
1) Association theory 2) Scientific theory
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Associationism is the idea that mental processes operate by the association of one mental state with its successor states. ==History== The idea is first recorded in Plato and Aristotle, especially with regard to the succession of memories. Members of the principally British `Associationist School`, including John Locke, David Hume, David Hartley.....
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• (n.) The doctrine or theory held by associationists.
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(from the article `association`) ...to the experience being remembered. Over time the application of this principle was expanded to cover almost everything that could happen in ...
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A philosophical doctrine usually attributed to the works of David Hartley (1705-1757), and predicated upon the assertion that higher states of consciousness emerge from prolonged experience with simpler mental phenomena such as sensations, emotions, and fragmentary memories. Anticipating Hebb's Rule
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In psychology, the theory that man's understanding of the world occurs through ideas associated with sensory experience rather than through innate ideas. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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As·so`ci·a'tion·ism noun (Philos.) The doctrine or theory held by associationists.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: ă-sō′sē-ā′shŭn-izm Definitions: 1. In psychology, the theory that human understanding of the world occurs through ideas associated with sensory experience rather than through innate ideas.
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a theory of knowledge propounded by thinkers such as Condillac in France and James Mill in England which holds that nearly all thought processes are governed by association (e.g., cause and effect, resemblance and difference, contiguity). Associationism has influenced the modern theory of conditioning and learning; it is opposed by those who believ...
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[
n] - theory that association is the basic principle of mental activity
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association theory noun (psychology) a theory that association is the basic principle of mental activity
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A theory of the structure and organization of mind which asserts that: (a) every mental state is resolvable into simple, discrete components (See Mind-Stuff Theory, Psychological Atomism) and (b) the whole of the mental life is explicable by the combination and recombination of these elemental states in conformity with the laws of association of i....
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any of several theories that explain complex psychological phenomena as being built up from the association of simple sensations, stimuli and responses, or other behavioral or mental elements considered as primary. Cf. sensationism.
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(psychology) a theory that association is the basic principle of mental activity
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