| (1) | (a) Blacksmith shoeing Horse |
| (b) A Sheep | |
| (2) | (a) Girl and Boy |
| (b) A Bird | |
| (3) | (a) Three Children |
| (b) A Duck | |
| (4) | (a) A Sower |
| (b) A Dog |
| | | – | + | α | β | ||
| J. | { | 30 | 23 | 9 | 18 | 0 |
| 37.5% | 28.8% | 11.2% | 22.5% | |||
| E. | { | 28 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 70.0% | 25.0% | 5.0% | ||||
| W. | { | 14 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 37.8% | 48.7% | 13.5% | ||||
| V. | { | 6 | 11 | 37 | 0 | 13 |
| 8.9% | 16.4% | 55.3% | 19.4% | |||
| L. | { | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 84.3% | 12.5% | 3.2% | ||||
| Ht. | { | 16 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 27.6% | 51.8% | 10.3% | 10.3% | |||
| Totals | { | 121 | 96 | 60 | 24 | 13 |
| 38.5% | 30.5% | 19.2% | 7.6% | 4.2% |
Moved 0 & 0 up one column in L. row of table from the percentage line.
Number of subjects, 6; number of sections, 4; number of experiments, 24; number of associations, 314.
GROUP XI
Three words spoken, one immediately following the other, are given in this group in order to test the span of consciousness and the influence of an immediate interruption, as one was given immediately following the other in such a way that all associations were checked until after the third starting-point. If we attempt to follow the initial starting-points we see they may disappear after the first few associations and reappear in the series; or each remain as initial starting-points for a few associations; or one alone control the whole series, while the others are present without influence; or there may be an alternation of independent influences; or an influence which shows a modifying effect of one or both of the other starting-points, which may reach such a degree that all fuse, and in so doing get an advantage over the single words. The starting-points are to a large extent disparate and there is very little fusion; we find only .5% total fusion and 18.7% partial fusion.
An example would be as follows:
SUBJECT VIII
FROG—ICE—TABLE
| – | snow | ice |
| | | bench | table |
| | | fish | frog |
| | | pole | fish |
| | | boat | fish |
| | | line | fish |
| | | bait | fish |
| | | weeds | fish |
| – | skating | ice |
| – | sleds | ice |
| – | coasting | sleds |
| – | girls | coasting |