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* Simple additive rules are sufficient to predict complex ideas | * Simple additive rules are sufficient to predict complex ideas | ||
- | But connectionism **expands** this **ideas of associationism** by introducing distributed representations or supervised learning(([[http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.86.7504&rep=rep1&type=pdf|Medler, David A. A Brief History of Connectionism. Neural Computing Surveys, 1(2), p18-72. 1998.]])) and should not be confused with associationism. Although he is considered one of the first true connectionist, Edward Thorndike also made the move towards behaviorist ideas. | + | But connectionism **expands** this **ideas of associationism** by introducing ideas like [[:glossary#distributed_representations|distributed representations]] or supervised learning(([[http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.86.7504&rep=rep1&type=pdf|Medler, David A. A Brief History of Connectionism. Neural Computing Surveys, 1(2), p18-72. 1998.]])) and should not be confused with associationism. Although he is considered one of the first true connectionist, Edward Thorndike also made the move towards behaviorist ideas. |
[[http://historyofpsych.blogspot.com/2010/01/american-behaviorism.html|{{ images:thorndikes_cat.jpg|Thorndike's cat experiment. Image borrowed from: History of Psychology: American Behaviorism. Click on the picture to follow the link. }}]] | [[http://historyofpsych.blogspot.com/2010/01/american-behaviorism.html|{{ images:thorndikes_cat.jpg|Thorndike's cat experiment. Image borrowed from: History of Psychology: American Behaviorism. Click on the picture to follow the link. }}]] | ||
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[[http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Thorndike/Animal/index.htm|Thorndike, E. Animal Intelligence. 1911.]] | [[http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Thorndike/Animal/index.htm|Thorndike, E. Animal Intelligence. 1911.]] | ||
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+ | [[http://www.google.com/books?hl=hr&lr=&id=QYlJzBjl4-kC&oi=fnd&pg=PR5&dq=Connectionism+and+the+Mind:+An+Introduction+to+Parallel+Processing+in+Networks.&ots=cWFkwwysIw&sig=bnAdzYQBCWRru2D7I_i3b0TilUc#v=onepage&q=Connectionism%20and%20the%20Mind%3A%20An%20Introduction%20to%20Parallel%20Processing%20in%20Networks.&f=false|Bechtel, William, and Adele A. Abrahamsen. Connectionism and the mind: parallel processing, dynamics, and evolution in networks. Wiley-Blackwell, 2002.]] | ||
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Thorndike, E. Educational Psychology: The Psychology of Learning. New York: Teachers College Press. 1913. | Thorndike, E. Educational Psychology: The Psychology of Learning. New York: Teachers College Press. 1913. |