The Role of Causal Models in Analogical Inference

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1111-1122

  Lee, Hee Seung ^a   Holyoak, Keith J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

analogical inference; causal model; generative cause; inductive strength; preventive cause

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SEMANTICS;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LINGUISTICS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROBABILITY LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEMANTICS;

EID: 55049139029     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012581     Document Type: Article

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