The similarity paradox in human learning: a resolution.

The Psychology of Human Learning

Edwin B. Newman, John A. McGeoch, Arthur L. Irion · The American Journal of Psychology · 1953 · 797 citations

Education, Educational Psychology, Psychology +12

A systematic application of the concepts of generalization and differentiation to verbal learning.

Eleanor J. Gibson · Psychological Review · 1940 · 291 citations

Language Studies, Educational Psychology, Cognitive Psychology +11

The Generalization of Conditioned Responses: I. The Sensory Generalization of Conditioned Responses with Varying Frequencies of Tone

Carl I. Hovland · The Journal of General Psychology · 1937 · 160 citations

Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +14

Meaningful Relation and Retroactive Inhibition

John A. McGeoch, William McDonald · The American Journal of Psychology · 1931 · 155 citations

Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +4

Retroactive and Proactive Inhibition in Retention: Evidence for a Two-Factor Theory of Retroactive Inhibition

Arthur W. Melton, William J. Von Lackum · The American Journal of Psychology · 1941 · 154 citations

Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +9