—perfume………18
Street—floor………19
King—Haaken……….19
Cheese—kiss……….19
Blossom—flower…….
Afraid—never………

CASE No. 17607.—P.D. Test record somewhat approaching the normal: 24 individual reactions, of which 16 are unclassified, mostly "far fetched" and not strictly incoherent. Patient is a well-marked case of dementia præcox but only moderately deteriorated; works well at the hospital.

Table—oak…………..
Dark—brown………….
Music—falsetto………17
Sickness—typhoid…….
Man—gender………….19
Deep—feet…………..19
Soft—feeling………..
Eating—partaking…….19
Mountain—hunter……..19
House—dwelling………
Black—color…………
Mutton—sheep………..
Comfort—coziness……. 2
Hand—anatomy………..
Short—stature……….
Fruit—apples………..
Butterfly—insect…….
Smooth—plain………..
Command—order……….
Chair—furniture……..
Sweet—sugar…………
Whistle—steam……….
Woman—sex…………..
Cold—degree…………
Slow—speedless………
Wish—expression……..
River—Amazon………..
White—pulp………….17
Beautiful—description..
Window—opaque……….19
Rough—uncouth……….
Citizen—qualification..19
Foot—anatomy………..
Spider—bug………….
Needle—steel………..
Red—color…………..
Sleep—slumber……….
Anger—aroused……….
Carpet—texture……… 2
Girl—female…………
High—up…………….
Working—doing……….
Sour—lemon………….
Earth—dirt………….
Trouble—distress…….
Soldier—uniform……..
Cabbage—crop………..19
Hard—metal………….
Eagle—bird………….
Stomach—anatomy……..
Stem—pipe…………..
Lamp—glass………….
Dream—atmosphere…….19
Yellow—color………..
Bread—flour…………
Justice—equality…….
Boy—male……………
Light—sun…………..
Health—color………..
Bible—nonsense………19
Memory—retentiveness… 2
Sheep—quadruped……..
Bath—water………….
Cottage—stories……..19
Swift—speed…………
Blue—navy…………..
Hungry—appetite……..
Priest—uniform………15
Ocean—Atlantic………
Head—stature………..15
Stove—iron………….
Long—inches…………17
Religion—creed………
Whiskey—hops………..
Child—neuter………..19
Bitter—horehound…….17
Hammer—steel………..
Thirsty—degree………15
City—population……..
Square—sides………..
Butter—cream………..
Doctor—physician…….
Loud—noise………….
Thief—characterization.19
Lion—menagerie………
Joy—openness………..19
Bed—furniture……….
Heavy—weight………..
Tobacco—plant……….
Baby—egg……………19
Moon—astronomy………
Scissors—blades……..
Quiet—noiseless……..
Green—Paris…………11
Salt—crystal………..17
Street—lane…………
King—usurper………..19
Cheese—milk…………
Blossom—bud…………
Afraid—scared……….

CASE No. 5537.—J.H. Test record approaching the normal: 21 individual reactions, 8 classed as normal, 1 non-specific, 12 unclassified, mostly "far fetched" but not strictly incoherent. Well-marked dementia præcox, but of recent origin and but slight deterioration.