Category Width and the Learning of Multiattribute Paired Associates

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ID10122491
AutoresRonald J Parsons (Missouri Valley College, autor correspondente)
Ano1973
Volume89
Fascículo1
Páginas133-140
Data de publicação1973-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Journal of General Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-1309 • E-ISSN: 1940-0888
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00221309.1973.9710826
OpenAlexW2009266945
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas11

The hypothesis of this study was that measurable differences between broad and narrow categorizers in certain forms of learning would be obtained. Support for this hypothesis in the data from the present design was clearly evident. In the multiattribute learning task which was utilized, the broad categorizers were able to recall a significantly larger number of attributes than were the narrow categorizers, whereas the number of trials to criterion was virtually the same for each group. In sum, the learning task which provides opportunity for the utilization of varying quantities of input information, as in the multiattribute paired-associate task, appears to be subject to the influence of such variables as differences in category width. The data of this study suggest the possibility that individual differences in cognitive categorization may be consistently reflected in the person's preferred manner of orienting himself to, and processing, the stimuli presented by his world. The extent to which the characteristics found in the present study are generalizable to other cognitive tasks can at this point be only conjectured. Clearly, however, investigation to determine if similar learning patterns occur in tasks other than P-A is very much warranted

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