Relational Rule Discovery in Complex Discrimination Learning

Autor/inn/en	Don, Hilary J.; Goldwater, Micah B.; Greenaway, Justine K.; Hutchings, Rosalind; Livesey, Evan J.
Titel	Relational Rule Discovery in Complex Discrimination Learning
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 46 (2020) 10, S.1807-1827 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Don, Hilary J.) ORCID (Goldwater, Micah B.) ORCID (Greenaway, Justine K.) ORCID (Livesey, Evan J.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0278-7393
DOI	10.1037/xlm0000848
Schlagwörter	Discrimination Learning; Transfer of Training; Cognitive Processes; Reflection; Individual Differences; Undergraduate Students; Foreign Countries; Cues; Cognitive Tests; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernen; Lernprozess; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Individueller Unterschied; Ausland; Stichwort; Kognitiver Fähigkeitstest; Australien
Abstract	Failure to learn and generalize abstract relational rules has critical implications for education. In this study, we aimed to determine which training conditions facilitate relational transfer in a relatively simple (patterning) discrimination versus a relatively complex (biconditional) discrimination. The amount of training participants received had little influence on rates of relational transfer. Instead, trial-sequencing of the training contingencies influenced relational transfer in different ways depending on the complexity of the discrimination. Clustering instances of relational rules together during training improved transfer of both simpler patterning and more difficult biconditional rules, regardless of individual differences in cognitive reflection. However, blocking all trials of the same type together improved rule transfer only for biconditional discriminations. Individual differences in cognitive reflection were also more predictive of relational rule use under suboptimal training conditions. The results highlight the need for comprehensive accounts of relational learning to consider how learning conditions and individual differences affect the likelihood of engaging in learning relational structures. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01