{"pk":30884,"title":"Internal Analogy: A Model of Transfer within Problems","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Understanding problem solving and methods for learning is a main goal of cognitive science. Analogical reasoning simplifies problem solving by transferring previously learned knowledge from a source problem to the current target problem in order to reduce search. To provide a more detailed analysis of the mechanisms of transfer, w e describe a process called internal analogy that transfers experience from a completed subgoal in the same problem to solve the current target subgoal. W e explain what constitutes an appropriate source problem and what knowledge to transfer from that source, in addition to examining the associated memory organization. Unlike case-based reasoning methods, this process does not require large amounts of accumulated experience before it is effective; it provides useful search control at the outset of problem solving. Data from a study of subjects solving DC-circuit problems designed to facilitate transfer supports the psychological validity of the mechanism.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[],"section":"Paper Presentations -- Group 1: Reasoning","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6zw847gq","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Angela","middle_name":"Kennedy","last_name":"Hickman","name_suffix":"","institution":"Carnegie Mellon University","department":""},{"first_name":"Jill","middle_name":"H.","last_name":"Larkin","name_suffix":"","institution":"Carnegie Mellon University","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"1990-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/30884/galley/20733/download/"}]}