UNSPECIFIED. (2004) Modeling the effects of prior knowledge on learning incongruent features of category members. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-LEARNING MEMORY AND COGNITION, 30 (5). pp. 1065-1081. ISSN 0278-7393

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Abstract

The authors conducted 3 experiments addressing the issue of how observations and multiple sources of prior knowledge are put together in category learning. In Experiments 1 and 2, learning was faster for critical features, which were predictable on the basis of prior knowledge, than for filler features, and this advantage increased as more observations were made. In addition, learning was fastest for incongruent features that could only be predicted using knowledge from other domains. In Experiment 3, presenting contradictory features that violated prior knowledge led to rote learning rather than use of prior knowledge. The results were simulated with the Baywatch model, which addresses how observations of category members lead to recruitment and selection of sources of prior knowledge.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Journal or Publication Title:	JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-LEARNING MEMORY AND COGNITION
Publisher:	AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
ISSN:	0278-7393
Date:	September 2004
Volume:	30
Number:	5
Number of Pages:	17
Page Range:	pp. 1065-1081
Identification Number:	10.1037/0278-7393.30.5.1065
Publication Status:	Published
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/8095

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