Cognitive organization in chess: Beyond chunking

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dc.contributor.advisorLane, David M.en_US
dc.contributor.advisorCooke, Nancy J.en_US
dc.creatorBerger, Robert Christopheren_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T00:00:33Zen_US
dc.date.available2009-06-04T00:00:33Zen_US
dc.date.issued1989en_US
dc.description.abstractThree experiments investigated cognitive organization in chess. The conventional view of perception in chess is the recognition-association model which emphasizes perceptual chunking as a basis for expertise. These experiments explored an alternative hypothesis that a higher level cognitive organizing process allows experts to integrate and perceive a position as a whole, rather than merely as a collection of perceptual chunks. In the first two experiments, subjects were presented with chess positions and high level descriptions of those positions either before or after position presentation. In both experiments, recall in the description-before condition was superior, supporting the importance of a higher level cognitive organization. The third experiment contrasted recall of positions presented by chunk with positions presented by pawn structure. Results showed recall was similar in the two conditions, again lending support to the idea that more than chunking is involved in the expert's perception and recall of a chess position.en_US
dc.format.extent54 p.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.callnoThesis Psych. 1989 Bergeren_US
dc.identifier.citationBerger, Robert Christopher. "Cognitive organization in chess: Beyond chunking." (1989) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13343">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13343</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/13343en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectExperimental psychologyen_US
dc.titleCognitive organization in chess: Beyond chunkingen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentPsychologyen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineSocial Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen_US
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