Open AccessIMPLICATIONS OF A SHORT‐TERM MEMORY METHOD FOR A K‐SPAN LEARNING MODEL: SOME DATA ON CHILDREN 1
Author(s) -
Freedle Roy
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
ets research bulletin series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2333-8504
pISSN - 0424-6144
DOI - 10.1002/j.2333-8504.1969.tb00164.x
Subject(s) - term (time) , span (engineering) , psychology , computer science , cognitive psychology , memory span , artificial intelligence , machine learning , working memory , cognition , engineering , neuroscience , civil engineering , physics , quantum mechanics
ABSTRACT Sequential analyses of learning data collected in noncontingent 2‐choice probability learning studies often reveal that a response made on trial n is strongly influenced by the pattern of events which occurred over the last few trials. A learning model which incorporates such a memory of recent events as a basic assumption has been found recently to be only approximately correct. The present study introduces a new memory test which attempts to assess some of the assumptions made by the k‐span model. The data suggest that certain modifications of the model are called for.