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    "pk": 25688,
    "title": "Learning mode and comparison in relational category learning",
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    "abstract": "An important goal in the study of higher-order cognition is to\nunderstand how relational categories are acquired and\napplied. Previous work has explored the potential of withincategory\ncomparison opportunities to promote relational\ncategory learning and transfer. This follows from predictions\nof structure mapping theory (Gentner, 1983, 2003) that\nalignment leads to highlighting and abstraction of common\nrelational structure. However, a straightforward merging of\ntraditional classification learning with comparison (i.e., trials\npresenting two same-category items) has not been effective.\nWe explore the hypothesis that classification and comparison\nhave an unforeseen incompatibility. In a 3x2 betweensubjects\ndesign we tested three presentation conditions\n(unconstrained item pairs, category-matched items pairs,\nsingle items) in two supervised category learning modes:\nclassification and observation. The major finding is an\ninteraction driven by highly accurate categorization for the\nobservational learners with same-category pairs. The\nintroduction of the observational mode yielded the predicted,\nbut elusive result of an advantage for within-category pairs\nover twice as many single-item trials. We conclude that\nwithin-category comparison can be an effective means to\npromote relational category learning and discuss the apparent\nimpediment of the guess-and-correct cycle",
    "language": "eng",
    "license": {
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        "text": null,
        "url": ""
    },
    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "relational categories; structural alignment;\ncomparison; classification learning; transfer; observational\nlearning mode"
        }
    ],
    "section": "Papers",
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    "frozenauthors": [
        {
            "first_name": "John",
            "middle_name": "D",
            "last_name": "Patterson",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Binghampton University",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Kenneth",
            "middle_name": "J",
            "last_name": "Kurtz",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Binghampton University",
            "department": ""
        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": null,
    "date_published": "2015-01-01T21:00:00+03:00",
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