association by similarity
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Thus the four laws had been reduced to two, association by contiguity and association by similarity.
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.
It has been said to consist in quick association by similarity.
From The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory by Santayana, George
The machinery of association by similarity is the same, with the addition of a second response, called out by the new characteristics of the present object.
From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Woodworth, Robert S.
Genius coincides with the possession in a very high degree of the power of association by similarity.
From Spontaneous Activity in Education by Montessori, Maria
