Due process in dual process: A model-recovery analysis of Smith et al. (2014)

Edmunds, C.E.R; Wills, A.J; Fraser, M

Abstract

Considerable behavioral evidence has been cited in support of the COVIS dual-system model of category learning (Ashby \& Valentin, 2016). The validity of the inferences drawn from these data critically depend on the accurate identification of participants' categorization strategies. In the COVIS literature, participants' strategies are identified using a model-based analysis inspired by General Recognition Theory (Maddox, 1999). Here, we examine the accuracy of this analysis in a model-recovery simulation. We find that participants can appear to be using implicit, procedural strategies when their responses where actually generated by explicit rule-based strategies. The implications of this for the COVIS literature are discussed.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society
• Publication Date: 2017
• Deposit Date: Feb 20, 2025
• Journal: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 39
• Pages: 1979-1984
• Keywords: categorization, COVIS, dual-systems accounts, model-recovery, GRT
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/13780854
• Publisher URL: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9zj150rh