Factors affecting memorial access to analogical similarity

"This research explored the hypothesis that repetition of similarities, primarily analogical similarities, promotes the common, underlying relational structure (the ""emergent structure hypothesis""). The following predictions were made. Based on prior research, superficially similar items should be recalled better than analogically similar items without repetition. Repetition should improve recall performance for both types of similarity. Support for the emergent structure hypothesis would be garnered if (1) recall of analogies improved more with repetition than recall of superficial similarities, (2) recall of analogies (but not recall of superficial similarities) became superadditive with repetition, and (3) the repetition gain for analogy was more resistant to the deliterious effects of competing similarities than that for superficial matches (as discussed below)."

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Schumacher, Robert M., Jr

Contributors dc:contributor

• Gentner, Dedre

• Psychology, Experimental

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1989 Schumacher, Robert M., Jr

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9011010
(UMI)AAI9011010

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/22325