Hostname: page-component-5f745c7db-hj587 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2025-01-06T06:47:28.039Z Has data issue: true hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

A Note on Mathematical Models for Learning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Herbert A. Simon
Herbert A. Simon*
Affiliation:
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

It is shown that a rational learning curve developed by Estes for paired associate learning is a special case of a more general function. The latter is the product of two functions and assumes that the discovery and fixation aspects of learning are independent. The indications are that the form of one of the functions has not been tested sharply by Estes in the paired associate learning setting.

Type
Original Paper
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 27 , Issue 4 , December 1962 , pp. 417 - 418
Copyright
Copyright © 1962 The Psychometric Society

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Bower, G. W. Application of a model to paired-associate learning. Psychometrika, 1961, 26, 255–280.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Estes, W. K. Growth and function of mathematical models for learning. Current Trends in psychological theory. Pittsburgh: Univ. Pittsburgh Press, 1959, 134–151.Google Scholar
Simon, H. A. Amounts of fixation and discovery in maze learning behavior. Psychometrika, 1957, 22, 261–268.CrossRefGoogle Scholar