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CHAPTER II

THE ASSOCIATION METHOD[1]

Lecture I

When you honoured me with an invitation to lecture at Clark University, a wish was expressed that I should speak about my methods of work, and especially about the psychology of childhood. I hope to accomplish this task in the following manner:—

In my first lecture I will give to you the view points of my association methods; in my second I will discuss the significance of the familiar constellations; while in my third lecture I shall enter more fully into the psychology of the child.

I might confine myself exclusively to my theoretical views, but I believe it will be better to illustrate my lectures with as many practical examples as possible. We will therefore occupy ourselves first with the association test which has been of great value to me both practically and theoretically. The history of the association method in vogue in psychology, as well as the method itself, is, of course, so familiar to you that there is no need to enlarge upon it. For practical purposes I make use of the following formula:—

  1.head
  2.green
  3.water
  4.to sing
  5.dead
  6.long
  7.ship
  8.to pay
  9.window
 10.friendly
 11.to cook
 12.to ask
 13.cold
 14.stem
 15.to dance
 16.village
 17.lake
 18.sick
 19.pride
 20.to cook
 21.ink
  1. Lectures delivered et the celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the opening of Clark University, September, 1909; translated from the German by Dr. A. A. Brill, of New York. Reprinted by kind permission of Dr. Stanley Hall.