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The association process serves an important function. Active memories activate other memories that are similar in content or emotion. The association process prevents dormant memories that are similar, but remotely related, from being activated. It effectively screens out similar memories that are unlikely to be used in a collage. The association process is represented by the “dark line” surrounding the Active Experience (see Figure 3-5). This process is gradually learned after birth and will only allow relevant information into the Active Experience that is related in some way to the stimulation and active memories. If it is too liberal and allows even slightly related memories into the Active Experience, we have “loose associations.” Loose association is a condition that allows content related in someway to be easily triggered into the Active Experience. Here is an example: The sight of a pencil could elicit the thought of a hotdog. On the other hand, “concrete thinking” is a problem where the association process is too restrictive and words are taken literally. For example, suppose someone says, “I’m going to fly down to the store.” A person with concrete thinking or tight associations might ask, “Do you need a ride to the airport?” Besides the association process, we have the dissociation process.