ABSTRACT
In this chapter I extend the chaining model of Lewandowsky and Murdock (1989) to serial organization in general, and to chunking in particular. The chaining model is the serial-order part of TODAM, a Theory of Distributed Associative Memory. This theory is an attempt to provide a unified conceptual framework for human memory, much as the stimulus-sampling theory of Estes did for conditioning and learning (Estes, 1955). The Estes theory was a pioneering effort, and the chapters in this volume provide eloquent testimony to its fruitfulness. Although I have a different perspective, my goal is exactly the same; namely, to try to provide a single unified comprehensive explanation for a broad range of memory phenomena. This paper honors Estes more by emulating his general approach than by implementing or applying the specific details of his approach.
