STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL SCHEMATA - EVIDENCE FROM POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE TRANSFER EFFECTS
STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL SCHEMATA - EVIDENCE FROM POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE TRANSFER EFFECTS
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DOI:
10.1037/0022-3514.48.4.839
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
7.6
通讯作者:
DYER, LM
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作者:
FISKE, ST;DYER, LM
B. Hayes-Roth's (see record 1978-00280-001) theory that schemata consist of components and links among the components and that schema development progresses from learning components to learning links to unitization, which has been supported for nonsense syllable stimuli, was tested for its generalizability to meaningful social stimuli in 2 experiments. In both studies, the independent variable was stage of schema development, operationalized as degree of initial exposure to novel schemata. According to the theory, different points along the exposure continuum have nonmonotonic effects on Ss' ability to learn related material; more specifically, exposure affects positive and negative transfer of learning, resulting in a cubic function (ie, sequentially: no transfer, positive transfer, negative transfer, no transfer). In Exp I (18 college students), both positive and negative transfer effects were obtained with social stimuli, resulting in the exact cubic function predicted by the theory. In Exp II (19 undergraduates), the cubic transfer function was replicated over the time frame more typical of developing social knowledge (ie, several weeks). Results show that low levels of schema development facilitate related social learning, whereas intermediate levels interfere and high levels have no effect. It is suggested that the nonmonotonic effects of schema development may account for some anomalous findings in social schema research.(41 ref)(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)