Simple Predictions Fueled by Capacity Limitations : When Are They Successful?
Simple Predictions Fueled by Capacity Limitations : When Are They Successful?
Date
2006
Authors
Editors
Journal ISSN
Electronic ISSN
ISBN
Bibliographical data
Publisher
Series
URI (citable link)
DOI (citable link)
International patent number
Link to the license
EU project number
Project
Open Access publication
Collections
Title in another language
Publication type
Journal article
Publication status
Published in
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition ; 32 (2006), 5. - pp. 966-982. - ISSN 1939-1285. - eISSN 1939-1285
Abstract
Counterintuitively, Y. Kareev, I. Lieberman, and M. Lev (1997) found that a lower short-term memory capacity benefits performance on a correlation detection task. They assumed that people with low short-term memory capacity (low spans) perceived the correlations as more extreme because they relied on smaller samples, which are known to exaggerate correlations. The authors consider, as an alternative hypothesis, that low spans do not perceive exaggerated correlations but make simpler predictions. Modeling both hypotheses in ACT-R demonstrates that simpler predictions impair performance if the environment changes, whereas a more exaggerated perception of correlation is advantageous to detect a change. Congruent with differences in the way participants make predictions, 2 experiments revealed a low capacity advantage before the environment changes but a high capacity advantage afterward, although this pattern of results surprisingly only existed for men.
Summary in another language
Subject (DDC)
150 Psychology
Keywords
short-term memory capacity,correlation detection,probability learning,ACT-R,sex differences
Conference
Review
undefined / . - undefined, undefined. - (undefined; undefined)
Cite This
ISO 690
GAISSMAIER, Wolfgang, Lael J. SCHOOLER, Jörg RIESKAMP, 2006. Simple Predictions Fueled by Capacity Limitations : When Are They Successful?. In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. 32(5), pp. 966-982. ISSN 1939-1285. eISSN 1939-1285. Available under: doi: 10.1037/0278-7393.32.5.966BibTex
@article{Gaissmaier2006-09Simpl-27938, year={2006}, doi={10.1037/0278-7393.32.5.966}, title={Simple Predictions Fueled by Capacity Limitations : When Are They Successful?}, number={5}, volume={32}, issn={1939-1285}, journal={Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition}, pages={966--982}, author={Gaissmaier, Wolfgang and Schooler, Lael J. and Rieskamp, Jörg} }
RDF
<rdf:RDF xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:bibo="http://purl.org/ontology/bibo/" xmlns:dspace="http://digital-repositories.org/ontologies/dspace/0.1.0#" xmlns:foaf="http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/" xmlns:void="http://rdfs.org/ns/void#" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#" > <rdf:Description rdf:about="https://kops.uni-konstanz.de/server/rdf/resource/123456789/27938"> <dcterms:title>Simple Predictions Fueled by Capacity Limitations : When Are They Successful?</dcterms:title> <foaf:homepage rdf:resource="http://localhost:8080/"/> <dc:language>eng</dc:language> <dc:contributor>Gaissmaier, Wolfgang</dc:contributor> <dcterms:abstract xml:lang="eng">Counterintuitively, Y. Kareev, I. Lieberman, and M. Lev (1997) found that a lower short-term memory capacity benefits performance on a correlation detection task. They assumed that people with low short-term memory capacity (low spans) perceived the correlations as more extreme because they relied on smaller samples, which are known to exaggerate correlations. The authors consider, as an alternative hypothesis, that low spans do not perceive exaggerated correlations but make simpler predictions. Modeling both hypotheses in ACT-R demonstrates that simpler predictions impair performance if the environment changes, whereas a more exaggerated perception of correlation is advantageous to detect a change. Congruent with differences in the way participants make predictions, 2 experiments revealed a low capacity advantage before the environment changes but a high capacity advantage afterward, although this pattern of results surprisingly only existed for men.</dcterms:abstract> <bibo:uri rdf:resource="http://kops.uni-konstanz.de/handle/123456789/27938"/> <dcterms:issued>2006-09</dcterms:issued> <dcterms:available rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2014-06-03T10:17:01Z</dcterms:available> <dc:creator>Gaissmaier, Wolfgang</dc:creator> <dspace:hasBitstream rdf:resource="https://kops.uni-konstanz.de/bitstream/123456789/27938/1/Gaissmaier_279384.pdf"/> <dc:rights>terms-of-use</dc:rights> <dcterms:isPartOf rdf:resource="https://kops.uni-konstanz.de/server/rdf/resource/123456789/43"/> <dcterms:hasPart rdf:resource="https://kops.uni-konstanz.de/bitstream/123456789/27938/1/Gaissmaier_279384.pdf"/> <dc:contributor>Schooler, Lael J.</dc:contributor> <dspace:isPartOfCollection rdf:resource="https://kops.uni-konstanz.de/server/rdf/resource/123456789/43"/> <dc:contributor>Rieskamp, Jörg</dc:contributor> <dcterms:bibliographicCitation>Journal of experimental psychology / Learning, memory, and cognition ; 32 (2006), 5. - S. 966-982</dcterms:bibliographicCitation> <dc:creator>Schooler, Lael J.</dc:creator> <dc:creator>Rieskamp, Jörg</dc:creator> <void:sparqlEndpoint rdf:resource="http://localhost/fuseki/dspace/sparql"/> <dc:date rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2014-06-03T10:17:01Z</dc:date> <dcterms:rights rdf:resource="https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/"/> </rdf:Description> </rdf:RDF>
Internal note
xmlui.Submission.submit.DescribeStep.inputForms.label.kops_note_fromSubmitter
Examination date of dissertation
Method of financing
Comment on publication
Alliance license
Corresponding Authors der Uni Konstanz vorhanden
International Co-Authors
Bibliography of Konstanz
No