association by similarity
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The final step in this reduction was to show that association by similarity was a special case of association by contiguity.
From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Woodworth, Robert S.
In association by similarity, it is not the whole present object that arouses recall of the similar object, but some part of the present object.
From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Woodworth, Robert S.
Typically, the preliminary stage consists in recall; and association by similarity, bringing together materials from different past experiences, is very important as a preliminary to invention.
From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Woodworth, Robert S.
Are not these food taboos rather, Dr. Marett asks, a "misapplication of the ideas of association by similarity and contiguity" amounting to the sympathetic taboos so carefully described by such writers on Magic as MM.
From Taboo and Genetics A Study of the Biological, Sociological and Psychological Foundation of the Family by Knight, Melvin Moses
On the basis of his definition of magic as "a misapplication of the ideas of association by similarity and contiguity," Dr. Frazer divided magic into "positive magic," or charms, and "negative magic," or taboo.
From Taboo and Genetics A Study of the Biological, Sociological and Psychological Foundation of the Family by Knight, Melvin Moses
