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Publication Date: 2004-Jan
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Nonmonotonic Extrapolation in Function Learning
Bott, Lewis; Heit, Evan
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, v30 n1 p38-50 Jan 2004
This article reports the results of an experiment addressing extrapolation in function learning, in particular the issue of whether participants can extrapolate in a nonmonotonic manner. Existing models of function learning, including the extrapolation association model of function learning (EXAM; E. L. DeLosh, J. R. Busemeyer, & M. A. McDaniel, 1997), cannot account for this type of extrapolation pattern. We present the results of an experiment in which participants were shown a series of paired stimulus-response magnitudes where the relationship between these 2 dimensions conformed to a cyclic function. Participants were shown to extrapolate from these training data in a nonmonotonic way, contrary to predictions from EXAM. A new model of function learning is presented, which predicts responses more accurately than EXAM.
Descriptors: Computation, Psychological Studies, Data Analysis, Learning Processes, Models, Prediction, Patterned Responses, Stimuli
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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