Learning and Retention of Concepts Formed from Unfamiliar Visual Patterns

Abstract

Two experiments were conducted to investigate the learning and retention of concepts formed from novel visual stimulus materials (wave-form patterns). The purpose of the first experiment was to scale sets of wave forms as a function of difficulty, i.e., Ss were shown a prototype wave form and were asked to give same-different judgments for subsequent wave forms. On the basis of these results, sets of 'simple' and 'difficult' instances of concepts were chosen. In the second experiment, Ss learned four wave-form concepts with either simple or difficult instances over a four-day period and were tested for retention after periods of one, three, and ten days.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0783550

Entities

People

  • Alma E. Lantz

Organizations

  • Denver Research Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cognition
  • Computer Programs
  • Concept Formation
  • Frequency
  • Information Overload
  • Information Processing
  • Judgment
  • Military Research
  • New York
  • Psychology
  • Reaction Time
  • Recognition
  • Standards
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Students
  • Waveforms
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Marine Hydrodynamics
  • Neural Network Machine Learning.
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.