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Depression and category learning.

1993; American Psychological Association; Volume: 122; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1037/0096-3445.122.3.331

1939-2222

J. David Smith, Joseph B. Tracy, Morgan Murray,

Reading and Literacy Development

This article explores the relationship between depression and category learning. We predicted that depression would impair categorization performance on criteria-attribute tasks, which require systematic hypothesis testing, but not on family-resemblance tasks, which allow processing strategies that are likely preserved in depression. These predictions were confirmed in 2 experiments using different stimuli, tasks, and S populations. We discuss some implications of the empirical connections among depression, the use of less sophisticated cognitive strategies, and category learning.