Contrasting associative and statistical theories of contingency judgments
"Blocking" refers to judgments of a moderate contingency being lowered when contrasted with a strong contingency. The Rescorla-Wagner model and causal model theory account for blocking through different mechanisms. To examine the predictions from these two models, seven experiments tested...
Main Author: | Mehta, Rick R. |
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Other Authors: | Baker, A. G. (advisor) |
Format: | Others |
Language: | en |
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McGill University
2000
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Online Access: | http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=36822 |
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