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drawing, were employed in the construction of new series between the original initial and final series. As a result of the learning of the original and derived series there must in this case also be revealed how much of the saving in work is to be ascribed merely to the identity of the syllable masses and to the identity of the initial and final members of the separate series.


Section 37. Results. Associations of Indirect Sequence

For each group of original and derived series 11 double tests were instituted, 55 therefore in all. These were distributed irregularly over about 9 months. The results were as follows:


1) With derivation of the series by skipping one intermediate syllable.
The original series were
learned in x seconds
The corresponding
derived series, in y seconds
The latter, therefore,
with a saving of z seconds
x= y= z=
1187 1095 92
1220 1142 78
1139 1107 32
1428 1123 305
1279 1155 124
1245 1086 159
1390 1013 377
1254 1191 63
1335 1128 207
1266 1152 114
1259 1141 118
m 1273 1121 152


2) With derivation of the series by skipping two intermediate syllables.
x= y= z=
1400 1185 215
1213 1252 ―39
1323 1245 78
1366 1103 263
1216 1066 150
1062 1003 59
1163 1161 2
1251 1204 47
1182 1086 96
1300 1076 224
1276 1339 ―63
m 1250 1156 94