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Finn, Bridgid; Miele, David B. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2016
Remembered utility is the retrospective evaluation about the pleasure and pain associated with a past experience. It can influence choices about repeating or avoiding similar situations in the future (Kahneman, 2000). A set of 5 experiments explored the remembered utility of effortful test episodes and how it impacted future test choices.…
Descriptors: Mathematics Tests, Preferences, Decision Making, Experimental Psychology
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Yang, Chunliang; Shanks, David R. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2018
"Induction" refers to the process in which people generalize their previous experience when making uncertain inferences about the environment that go beyond direct experience. Here we show that interim tests strongly enhance inductive learning. Participants studied the painting styles of eight famous artists across four lists, each…
Descriptors: Logical Thinking, Inferences, Art Products, Painting (Visual Arts)