Models of Mental Functioning
Abstract
The purpose of this research was to develop models of basic cognitive tasks developed in previous research. A model of choice reaction time was written in Simscript II.5 but development of this model made it clear that additional information was required before good models of basic cognitive tasks could be devised. Therefore, a number of experiments were conducted which were designed to provide the basic information needed. The experiments focused on several questions important to the construction of explicit models. Some of these questions were: How do subjects build mental models of instructions and to what extent do the goodness of these models affect subsequent performance? What aspects of stimulus structure are important in the encoding of the stimuli used in these tasks? Seven experiments addressing these issues were conducted. In general, results suggest that basic cognitive tasks are far more complex than had previously been thought. Keywords: Individual differences, Mental models, Cognition.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 14, 1989
- Accession Number
- ADA210456
Entities
People
- Douglas K. Detterman
Organizations
- Case Western Reserve University