Associationism and the Ebbinghaus Legacy

Psychologists who hold the Ebbinghaus legacy in low esteem do so because the legacy is based on associationist assumptions and replicative memory tests, not because findings obtained by Ebbinghaus and his successors are questioned. Memory scholars must develop models which integrate replicative and...

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Published in:Journal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition memory, and cognition, 1985-07, Vol.11 (3), p.439-443
Main Author: Bahrick, Harry P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Associationism
History of Psychology
Human
Memory
Psychologists
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Summary:Psychologists who hold the Ebbinghaus legacy in low esteem do so because the legacy is based on associationist assumptions and replicative memory tests, not because findings obtained by Ebbinghaus and his successors are questioned. Memory scholars must develop models which integrate replicative and constructive aspects of memory. These models must be based on multidimensional investigations which examine the interactions of associative and interpretive processes. This approach will yield ecologically realistic conceptions of the great diversity of memory functions.
ISSN:0278-7393
1939-1285
DOI:10.1037/0278-7393.11.3.439