Wagner Allan R, Vogel Edgar H
Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8205, USA.
Behav Processes. 2008 Mar;77(3):446-50. doi: 10.1016/j.beproc.2007.09.011. Epub 2007 Oct 5.
The paper by Melchers, Shanks, and Lachnit (2007) reviews the available evidence suggesting that there is flexible processing, such that some associative learning tasks can be solved either configurally or elementally. We find the evidence provocative but limited in its demonstrated generality and silent with respect to the theoretical mechanisms that might regulate the alleged flexibility of processing. Further research is invited to determine the scope of the variation involved and how best to account for it. At present, theories, either elemental or configural, that include mechanisms to shift the weight assigned to component stimuli appear to be potential candidates for embracing the data.
梅尔彻斯、尚克斯和拉赫尼特（2007年）的论文回顾了现有证据，这些证据表明存在灵活加工，即一些联想学习任务既可以通过构型方式也可以通过元素方式来解决。我们发现这些证据具有启发性，但在其已证明的普遍性方面有限，并且对于可能调节所谓加工灵活性的理论机制未作说明。需要进一步研究以确定所涉及变化的范围以及如何最好地对此进行解释。目前，那些包含能够改变分配给成分刺激权重机制的理论，无论是元素理论还是构型理论，似乎都是接纳这些数据的潜在候选理论。
