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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Learning Sciences

Background:

  • Polymorphous concepts, despite having overall similarity, are difficult to learn.
  • The dimensional summation hypothesis predicts challenges in forming polymorphous concepts.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To test predictions of the dimensional summation hypothesis regarding polymorphous concept formation.
  • To compare the dimensional summation hypothesis with alternative accounts of concept learning.

Main Methods:

  • Experiments were conducted to test specific predictions of the dimensional summation hypothesis.
  • The study compared the dimensional summation hypothesis against strategic, seriality, stimulus decomposition, and error-based accounts.
  • Deterministic pretraining and concurrent counting tasks were employed.

Main Results:

  • Deterministic pretraining on stimulus features facilitated polymorphous concept formation compared to direct concept training.
  • The dimensional summation hypothesis provided the best explanation for the experimental data.
  • The single feature pretraining effect was eliminated by a concurrent counting task.

Conclusions:

  • The dimensional summation hypothesis accurately predicts aspects of polymorphous concept formation.
  • Natural concept acquisition may involve the serial summation of evidence, with implications for educational strategies.