COGNITIVE STRUCTURE AND INFORMANT ACCURACY

被引：319

作者：

FREEMAN, LC

ROMNEY, AK

FREEMAN, SC

机构：

[1] University of California, Irvine

来源：

AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST | 1987年 / 89卷 / 02期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1525/aa.1987.89.2.02a00020

中图分类号：

Q98 [人类学];

学科分类号：

030303 ;

摘要：

The problem of informant accuracy is examined in light of principles of memory organization from cognitive psychology. These principles turn out to be powerful, not only in explaining overall patterns of informant error, but in predicting details about the types of errors made. Predictions are made in terms both of different kinds of informants and different kinds of objects. All the predictions are strongly supported by the data. Finally, in the light of these results, two strategies are developed. The “best” informants, it seems, can be used to reveal long‐range stable patterns of events, and the “worst” informants can be used to reveal the details of a particular event of special interest. 1987 American Anthropological Association

引用

页码：310 / 325

页数：16

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