245. Inhibition and dissociation, although often loosely used as interchangeable terms, are not strictly synonymous, in that, theoretically at least, they are not coextensive. That which is inhibited may be absolutely, even if temporarily, suppressed as a functioning process, as in physiological inhibition (e. g., of reflexes, motor acts, etc.); or it may be only inhibited from taking part in the mechanisms of the personal consciousness, and thereby dissociated from that psychophysiological system. In the latter case the inhibited process is not absolutely suppressed, but may be capable under favoring conditions of independent functioning outside of that system. This is dissociation in its more precise sense. Inhibition may be said to have induced dissociation, and then the two may be regarded as only different aspects of one and the same thing. In the former case (absolute suppression) the inhibited process cannot function at all, as in certain types of amnesic aphasia when the memory for language is functionally suppressed. Inhibition therefore may or may not be equivalent to dissociation. Practically as observed in psychological phenomena it is often difficult to distinguish between them, and it is convenient to consider them together.
245. Inhibition and dissociation, although often loosely used as interchangeable terms, are not strictly synonymous, in that, theoretically at least, they are not coextensive. That which is inhibited may be absolutely, even if temporarily, suppressed as a functioning process, as in physiological inhibition (e. g., of reflexes, motor acts, etc.); or it may be only inhibited from taking part in the mechanisms of the personal consciousness, and thereby dissociated from that psychophysiological system. In the latter case the inhibited process is not absolutely suppressed, but may be capable under favoring conditions of independent functioning outside of that system. This is dissociation in its more precise sense. Inhibition may be said to have induced dissociation, and then the two may be regarded as only different aspects of one and the same thing. In the former case (absolute suppression) the inhibited process cannot function at all, as in certain types of amnesic aphasia when the memory for language is functionally suppressed. Inhibition therefore may or may not be equivalent to dissociation. Practically as observed in psychological phenomena it is often difficult to distinguish between them, and it is convenient to consider them together.
246. The Dissociation, p. 189.
246. The Dissociation, p. 189.
247. One sees the same phenomenon in every-day life. Let a person acquire under a sense of injury a dislike of one who previously was a friend, and every sentiment involving friendship, admiration, esteem, gratitude, loyalty, etc., is repressed with a complete change of attitude. Politics furnishes many examples.
247. One sees the same phenomenon in every-day life. Let a person acquire under a sense of injury a dislike of one who previously was a friend, and every sentiment involving friendship, admiration, esteem, gratitude, loyalty, etc., is repressed with a complete change of attitude. Politics furnishes many examples.
248. Exemplified in Miss B. by Sally, in O. N. by the b mood, and in B. C. A. by phase B, and also in the earlier stages of the case by phase A.
248. Exemplified in Miss B. by Sally, in O. N. by the b mood, and in B. C. A. by phase B, and also in the earlier stages of the case by phase A.
249. My Life as a Dissociated Personality,Jl. Ab. Psychol., December-January, 1908-9.
249. My Life as a Dissociated Personality,Jl. Ab. Psychol., December-January, 1908-9.
250. The Mental State of Hystericals, p. 205.
250. The Mental State of Hystericals, p. 205.
251. The Dissociation, cf. Index: “Emotion, the Disintegrating Effect of,” and Chapters XXVIII and XXIX.
251. The Dissociation, cf. Index: “Emotion, the Disintegrating Effect of,” and Chapters XXVIII and XXIX.
252. The Dissociation, p. 462.
252. The Dissociation, p. 462.
253. We shall study in other lectures the forces and mechanisms which effected the dissociation in this case.
253. We shall study in other lectures the forces and mechanisms which effected the dissociation in this case.
254. See Morton Prince: Some of the Present Problems of Abnormal Psychology,St. Louis Congress of Arts and Sciences(1904), Vol. 5, p. 772; also,The Psychological Review, March-May, 1905, p. 139.
254. See Morton Prince: Some of the Present Problems of Abnormal Psychology,St. Louis Congress of Arts and Sciences(1904), Vol. 5, p. 772; also,The Psychological Review, March-May, 1905, p. 139.
255. Probably derived from the “will to believe,” the desire to please the experimenter, or other elements in the hypnotic setting. The conception of a “censor” or desire to protect the personal consciousness from something painful is an unnecessary complication.
255. Probably derived from the “will to believe,” the desire to please the experimenter, or other elements in the hypnotic setting. The conception of a “censor” or desire to protect the personal consciousness from something painful is an unnecessary complication.
256. The Dissociation.
256. The Dissociation.
257. Cf. My Life as a Dissociated Personality,Jl. Abn. Psychol., October-November, 1908.
257. Cf. My Life as a Dissociated Personality,Jl. Abn. Psychol., October-November, 1908.
258. T. Brailsford Robertson, in a very recent communication on the “Chemical Dynamics of the Central Nervous System” and “The Physiological conditions underlying heightened suggestibility, hypnosis, multiple personality, sleep, etc.” (Folia Neuro-Biologica, Bd. VII, Nr. 4/5, 1913), has attempted to correlate these conditions and also amnesia (as one of their phenomena) with the isolation of paths “canalised” by auto-catalysed chemical reactions. These processes he concludes, from previous studies, “underlie and determine the activities of the central nervous system (and therefore the physical correlates of mental phenomena).” (See Lecture V, p.124.)
258. T. Brailsford Robertson, in a very recent communication on the “Chemical Dynamics of the Central Nervous System” and “The Physiological conditions underlying heightened suggestibility, hypnosis, multiple personality, sleep, etc.” (Folia Neuro-Biologica, Bd. VII, Nr. 4/5, 1913), has attempted to correlate these conditions and also amnesia (as one of their phenomena) with the isolation of paths “canalised” by auto-catalysed chemical reactions. These processes he concludes, from previous studies, “underlie and determine the activities of the central nervous system (and therefore the physical correlates of mental phenomena).” (See Lecture V, p.124.)
259. The Dissociation, Chapter XXIX; My Life as a Dissociated Personality, pp. 39 and 41.
259. The Dissociation, Chapter XXIX; My Life as a Dissociated Personality, pp. 39 and 41.
260. In this analysis I follow McDougall who seems to me to have analyzed clearly and adequately the emotional conditions. (Social Psychology, p. 145.)
260. In this analysis I follow McDougall who seems to me to have analyzed clearly and adequately the emotional conditions. (Social Psychology, p. 145.)