Induction of Relational Schemas: Common Processes in Reasoning and Complex Learning

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 201-245

  Halford, Graeme S ^a   Bain, John D ^c   Maybery, Murray T ^b   Andrews, Glenda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Analogy; Learning set; Reversal shifts; Schema induction; Structure in learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 0032043912     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cogp.1998.0679     Document Type: Article

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