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Informational Components Of Attribute Identification And Rule Learning Aspects Of Conceptual Behavior, Christianne White Jan 1971

Informational Components Of Attribute Identification And Rule Learning Aspects Of Conceptual Behavior, Christianne White

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Two experiments were performed to discover the affect of equalization of positive and negative instances in the presentation of stimuli for Attribute Identification and Rule Learning problems. 56 student volunteers from CWSC were used as subjects. Stimuli were presented to them either according to the traditional truth table representation (four classes for every four trials) or by presenting an equal number of positive and negative instances. The results showed that tasks requiring identification of the relevant attributes among stimulus characteristics were performed better if the stimuli were equalized for positive and negative instances.


A Technique For Inter-Translating Psychological Theories, Joseph C. Trainor Jan 1938

A Technique For Inter-Translating Psychological Theories, Joseph C. Trainor

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The present situ.at ion in psychology is a strange mixture of para.dox, dilemma and confusion, with many self-confident schools of thought in the field, each somewhat antagonistic to the others. The history of other sciences reveals that these are the growing pains out of which there will emerge the matured science. Meanwhile, the squabbles and the confusion are here and we must do something about them.