The psychology of learning and motivation. Volume sixty four / edited by Brian H. Ross ; contributors, Nadia M. Brashier [and fifteen others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ross, Brian H., editor.

Brashier, Nadia M., contributor.

Series:

Psychology of learning and motivation ; Volume 64.

Psychology of Learning and Motivation, 0079-7421 ; Volume 64

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Learning, Psychology of.

Motivation (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (348 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, [Netherlands] : Academic Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Psychology of Learning and Motivation publishes empirical and theoretical contributions in cognitive and experimental psychology, ranging from classical and instrumental conditioning to complex learning and problem solving.

Contents:

Front Cover; The Psychology of Learning and Motivation; Copyright; Contents; CONTRIBUTORS; One - Beyond Born versus Made: A New Look at Expertise; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THE DELIBERATE PRACTICE VIEW; 3. CHALLENGES TO THE DELIBERATE PRACTICE VIEW; 3.1 Empirically Evaluating the Deliberate Practice View; 3.2 Findings from Individual Studies; 4. WHAT ELSE MATTERS?; 4.1 Opportunity Factors; 4.2 Basic Ability Factors; 4.3 Personality Factors; 4.4 Other Domain-Relevant Experience Factors; 4.5 Developmental Factors; 4.6 Genetic Factors; 5. TOWARD A COMPREHENSIVE MODEL OF EXPERTISE

3.2 Infant Categorization Results3.3 Animacy; 3.4 Summary of Findings; 3.5 Summary of the Problem; 4. MODELS OF INFANT CONCEPT ACQUISITION; 5. PROPOSED RESOLUTION; 5.1 Identifying the Preferred Category Level; 5.2 Concepts Formed in Category-Learning Experiments; 5.3 Research with Toy Models; 5.4 Real-World Categories and Concepts; 5.5 Bridging from Infant to Child to Adult Concepts; 6. MORALS AND RECOMMENDATIONS; 6.1 Concluding Thoughts; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALSUPPLEMENTARY DATA RELATED TO THIS ARTICLE CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT HTTP://DX.DOI.ORG/10.1016/BS.PLM.20 ...; REFERENCES

Three - Believing that Humans Swallow Spiders in Their Sleep: False Beliefs as Side Effects of the Processes that Support Accurate Knowledge1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1 The Issue at Hand; 1.2 Defining Knowledge; 2. GENERAL PROPERTIES OF THE KNOWLEDGE BASE; 2.1 The Knowledge Base Has No Known Capacity Limit; 2.2 Knowledge Is Interconnected and Organized; 2.3 Knowledge Is Surprisingly Durable; 2.4 Much, but Not All, Knowledge Is "Sourceless"; 2.5 Access to Specific Knowledge Can Shift; 2.6 People Are Good, but Not Perfect, at Judging What They Know; 3. EXAMPLES OF ERRORS; 3.1 Overview

3.2 The Grading Problem3.3 Side Effects of Reading Novels and Watching Movies; 3.4 Repeated Claims Feel True; 3.5 Tests Can Teach Errors; 4. ADAPTIVE PROCESSES THAT ALSO SUPPORT ERRORS; 4.1 Overview; 4.2 Property #1: Bias to Believe Information Is True; 4.3 Property #2: Fluency-Based Heuristic for Judging Truth; 4.4 Property #3: The Knowledge Base Is Productive; 4.5 Property #4: Existing Knowledge Supports New Learning; 4.6 Property #5: Partial Matches Are Often "Good Enough"; 5. LINGERING QUESTIONS ABOUT ERROR REPRESENTATION AND RETRIEVAL; 5.1 Co-existence versus Overwriting

5.2 Direct Retrieval versus Construction

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 9, 2016).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780128051184

0128051183

OCLC:

936083439