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Peer reviewedJohnson-Laird, Philip N.; Steedman, Mark – Cognitive Psychology, 1978
Based upon the concept that the psychological meaning of a syllogism depends upon the order of the premises in addition to the formal logic expressed, the analogical theory of the interpretation of syllogisms is developed, experimentally tested, and implemented as a computer program. (CTM)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Analogy, Computer Programs, Deduction
Peer reviewedHiggins, E. Tory; Liberman, Akiva – Cognitive Psychology, 1994
Two studies involving 195 undergraduates investigated memory errors occurring when the context standard used in judging target behaviors differs from the category norm standard available when behaviors are recalled. Results support a "natural" tendency to use the current categorical meaning of a judgment to reconstruct the referent of…
Descriptors: Change, Classification, Context Effect, Decision Making
