association by similarity
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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 Melvin Moses Knight
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 Robert S. Woodworth
Thus the four laws had been reduced to two, association by contiguity and association by similarity.
From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Robert S. Woodworth
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 Robert S. Woodworth
This was response by analogy, but if I had simply said to myself that that man looked like my acquaintance, that would have been association by similarity.
From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Robert S. Woodworth
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