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Inferential rules in the learning and recall of patterns of sentiments 1
Author(s) -
Crockett Walter H.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of personality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.082
H-Index - 144
eISSN - 1467-6494
pISSN - 0022-3506
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1979.tb00215.x
Subject(s) - recall , generalization , psychology , interval (graph theory) , balance (ability) , cognitive psychology , social psychology , developmental psychology , artificial intelligence , mathematics , combinatorics , computer science , mathematical analysis , neuroscience
A bstract Subjects learned one of four patterns of like‐dislike relations between members of four‐person structures. They then recalled the learned structure after an interval of fifteen minutes, one week, or four weeks. One pattern of relations was balanced, one could be balanced by changing only one pair of relations, and the other two were totally unbalanced. There was clear evidence that the balance assumptions were employed in learning; for unbalanced structures, there was some evidence of the use of positivity and of source/target generalization. Subjects recalled the balanced structure more accurately than the unbalanced ones, especially over the longest time interval. However, unbalanced structures were not converted in memory to balanced ones.