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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter Page
Preface
I. OUR KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING MEMORY
Section 1. Memory in its Effects
2. Memory in its Dependence
3. Deficiencies in our Knowledge concerning Memory
II. THE POSSIBILITY OF ENLARGING OUR KNOWLEDGE OF MEMORY
Section 4. The Method of Natural Science
5. The Introduction of Numerical Measurements for Memory Contents
6. The Possibility of Maintaining the Constancy of Conditions Requisite for Research
7. Constant Averages
8. The Law of Errors
9. Resumé
10. The Probable Error
III. THE METHOD OF INVESTIGATION
Section 11. Series of Nonsense Syllables
12. Advantages of the Material
13. Establishment of the Most Constant Experimental Conditions Possible
14. Sources of Error
15. Measurement of Work Required
16. Periods of the Tests
IV. THE UTILITY OF THE AVERAGES OBTAINED
Section 17. Grouping of the Results of the Tests
18. Grouping of the Results of the Separate Series
V. RAPIDITY OF LEARNING SERIES OF SYLLABLES AS A FUNCTION OF THEIR LENGTH
Section 19. Tests Belonging to the Later Period
20. Tests Belonging to the Earlier Period
21. Increase in Rapidity of Learning in the Case of Meaningful Material
VI. RETENTION AS A FUNCTION OF THE NUMBER OF REPETITIONS
Section 22. Statement of the Problem
23. The Tests and their Results
24. The Influence of Recollection
25. The Effect of a Decided Increase in the Number of Repetitions
