The formation of a generalized categorization repertoire: Effect of training with multiple domains, samples, and comparisons

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 291-313

  Fields, Lanny ^a   Reeve, Kenneth F ^b   Matneja, Priya ^b   Varelas, Antonios ^b   Belanich, James ^b   Fitzer, Adrienne ^b   Shamoun, Kim ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

College students; Matching to sample; Perceptual classes; Selection based responding; Spontaneous categorization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; REACTION TIME; RECALL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); REACTION TIME;

EID: 0036835261     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2002.78-291     Document Type: Article

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