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Thorndyke, Perry W. – 1981
Much recent cognitive and artificial intelligence research has focused on the development of "schema theory." This theory supposes the existence of knowledge and memory structures that encode prototypical descriptions of familiar concepts. Schema theory has developed in a scientific environment that stresses interdisciplinary approaches…
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Associative Learning, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation
