SCHEMA ABSTRACTION IN A MULTIPLE-TRACE MEMORY MODEL
SCHEMA ABSTRACTION IN A MULTIPLE-TRACE MEMORY MODEL
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DOI:
10.1037/0033-295x.93.4.411
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发表时间:
1986-10-01
影响因子:
5.4
通讯作者:
HINTZMAN, DL
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作者:
HINTZMAN, DL
Applies a simulation model of episodic memory, MINERVA 2, to the learning of concepts, as represented by the schema-abstraction task. The model assumes that each experience produces a separate memory trace and that knowledge of abstract concepts is derived from the pool of episodic traces at the time of retrieval. A retrieval cue contacts all traces simultaneously, activating each according to its similarity to the cue, and the information retrieved from memory reflects the summed content of all activated traces responding in parallel. It is suggested that the MINERVA 2 model is able to retrieve an abstracted prototype of the category when cued with the category name and to retrieve and disambiguate a category name when cued with a category exemplar. The model successfully predicts basic findings from the schema-abstraction literature (eg, differential forgetting of prototypes and old instances, typicality, and category size effects), including some that have been cited as evidence against exemplar theories of concepts. The model is compared with other classification models, and its implications regarding the abstraction problem are discussed.(63 ref)(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)