Cognitive Psychology and Information Processing : an Introduction / R. Lachman, J.L. Lachman, E.C. Butterfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lachman, R., author.

Lachman, J. L., author.

Butterfield, E. C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognition.

Human information processing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (621 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Psychology Press, 1979.

Summary:

First published in 1979. Basic research, at its essence, is exploration of the unknown. When it is successful, isolated pieces of reality are deciphered and described. Most of the history of an empirical discipline consists of probes into this darkness-some bold, others careful and systematic. Most of these efforts are initially incorrect. At best, they are distant approximations to a reality that may not be correctly specified for centuries. How, then, can we describe the fragmented knowledge that characterizes a scientific discipline for most of its history? A dynamic field of science is held together by its paradigm. The author's think it is essential to adequate scientific education to teach paradigms, and believe that there is an effective method. The method emphasizes the integral nature, rather than the objective correctness, of a given set of consensual commitments. They believe that paradigmatic content can be effectively combined with the technical research literature commonly presented in scientific texts. This book represents the culmination of those beliefs.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; PREFACE; 1. SCIENCE AND PARADIGMS: THE PREMISES OF THIS BOOK; Abstract; I. Introduction; II. Cognitive Psychology as an Experimental Science; III. Characteristics of Paradigms; IV. Paradigms, Information Processing, Psychology, and Society; 2. PSYCHOLOGY'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE INFORMATION-PROCESSING PARADIGM; Abstract; I. How Do Antecedents Shape a Paradigm?; II. The Contribution of Neobehaviorism; III. The Contributions of Verbal Learning; IV. The Contributions of Human Engineering

3. CONTRIBUTIONS OF OTHER DISCIPLINES TO INFORMATION-PROCESSING PSYCHOLOGYAbstract; I. Introduction; II. The Contributions of Communications Engineering and Information Theory; III. The Contributions of Linguistics; 4. THE INFORMATION-PROCESSING PARADIGM; Abstract; I. Introduction: The Concept of Intelligent Action; II. The Influence of Computer Science on Cognitive Psychology; III. An Information-Processing System; IV. The Information-Processing Paradigm; 5. REACTION TIME: THE MEASURE OF AN EMERGING PARADIGM; Abstract; I. Introduction; II. Preview: A Brief History of Reaction-Time Research

III. Information TheoryIV. Engineering Psychology; V. Decomposing Mental Processes; VI. Speed-Accuracy Trade-Off; VII. Signal Detection Theory; VIII. Serial or Parallel Processing?; IX. The Status of CRT in 1979; 6. CONSCIOUSNESS AND ATTENTION; Abstract; I. Introduction; II. Attention as Consciousness; III. Memory Processes in Selective Attention; IV. Attention as Processing Capacity; V. Reprise; 7. SOME STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF HUMAN MEMORY: THE EPISODIC MEMORY SYSTEM AND ITS PARTS; Abstract; I. Introduction; II. Three Memory Stores; III. Experimental Reasons for Positing a Sensory Register

IV. Characteristics of the Short-Term StoreV. Differentiating the Long-Term Store From the Short-Term Store; VI. A Reminder; 8. FLEXIBILITY IN THE EPISODIC MEMORY SYSTEM: NEW DIRECTIONS FOR MULTISTORE MODELS; Abstract; I. The Current Status of Multistore Models; II. Alternatives to Multistore Models of Human Episodic Memory; III. Extensions of Multistore Models; IV. Conclusions; 9. SEMANTIC MEMORY; Abstract; I. Introduction; II. Formation of the Field of Semantic Memory; III. The Normal-Science Study of Semantic Memory; IV. Two Models of Semantic Memory; V. Word Production

VI. Comparison of Word Production and Sentence Verification Studies10. PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; Abstract; I. Introduction; II. Neobehavioristic and Information-Theory Approaches to Language; III. The Influence of the Linguist Noam Chomsky; IV. The Psychology of Syntax; V. Semantics and Pragmatics; VI. Case Grammar; VII. Summary; 11. COMPREHENSION FROM THE PSYCHOLINGUISTIC VIEWPOINT; Abstract; I. Overview; II. The Concept of the Synthesized Code; III. The Form of the Synthesized Code; IV. Content of the Synthesized Code; V. A Model of Conversational Comprehension

12. DISCOURSE PROCESSING AND GLOBAL MODELS OF COMPREHENSION

Notes:

First published 1979 by Lawrence Erlbaum.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-317-75776-9

1-315-79884-0

1-317-75775-0

9781315798844

OCLC:

958100163