Department of Psychology, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, 730050, People's Republic of China.
Cogn Process. 2023 Nov;24(4):471-480. doi: 10.1007/s10339-023-01148-y. Epub 2023 Jun 20.
This study aimed to explore whether solving distant analogies makes individuals tend to categorize information based on either taxonomic or thematic relations. In the study, one group of participants solved far analogies (far analogy group), while another group solved near analogies (near analogy group). Then, all participants completed the triad task which is the task of measuring the propensity to classify. The research findings revealed that, regardless of whether the object of classification was the artifact or natural object, the far analogy group exhibited a higher percentage of thematic responses than the near analogy and control group in the triad task. The present study demonstrated that solving far analogies could make individuals tend to categorize information based on thematic relations.
本研究旨在探讨解决远距离类比是否会使个体倾向于基于分类或主题关系来对信息进行分类。在研究中，一组参与者解决远距离类比（远距离类比组），而另一组参与者解决近距离类比（近距离类比组）。然后，所有参与者都完成了三元组任务，该任务用于衡量分类倾向。研究结果表明，无论分类对象是人工制品还是自然物体，在三元组任务中，远距离类比组的主题反应比例均高于近距离类比组和对照组。本研究表明，解决远距离类比可以使个体倾向于基于主题关系对信息进行分类。
