Differential weighting of common and distinctive components

• Published in: Journal of experimental psychology. General Vol. 119; no. 1; p. 30
• Main Authors: Ritov, I, Gati, I, Tversky, A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.03.1990
• Subjects: Adult; Attention; Concept Formation; Discrimination Learning; Form Perception; Humans; Orientation; Pattern Recognition, Visual; Psychophysics; Reading; Serial Learning

We investigated possible explanations of the finding that the relative weight (W) of common components in similarity judgments is higher for verbal than for pictorial stimuli. A serial presentation of stimulus components had no effect on verbal stimuli; it increased the impact of both common and dis...