An experimental investigation of association and dissociation in learning

In a learning situation devised to reduce association and dissociation to a minimum, subjects were asked to locate correct "bull's-eyes" by putting dowels into holes indicated on a separate symbolic field. Association was increased by repetition, dissociation by patterns on the field....

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Published in:Journal of educational psychology 1948-01, Vol.39 (1), p.1-18
Main Author: Dutton, Eugene
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Contextual Associations
Dissociation
Human
Learning
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Summary:In a learning situation devised to reduce association and dissociation to a minimum, subjects were asked to locate correct "bull's-eyes" by putting dowels into holes indicated on a separate symbolic field. Association was increased by repetition, dissociation by patterns on the field. Both factors proved helpful in improving the learning score, but the two combined proved far superior to the sum of their separate contributions. It is concluded also that association and dissociation are mutually dependent and covariant, that they are not causally related, and that neither has priority over the other in learning.
ISSN:0022-0663
1939-2176
DOI:10.1037/h0059804