KINDS OF CATEGORIES AND CLUSTERING IN FREE RECALL
Abstract
Two experiments involving the clustering of nouns in the category clustering situation are described. In one, the breadth of categories and, in the other, the abstract-concrete dimension of categories were studied. Narrow categories were more conducive to clustering than broad ones, an effect due mainly to very strong clustering in one of the narrow categories. No significant differences were found in clustering on the basis of concrete and abstract categories but, as in the case of category breadth, variability in the extent of clustering for the different categories within the abstract and concrete sets was substantial. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1961
- Accession Number
- AD0267533
Entities
People
- Charles N. Cofer
- George R. Marshall
Organizations
- New York University