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Propositional encodings are a subset of organization theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 April 2009

George Mandler
George Mandler
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Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, 92093-0109. gmandler@ucsd.eduhttp://psy.ucsd.edu/~gmandler/
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Abstract

The notion that human associative learning is a usually conscious, higher-order process is one of the tenets of organization theory, developed over the past century. Propositional/sequential encoding is one of the possible types of organizational structures, but learning may also involve other structures.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 32 , Issue 2 , April 2009 , pp. 214 - 215
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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