ABSTRACT
All learning is analytic. ( I) The bond formed never leads from absolutely the entire situation or state of affairs at the moment. (2) Within any bond formed there are always minor bonds from parts of the situation to parts of the response, each of which has a certain degree of independence, so that if that part of the situation occurs in a new context, that part of the response has a certain-tendency to appear without its old accompaniments. The convenient custom of symbolizing a bond as S1 + R h or S2 + R2 always requires interpretation as (Slo + SIb+ SIc+ SId • • . S l) -+ (Ria + RIb+ RIc •.. RIo) ' Of the elements of a situation some are analyzed out to affect the animal, while others are left ; of those so abstracted for efficacy on learning and future behavior, one will be picked out by one neurone group, another by another; although these neurone-groups co-act in making connection with the further response to the situation, they do not co-act indissolubly as an absolute unit, but form preferential bonds.
