Configural information processing in two-cue probability learning☆

Abstract A linear model transformation technique for analysis was presented and used to reanalyze the Edgell and Castellan (1973) data. The configural effect reported by those authors was shown to be due completely to a correct utilization by the subjects of the configural information. Further, it was found that any relevant dimensional information was also utilized and that the level of dimensional information utilization was independent of the level of configural information utilization. This analysis technique was also applied to a new experiment which showed that this combined dimensional and configural information processing was not due to pattern only processing but rather to mixed processing of both dimensions and patterns.