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| style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;border-top:1px solid black;" | Stimulus word. | style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;border-top:1px solid black;" | Reaction Time.
Unit 0.2 second. | style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid black;border-right:1px solid black;border-top:1px solid black;" | Reaction. | style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid black;border-top:1px solid black;" | Reproduction. |- |- |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| to sing |style="text-align:center;border-right:1px solid black;"| 9 |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| nice | + |- |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| dead |style="text-align:center;border-right:1px solid black;"| 15 |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| awful | ? |- |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| long * |style="text-align:center;border-right:1px solid black;"| 40 |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| the time, the journey | ? |- |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| ship † |style="text-align:center;border-right:1px solid black;"| |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| | + |- |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| to pay |style="text-align:center;border-right:1px solid black;"| 11 |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| money | |- |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| window |style="text-align:center;border-right:1px solid black;"| 10 |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| big | high |- |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| friendly |style="text-align:center;border-right:1px solid black;"| 50 |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| a man | human |- |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| to cook |style="text-align:center;border-right:1px solid black;"| 10 |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| soup | + |- |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| ink |style="text-align:center;border-right:1px solid black;"| 9 |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| black or blue | + |- |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| angry |style="text-align:center;border-right:1px solid black;"| |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| | bad |- |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| needle |style="text-align:center;border-right:1px solid black;"| 9 |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| to sew | + |- |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| lamp |style="text-align:center;border-right:1px solid black;"| 14 |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| light | + |- |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| to sin |style="text-align:center;border-right:1px solid black;"| |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| | |- |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| bread |style="text-align:center;border-right:1px solid black;"| 15 |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| to eat | + |- |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| rich * † |style="text-align:center;border-right:1px solid black;"| 40 |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| good, convenient | + |- |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| yellow |style="text-align:center;border-right:1px solid black;"| 18 |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| paper | color |- |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| mountain |style="text-align:center;border-right:1px solid black;"| 10 |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| high | + |- |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| to die |style="text-align:center;border-right:1px solid black;"| 15 |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| awful | + |- |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| salt † |style="text-align:center;border-right:1px solid black;"| 25 |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| salty | + |- |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| new |style="text-align:center;border-right:1px solid black;"| |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| | good, nice |- |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| custom † |style="text-align:center;border-right:1px solid black;"| |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| | |- |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| to pray |style="text-align:center;border-right:1px solid black;"| |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| | |- |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| money † |style="text-align:center;border-right:1px solid black;"| 35 |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| to buy, one is able | + |- |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| pamphlet |style="text-align:center;border-right:1px solid black;"| 16 |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| to write | + |- |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| to despise † |style="text-align:center;border-right:1px solid black;"| 22 |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| people | + |- |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| finger † |style="text-align:center;border-right:1px solid black;"| |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| | |- |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| dear |style="text-align:center;border-right:1px solid black;"| 12 |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| thing | + |-style="border-bottom:1px solid black;" |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| bird |style="text-align:center;border-right:1px solid black;"| 12 |style="border-right:1px solid black;"| sings or flies | + |-style="font-size:83%;" |colspan="4"|* Denotes misunderstanding.
† Denotes repetition of the stimulus words.
+ Reproduced unchanged. |}

In example II. we find a characteristic phenomenon. The test-person is not content with the requirements of the instruction, that is, she is not satisfied with one word, but reacts with many words. She apparently does more and better than the instruction requires, but in so doing she does not fulfil the requirements of the instruction. Thus she reacts:—custom good—barbaric; foolish—narrow minded—restricted; family—big—small—everything possible.

These examples show in the first place that many other words connect themselves with the reaction word. The test person is unable to suppress the ideas which subsequently occur to her. She also pursues a certain tendency which