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THE ASSOCIATION METHOD
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An Example of Normal Reaction Type―Cont.

Stimulus word Reaction
Time
Unit 0.2 second
Reaction Reproduction
stem 6 flower
to dance 9 I like
lake 8 Zurich
sick 8 sister
pride 6 people
to cook 7 woman
ink 5 black
angry 10 children people
needle 9 to prick
to swim 10 healthy
voyage 9 England
blue 10 pretty like
lamp 6 light
to sin 8 much people
bread 10 good like, necessary
rich 9 nice
tree 6 green
to prick 9 need


An Example of an Hysterical Reaction Type

Stimulus word Reaction
Time
Unit 0.2 second
Reaction Reproduction
needle 7 to sew
to swim 9 water ship
 [1] [2] 
voyage 35 to ride, motion, voyager
blue 10 color
lamp 7 to burn
to sin 22 this idea is totally strange to me, I do not recognize it
bread 10 to eat
rich[2] 50 money, I don't know possession
brown 6 nature green
to prick 9 needle
pity 12 feeling
yellow 9 color
mountain 8 high
to die 8 to perish
salt 15 salty (laughs) I don't know NaCl
new 15 old as an opposite
custom 10 good barbaric
to pray 12 Diety
money 10 wealth
foolish 12 narrow minded, restricted ?
pamphlet 10 paper

  1. Denotes misunderstanding.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Denotes repetition of the stimulus words.