van der Henst J B
CREA, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France.
Br J Psychol. 1999 Feb;90 ( Pt 1):73-84. doi: 10.1348/000712699161279.
The effect of premise order on spatial reasoning was investigated using a paradigm introduced by Byrne & Johnson-Laird in 1989. Three kinds of problems were developed: the first of these was expected to prompt one mental model, whereas the second and third were expected to prompt two mental models. The two-model problems differed from each other by the position (first or last) of a premise which was responsible for an indeterminacy. On the basis of Sperber & Wilson's Relevance theory, published in 1986 and 1995, it was predicted and observed that a two-model problem with the crucial premise in the last position was easier than a two-model problem with the crucial premise in the first position. Moreover, it was predicted and observed that the two-model problem with the crucial premise in the last position was as easy as the one-model problem. Implications of these results for the standard mental model theory of spatial reasoning are discussed.
采用由 Byrne 和 Johnson-Laird 于 1989 年引入的范式，研究前提顺序对空间推理的影响。设计了三种类型的问题：其中第一种预计会引发一种心理模型，而第二种和第三种预计会引发两种心理模型。这两种双模型问题因导致不确定性的前提的位置（第一个或最后一个）而有所不同。基于 Sperber 和 Wilson 于 1986 年和 1995 年发表的关联理论，预测并观察到关键前提位于最后位置的双模型问题比关键前提位于第一个位置的双模型问题更容易。此外，预测并观察到关键前提位于最后位置的双模型问题与单模型问题一样容易。讨论了这些结果对空间推理标准心理模型理论的影响。
