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If one were to conduct an analysis of any profession the "ability
to think analogically" is more than likely to be one of the
requirements for success, be it an architectural studio, a research
laboratory, a legal office, or a nuclear plant. Cognitive
scientists are aware of the prominence of analogical reasoning in
all forms of reasoning and learning, and have devoted substantial
effort to ascer taining its nature. Test builders, like cognitive
scientists, are aware of the cen trality of analogical reasoning
and figure, correctly, that a test that samples a student's ability
to think analogically may well be a good predictor of success in a
variety of fields. This book is the result of a project to
investigate analogical reasoning from both an individual
differences and a cognitive perspective. The book is directed to
both researchers and practitioners concerned with the nature and
measurement of analogical reasoning. Cognitive scientists,
linguists, psycholinguists, and natural language researchers will
find the seman tic taxonomy and accompanying empirical results food
for thought. Test devel opers will fmd it reassuring that
performance on verbal analogy items is not just a reflection of the
size of a person's vocabulary, and that tests can be designed
according to principles, rather than assembled to satisfy a set of
statistical speci fications. Psychometricians will find that
content and response modelling can go together and that there are
distinct benefits in approaching psychometric re sponse modelling
from that integrative perspective."
In 1885 Herman Ebbinghaus showed the world how the scientific
method could be applied to the elusive phenomena of memory. But
what of work on memory before Ebbinghaus? The long ascendance of
the Ebbinghaus tradition has eclipsed the contributions of scholars
before Ebbinghaus. "Memory in " "Historical Perspective" draws
together for the first time a collection of writings that figured
prominently in scholarly thought about memory from the 8th century
B. C. until the scientific investigation of memory began in the
late 19th century. "Memory in Historical Perspective" will be of
value to students, researchers, teachers, and writers who wish to
place the study of memory in its historical context. The writings
are thought-provoking; they deal with a wide range of basic issues
in memory in a direct and refreshing way. A study of these writings
will stimulate insights into current issues about memory in
psychology, philosophy, artificial intelligence, anthropology, and
education.
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