The Order of Dominance Among Conceptual Capacities: An Experimental Test of Heidbreder'S Hypothesis

Memory effects in concept learning.

“…Perhaps not all dimensions are scanned on all in- stances. There is evidence that humans exhibit a systematic order of dominance in scanning dimensions (Dattman & Israel, 1951;Grant, 1951;Heidbreder, 1945). The design of the stimuli and length of exposure interval in Exp.…”

Concept attainment: I. The role of age and intelligence in concept attainment by induction.

“…For example, Heidbreder (1947) has demonstrated with adult 5s a dominance hierarchy in concept learning and sorting, in which object, form, and number concepts occupy in this order decreasing positions in the hierarchy; and Brian & Goodenough (1929) have similarly demonstrated with children the relative dominance of color and form. Others have shown that specific stimulus attributes may affect their relative dominance (Dattman & Israel, 1951;Heidbreder, 1952;Stevenson & McBee, 1958). Furthermore, it is reasonable to assume that where alternative possibilities for categorizing exist the preference, interest, or experience of ,5 will affect his performance.…”

Concept identification as a function of irrelevant information and instructions.

“…Except for a few studies (e.g., 5,13), little attempt has been made to quantify and systematically examine the variable of task complexity in concept formation and problem solving. Most previous studies have considered such variables as distribution of practice (4,8,16), previous experience (1,2,7,14), and nature of concepts to be attained (3,6,11). Two recent theoretical papers (12,17) suggest that the variable of task complexity might be quantified by using probability measures as defined by information theory (10,IS).…”