A dynamic model for rule induction tasks

  • Authors:
  • Tom Verguts;Eric Maris;Paul De Boeck

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Leuven;University of Nijmegen;University of Leuven

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Mathematical Psychology
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

In this paper, a model for performance on rule induction tasks (e.g., items on intelligence tests) is developed. The model simultaneously specifies distributions for response times and response accuracies on an item-by-item basis. It is dynamic in the sense that it can be used to specify and test different ways of learning throughout a test. Three versions of the general model (i.e., with three different learning rules) are described and the fit of these versions is investigated in two datasets on solving number series. The results indicate that one of these versions (one of the learning rules) is better at accounting for the data.