PSYC84 Lecture 5: Lecture 5 – Scientific Mind.docx
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What is a good analogy? superficitial / structural similairities. Are people good are make them and which of the above are they better at making. Understanding one thing in terms of another thing. Source > what we do know ie. nucleus in terms of the solar system. Is a form of inductive thinking cognitive science has not studied analogy for a long time, only 20 years. When are source and target are similar they can be structurally or superficial structural > contagious/symptoms superficial > there are relations among features in both the source and target. When there is a semantic difference between the source and target the bigger the difference between the source and the target it is hard for people to make the analogy.
