Implicit learning and tacit knowledge : an essay on the cognitive unconscious / Arthur S. Reber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reber, Arthur S., 1940-

Series:

Oxford psychology series ; no. 19.

Oxford psychology series ; no. 19

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Implicit learning.

Learning, Psychology of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This outlines the essential features of implicit learning and presents alternative perspectives and accommodates these views to the proposed theoretical model. It then structures the literature within the framework of Darwinian evolutionary biology that lies at the core of the theory.

Contents:

Contents; 1. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS; On Learning; On Nativism and Empiricism; On Evolution; On Methods and Measures of the Contents of Consciousness and the Unconscious; On Intelligence and Instruction; A Note on Terminology; A Rapid Historical Overview; Summary; A Personal Aside; 2. IMPLICIT COGNITION: THE DATA BASE; The Polarity Fallacy; On the Primacy of the Implicit; On Functionalism; Some Assumptions; Experimental Procedures; Empirical Studies of Implicit Learning; Methodological Issues in Implicit and Explicit Learning; 3. EVOLUTIONARY CONSIDERATIONS: THE PRIMACY OF THE IMPLICIT

Some Introductory RemarksThe Evolutionist's Line; An Evolutionary Context for the Cognitive Unconscious; Hypothesized Characteristics of Implicit Systems; Summary; 4. IMPLICIT ISSUES: SOME EXTENSIONS AND SOME SPECULATIONS; Implicit Learning or Implicit Memory; On Rules; Knowledge Representation; On Consciousness; Prediction and Generation of Events; Nativism and Empiricism; Afterword; In Summary; References; Author Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; Y

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-280-52891-5

9786610528912

0-19-534447-2

0-19-505942-5

1-4294-0630-5

0-19-802258-1

OCLC:

319064508