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ERIC Number: EJ914071
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Feb
Pages: 26
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0096-3445
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Predicting Reasoning from Memory
Heit, Evan; Hayes, Brett K.
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, v140 n1 p76-101 Feb 2011
In an effort to assess the relations between reasoning and memory, in 8 experiments, the authors examined how well responses on an inductive reasoning task are predicted from responses on a recognition memory task for the same picture stimuli. Across several experimental manipulations, such as varying study time, presentation frequency, and the presence of stimuli from other categories, there was a high correlation between reasoning and memory responses (average r = 0.87), and these manipulations showed similar effects on the 2 tasks. The results point to common mechanisms underlying inductive reasoning and recognition memory abilities. A mathematical model, GEN-EX (generalization from examples), derived from exemplar models of categorization, is presented, which predicts both reasoning and memory responses from pairwise similarities among the stimuli, allowing for additional influences of subtyping and deterministic responding. (Contains 3 footnotes, 9 tables, and 8 figures.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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