Higher mental processes : selections from the american journal of psychology / edited by Robert W. Proctor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Proctor, Robert W., editor.

Series:

Common threads (University of Illinois (System). Press)

Common Threads.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reasoning.

Judgment.

Problem solving.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : University of Illinois Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this new book, Robert W. Proctor curates a collection of celebrated and seminal articles from the past 125 years of the American Journal of Psychology. The debut volume in the University of Illinois Press ™s Common Threads series, Higher Mental Processes reprints a suite of ten articles on processes of higher-order thinking. Proctor, current editor of the AJP, begins the volume with a special introduction that provides historical and scientific context for the contributions.Contributors: P. Baratta, M. H. Birnbaum, M. E. Bulbrook, L. S. Buyer, R. A. Carlson, S. N. F. Chant, A. A. Cleveland, T. D. Cutsforth, R. L. Dominowski, E. Galanter, P. N. Johnson-Laird, M. G. Preston, Robert W. Proctor, and J. Tagart.

Contents:

Cover; Title; Contents; ROBERT W. PROCTOR, editor of The American Journal of Psychology. Introduction; R. A. CARLSON. The higher mental processes in The American Journal of Psychology. Vol. 125 (2012); REASONING; T. D. CUTSFORTH. Synaesthesia in the process of reasoning. Vol. 25 (1924); P. N. JOHNSON-LAIRD AND J. TAGART. How implication is understood. Vol. 82 (1969); S. N. F. CHANT. An objective experiment on reasoning. Vol. 45 (1933); JUDGMENT AND DECISION; M. G. PRESTON AND P. BARATTA. An experimental study of the auction-value of an uncertain outcome. Vol. 61 (1948)

E. GALANTER. Utility functions for nonmonetary events. Vol. 103 (1990)M. H. BIRNBAUM. Base rates in Bayesian inference: Signal detection analysis of the cab problem. Vol. 96 (1983); PROBLEM SOLVING; M. E. BULBROOK. An experimental study into the existence and nature of "insight." Vol. 44 (1932); R. L. DOMINOWSKI AND L. S. BUYER. Retention of problem solutions: The re-solution effect. Vol. 113 (2000); A. A. CLEVELAND. The psychology of chess and of learning to play it. Vol. 18 (1907)

Notes:

"An anthology from the University of Illinois Press."

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-252-09811-0

OCLC:

927973101