ORCID
- Wills, Andy: 0000-0003-4803-0367
Abstract
Kemler Nelson (1984) reported that incidental training, relative to intentional training, increased the prevalence of overall similarity classification, supporting a non-deliberative account of overall similarity sorting. However, the analysis conducted by Kemler Nelson (1984) does not adequately distinguish between usage of an overall similarity classification strategy and single-attribute strategies. The current study replicates Kemler Nelson’s (1984) experiment, seeking to test the original conclusions using a more rigorous analysis. The current study approximates the original experimental procedure, using almost identical stimuli and a longer, modified test phase. Results replicate those found by Kemler Nelson (1984) when the original analysis is applied; however the model-based analysis suggest an overall similarity classification strategy is used rarely and that incidental training increases the prevalence of suboptimal single-attribute strategies. These results imply that overall similarity classification may be more deliberative than previously thought.
Publication Date
2014-08-12
Publication Title
Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society
Organisational Unit
School of Psychology
Recommended Citation
Inkster, A., Milton, F., & Wills, A. (2014) 'Does incidental training increase the prevalence of overall similarity classification? A re-examination of Kemler Nelson (1984)', Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, . Retrieved from https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/psy-research/32
