There were no cases of the total fusion of all the starting-points throughout the series, no cases of total fusion of the first and second, and two cases for the second and third. There were two cases of partial fusion of the first, second, and third throughout. The first was followed exclusively in two cases, the third in one. The first and third were followed intermittently in four cases, the second and third in eleven, the first, second, and third in thirty-five.
The second starting-point has the ascendency of influence. This is not due to habits formed in earlier experiments, as the two groups of experiments with two words were given in connection with other experiments. This group informs us that in immediate interruption the new impression has not sufficient power to establish itself more firmly than a past impression which is just past, and must in a manner be reproduced to start associations. The influence of the first has been somewhat destroyed, but the second is greater than the third.
TABLE XX. THREE WORDS SPOKEN
Time—50 seconds.
Characters—same as Table XVI, with the addition of [ representing total fusion between the first, second, and third, μ partial fusion between first, second, and third with first predominating, ν partial fusion between first, second, and third with first and third predominating.
(1) Frog—Ice—Table
| A. | / | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||||
| M. | – | | | | | γ | γ | γ | γ | γ | γ | γ | γ | γ | |||||||||||
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | / | / | | | | | | | | | / | / | / | – | – | – | ||||||
| H. | | | – | – | – | – | – | | | | | | | | | / | / | / | – | – | – | |||||||
| J. | | | – | – | / | / | / | / | – | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | |||||||
| Bl. | – | / | | | | | | | | | | | | | – | – | – | – | |||||||||||
| By. | | | / | / | / | / | / | / | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bs. | – | | | | | | | – | – | – | / | / | ||||||||||||||
| Ro. | | | | | – | – | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | ||||||||
| Br. | – | / | / | / | δ | δ | δ | δ | δ | δ |
(1) Frog—Ice—Table
(2) Key—Shoe—Knife
(3) Desk—Park—Glove
(4) College—Church—Cafe
(5) Boston—Elevator—Lake
(6) Skate—Book—Theatre
(7) Bridge—Sleigh—Ticket
(8) Gun—Lamp—Watch
| | | – | / | + | α | β | γ | δ | [ | μ | ν | ||
| A. | { | 26 | 32 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| 26% | 32% | 30% | 2% | 10% | ||||||||
| M. | { | 25 | 36 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 24.3% | 34.9% | 20.5% | 2.9% | 9.8% | .9% | .9% | 5.8% | |||||
| F. | { | 15 | 23 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.9% | 24.5% | 25.5% | 8.5% | 11.8% | 7.4% | 6.4% | ||||||
| H. | { | 31 | 68 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23.8% | 52.4% | 23.8% | ||||||||||
| J. | { | 19 | 18 | 48 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.5% | 14.6% | 39.1% | 12.2% | 17.8% | 0.8% | |||||||
| Bl. | { | 23 | 33 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23.2% | 33.2% | 16.0% | 5.0% | 22.6% | ||||||||
| By. | { | 13 | 56 | 48 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.7% | 36.8% | 31.5% | 9.8% | 0.6% | 11.2% | 1.4% | ||||||
| Bs. | { | 19 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23.4% | 16.0% | 23.4% | 11.2% | 23.5% | 2.5% | |||||||
| Ro. | { | 32 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32.6% | 33.7% | 33.7% | ||||||||||
| Br. | { | 12 | 24 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.0% | 30.0% | 47.5% | 7.5% | |||||||||
| Totals | { | 215 | 336 | 308 | 55 | 11 | 1 | 40 | 72 | 6 | 10 | 6 |
| 20.3% | 31.1% | 29.1% | 5.2% | 1.1% | 0.9% | 3.6% | 6.8% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 0.5% |