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Allport, Alan – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1984
Examines Kolers and Smythe's 1984 paper on the computational approach to cognition. Considers: (1) five specific criticisms of the computational approach, (2) their analysis of the conceptual basis of symbolization, and (3) their proposed alternative approach. Summarizes their position and discusses its shortcomings. (SED)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computation, Evaluation, Learning Theories
Brooks, Lee R. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1984
Discusses Kolers and Smythe's 1984 paper on the computational approach to cognition. Suggests some factors that support the continued emphasis on the analytic approach of the psychological representation of knowledge, but also acknowledges that they have provided a useful set of distinctions and at least one vocabulary for describing them. (SED)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computation, Evaluation, Learning Theories
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Download full textRamos-Alvarez, M. M.; Catena, A. – Psicologica: International Journal of Methodology and Experimental Psychology, 2005
In the predictive learning and causal reasoning literature it has been suggested that the processing of events is under the control of a competitive mechanism. However, little is known about whether the competitive mechanism operates at the encoding or near the response stages. The present work suggests that measures based on the recall of…
Descriptors: Competition, Statistical Analysis, Stimuli, Predictor Variables
