Learning relational concepts from within- versus between-category comparisons

• Published in: Journal of experimental psychology. General Vol. 147; no. 11; p. 1571
• Main Authors: Corral, Daniel, Kurtz, Kenneth J, Jones, Matt
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.11.2018
• Subjects: Attention; Concept Formation; Female; Humans; Learning; Male; Students - psychology

This article examines relational category learning in light of 2 influential theories of concept acquisition: the structure-mapping theory of analogy and theories of feature-based category learning. According to current theories of analogy, comparing 2 instances of a relational concept enables align...