Informativity and Asymmetry in Comparisons
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Informativity and asymmetry in comparisons.
We propose an account of comparison asymmetries based on viewing comparison as a process of structural alignment and mapping. Specifically, we hypothesize that (1) comparison asymmetries result from directional differences in informativity, and that (2) asymmetries can therefore be predicted from the relative degree of systematicity or conceptual coherence of the items being compared. In Experi...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Cognitive Psychology
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0010-0285
DOI: 10.1006/cogp.1997.0670