Year: 2006
Type: article
Abstract: Analogical inferences occur when knowledge about one domain is extended by virtue of its similarity to a second.How such inferences are evaluated is not yet known, but two factors (support and extrapolation) were suggested by Forbus, Gentner, Everett and Wu in 1997.We report an initial test of the role of support in inference evaluation.Subjects were asked to provide a confidence rating for an inference that had more or less structural support.The results yielded evidence that support influences the evaluation of inferences.This paper is discussed within the framework of the Structure-Mapping Theory of analogy.
Authors: Jeffrey P. Laux, Arthur B. Markman
Institution: The University of Texas at Austin
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2617246638