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No universality of cognitive structures? Two experiments with almost‐perfect one‐trial learning of translatable operators in a Ural‐Altaic and an Indo‐European language
Author(s) -
STRØMNES FRODE J.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1974.tb00592.x
Subject(s) - universality (dynamical systems) , correctness , stimulus (psychology) , psychology , cognition , cognitive psychology , stimulus control , operator (biology) , linguistics , mathematics , algorithm , neuroscience , philosophy , physics , biochemistry , chemistry , quantum mechanics , repressor , transcription factor , nicotine , gene
.— One set of animated pictures showing the geometric relationships defined by 21 Swedish prepositions, and a second set showing the relationships defined by 12 Finnish case endings, were made. Strict criteria of simplicity, systematicity and minimum learning time were applied to this stimulus material. In two experiments, one with the Swedish and the other with the Finnish material the correctness of the stimulus material was tested by using a PA‐design. The visual stimulus was paired with either the operator it intended to depict, or with some other operator. A minimum of learning time was needed in the experimental conditions, and the control conditions also gave results in accordance with the predictions. Suggestive evidence as to a possible different encoding of time in Swedish and Finnish is reported.