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analogical reasoning CONCEPT
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a method of processing information that compares the similarities between new and understood concepts, then uses those similarities to gain understanding of the new concept; a form of inductive reasoning.

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analogical reasoning
is a kind of
  • reasoning
    • analogical reasoning
    is a part of
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    are a kind of
    analogical reasoning
  • analogical encoding
    • are a part of
    analogical reasoning
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    Tasks that are asserted to measure analogical reasoning

    Task Contrast Measure
    reversal learning task
    • standard deviation from the mean accuracy score

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