Learning from complex stimuli
Photographs of people doing something to a balloon
- Action: Stretching the balloon or dipping the balloon in water
- Color: Yellow or Purple
- Age of Person: Adult or Child
- (Size of Balloon: Large or Small)
Standard Concept Acquisition Experiment
1. Show subject photograph
2. Ask for category label (Alpha or not Alpha)
3. Give correct answer
4. Stop when six correct in a row
Prediction from Classic Concept Learning:
- Disjunctive rules harder to learn than conjunctive