ABSTRACT
The general law of association and its supplement, the law of analogy or assimilation, teach that what.any pupil thinks or feels or does on any occasion depends upon what he has thought and felt and done in the past and upon the present ‘set’ or tendency of his mind. He will respond to any stimulus in the way that he has responded to it or to some stimulus like it with resulting satisfaction. A mind’s past experience and present content determine its responses. Just as education must at the start build on instincts and native capacities, so at each future step it must build on previous experience and pay heed to present conditions. If the knowledge or power needed as a preparation for the task in hand is lacking, the teacher’s first duty is to secure it. This is the law of apperception.
