Journal of East China Normal University(Educationa ›› 2011, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (2): 39-46.

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Theories of Blocking

CHEN Lin, MO Lei, XU Gui-Ping, ZHENG Yun-Jia   

  1. 1.School of Chinese as a Second Language, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China; 2.Center for Studies of Psychological Application, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China; 3.Institute of Psychology , Guangdong College of Finance, Guangzhou, 510521, China
  • Online:2011-06-20 Published:2011-07-27
  • Contact: CHEN Lin, MO Lei, XU Gui-Ping, ZHENG Yun-Jia
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Abstract: Blocking effect is an important part of the learning mechanism research. Both psychologists indulging in Associationism and Cognitivism show great interest in blocking. Associationism accounts for blocking via stimuli competitions whereas cognitive theories assume that blocking is the result of rational inference. The review describes the key findings and models about blocking and makes a prospect of future research.