TY - JOUR
T1 - Adjectives, comparatives, and syllogisms
AU - Huttenlocher, Janellen
AU - Higgins, E. Tory
AU - Clark, Herbert H.
PY - 1971/11
Y1 - 1971/11
N2 - Attempts to outline a more complete explanation of how people solve ordering syllogisms than that proposed by H. Clark (see pa, vol. 43:12942). The proposal, that people combine information from the 2 syllogistic premises using a strategy which involves spatial imagery is examined. It is concluded that a more complete explanation would include an account of the comprehension of the adjectives and comparative sentences which must be understood to solve the problems, as well as an account of question answering. An evaluation of the relative explanatory value of the spatial imagery proposal as against more abstract formulations is presented. H. Clark presents evidence that J. Huttenlocher and E. Higgins's criticisms and revisions of the linguistic theory and the imagery theory itself are empirically wrong. (34 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved).
AB - Attempts to outline a more complete explanation of how people solve ordering syllogisms than that proposed by H. Clark (see pa, vol. 43:12942). The proposal, that people combine information from the 2 syllogistic premises using a strategy which involves spatial imagery is examined. It is concluded that a more complete explanation would include an account of the comprehension of the adjectives and comparative sentences which must be understood to solve the problems, as well as an account of question answering. An evaluation of the relative explanatory value of the spatial imagery proposal as against more abstract formulations is presented. H. Clark presents evidence that J. Huttenlocher and E. Higgins's criticisms and revisions of the linguistic theory and the imagery theory itself are empirically wrong. (34 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved).
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U2 - 10.1037/h0031858
DO - 10.1037/h0031858
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0040670150
SN - 0033-295X
VL - 78
SP - 487
EP - 504
JO - Psychological Review
JF - Psychological Review
IS - 6
ER -