Repetition and learning. III. Memory and thought

This discussion is concerned with "the most distinctive characteristic of the memorizing process, the faithful reproduction . . . of the original experience in the absence of the stimuli." The discussion of memory is concerned with absence of the stimulus, organization of material beyond the memory span, and rote memorizing; the discussion of thought, with the material of thought and the order and succession of thoughts. "Memorizing aims at retention and reproduction of selected aspects of the psychological field, without the original stimuli. Thinking involves other varieties both of constancy and change, in that its end-result is to some degree novel, and that in many cases trial and error introduces repetition during the pre-solution period." 17 references. (See also ^W18:^n 1653; ^W20:^n 79.)