ABSTRACT
Introduction
How is human knowledge and memory organized? Recently, some researchers have suggested that knowledge is either "active" (e.g., Rabinowitz & Goldberg, in press) or "inert" (e.g., Anderson, 1993a). Theorists who claim that declarative knowledge is active suggest that memory is actively processed, symbol manipulation is not necessary, and that memory is organized in an associative network with inhibitory and excitatory links (Rabinowitz fc Goldberg, in press). Theorists who claim that declarative knowledge is inert, or passive, suggest that declarative knowledge is acted upon by productions and gains strength by being accessed (Anderson, Conrad, & Corbett, 1993).
