Forgetting of stimulus attributes

Methodological implications for assessing associative phenomena

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ID4419100
AuthorsDavid C Riccio, 俊三 由井 (corresponding author), Jennifer K Ackil, Angela Burch-Vernon, Angela S Burch-Vernon
Year1992
Volume112
Issue3
Pages433-445
Publication date1992-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Bulletin (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2909 • E-ISSN: 1939-1455
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037//0033-2909.112.3.433
OpenAlexW4244667629
LanguageEN
Citations received6

Differential responding to changes in the stimulus situation, long central to the concept of stimulus control, also provides the implicit conceptual basis for assessing the nature of a variety of associative relationships. However, there is substantial evidence that the perception of stimulus similarity is not a static property. Generalization gradients to contextual as well as discriminative stimuli flatten over time, and this increase in perceived similarity presumably reflects forgetting of the detailed characteristics or attributes of stimuli. Methodologically, the flattening of the gradient imposes an important constraint: The effect of a stimulus shift will be highly sensitive to the length of the delay interval between training and testing. Conceptually, the loss of memory for stimulus attributes also implies that the sources of interference in retention can increase over time

Associative property · Business · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Forgetting · Stimulus (psychology) · Cognitive Abilities and Testing · Mathematics · Memory and Neural Mechanisms · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies · Neuroscience · Psychology

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