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specific similarity effect: a standalone construct

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Clinical reasoning

the tendency of clinicians to diagnose a new case by its resemblance to specific previously seen cases, even when that resemblance is irrelevant to the diagnostic rules.

In clinical reasoning, specific similarity effect refers to the tendency of clinicians to diagnose a new case by its resemblance to specific previously seen cases, even when that resemblance is irrelevant to the diagnostic rules. This meaning comes from Brooks (1991) in Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.[1]

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References

  1. Brooks, L. R., Norman, G. R., & Allen, S. W. (1991). Role of specific similarity in a medical diagnostic task. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 120(3), 278-287. https://doi.org/10.1037/0096-3445.120.3.278

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