Journal article
Retrieval Dynamics in Resolving Relational Inconsistency During Verbal Analogical Reasoning
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-LEARNING MEMORY AND COGNITION, v 49(4), p661
Apr 2023
PMID: 36603125
Abstract
Reasoning about verbal analogies requires selective retrieval of relevant relational information. A consequence of this may be that inhibitory processes in memory cause reduced recall of information associated with analogy-irrelevant relations. The current experiments apply the retrieval-induced forgetting framework to investigate the potential role of such inhibitory processes in analogical reasoning. Participants studied verbal analogies in A-B :: C-D form. Then, half of the A-B pairs from the study phase appeared in verbal analogy problems but with a new C term (A-B :: C-?), and half the items did not appear in verbal analogy problems. A final recall test was then administered for all the original analogies. When the new C term in the analogical reasoning phase conveyed a new relation that was inconsistent with the original relation, reduced recall for items appearing in analogies was observed (Experiment 1). However, when the new C term conveyed a relation that was consistent with the original relation, no forgetting effect was observed (Experiment 1). This forgetting effect occurred even when a hint of the original relation was provided at final recall (Experiment 2). These results indicate that reasoning about analogies may involve inhibitory processes that help reduce competition among competing relations.
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- Title
- Retrieval Dynamics in Resolving Relational Inconsistency During Verbal Analogical Reasoning
- Publication Details
- JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-LEARNING MEMORY AND COGNITION, v 49(4), p661
- Publisher
- AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC; WASHINGTON
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Drexel University
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000907669400001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85147030900
- Other Identifier
- 991021861285604721
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- Psychology
- Psychology, Experimental