Bogus concerns about the false prototype enhancement effect

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 368-377

  Homa, Donald ^a   Hout, Michael C ^a   Milliken, Laura ^a   Milliken, Ann Marie ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorization; Gradient; Learning; Paradigm; Prototype

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RANDOMIZATION; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STUDENTS; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 79952383901     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021803     Document Type: Article

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