In the ninth talk James discusses the two fundamental laws of association, which are Law of Contiguity and the Law of Similarity. He also talks about how teachers can build up useful systems of association.
The passage that stood out to me was “ In the same person, the same word heard at different times will provoke, in consequence of the varying marginal preoccupations, either one of a number of diverse possible associative sequences.” (p.42) The reason is, not to long ago I was talking to my boyfriend and my mother, both heard to completely different things. Neither of which was actually what I was trying to convey. It amazes me how we all can interpret things differently. He talks about how to help with this by giving more than one cue. How else can teachers best prepare to make sure the students interpret the information the way she wants them to?
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