我们到目前为止只是偶然提到记忆,提到过去经验的表面的重现,正由于此经验才变得丰富而又复杂。如同常言所说,每个经历过的刺激都留下一个印记,一个痕迹,日后它会重现并且在意识和行为上起着它那一份作用。我们行为方面系统性的、经过组织的特性就产生于过去经验的这些潜移默化;它们介入进来,这就说明我们有能力吸取经验教训。它是活的生活组织所特有的一种方法,过去的一切通过它来影响我们现在的行为,也许仿佛是跨越了一道时间的鸿沟。 We have so far only incidentally referred to memory, referring to the apparent reappearance of past experience, which is why it becomes rich and complex. As the saying goes, each experienced stimulus leaves a mark, a trace, and in the future it reproduces and plays its part in consciousness and behavior. The systematic and organized nature of our behavior is subtly implicit in these past experiences; their involvement is indicative of our ability to learn from experience. It is a peculiar way of life living organization, through which it used to affect what we do now. It may seem to span a time gap.