NDLI: Determining whether causal order affects cue selection in human contingency learning: Comments on Shanks and Lopez (1996)

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Author	Waldmann, Michael R. Holyoak, Keith J.
Copyright Year	1997
Abstract	Shanks and Lopez (1996) reported three experiments in which they attempted to test whether causal order affects cue selection, and concluded that it does not. Their study provides an opportunity to highlight some basic methodological criteria that must be met in order to test whether and how causal order influences learning. In particular, it is necessary to (1) ensure that participants consistently interpret the learning situation in terms of directed cause-effect relations; (2) measure the causal knowledge they acquire; (3) manipulate causal order; and (4) control the statistical relations between cause and effect. With respect to these criteria, each experiment reported by Shanks and Lopez fails on multiple counts. Moreover, several aspects of the results reported by Shanks and Lopez are explained by causal-model theory, but not by associative accounts. Their study thus adds to a growing body of evidence from different laboratories indicating that human contingency learning can be guided by causal interpretation.
Starting Page	125
Ending Page	134
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISSN	0090502X
Journal	Memory & Cognition
Volume Number	25
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15325946
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	1997-01-01
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Cognitive Psychology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Arts and Humanities Medicine Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology

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