The psychology of learning and motivation [electronic resource] : advances in research and theory. Volume 30 / edited by Douglas L. Medin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Medin, Douglas L.

Series:

Psychology of learning and motivation ; v.30.

Psychology of learning and motivation ; v.30

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Learning, Psychology of.

Motivation (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (457 p.)

Place of Publication:

San Diego : Academic Press, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Psychology of Learning and Motivation publishes empirical and theoretical contributions in cognitive and experimental psychology, ranging from classical and instrumental conditions to complex learning and problem solving. This guest-edited special volume is devoted to current research and discussion on associative versus cognitive accounts of learning. Written by major investigators in the field, topics include all aspects of causal learning in an open forum in which different approaches are brought together.Key Features* Up-to-date review of the literature * Discusses rece

Contents:

Front Cover; Causal Learning; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Praface; CHAPTER 1. ASSOCIATIVE AND NORMATIVE MODELS OF CAUSAL INDUCTION: REACTING TO VERSUS UNDERSTANDING CAUSE; I. Two Models for Causal Reasoning; II. Some Empirical Work; III. Some Concluding Comments; References; CHAPTER 2. KNOWLEDGE-BASED CAUSAL INDUCTION; I. Introduction; II. The Associative View; III. Causal-Model Theory; IV. Conclusion; References; CHAPTER 3. A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF NEGATIVE CONTINGENCY LEARNING IN HUMANS AND NONHUMANS; I. Introduction; II. Paradigms of Study; III. Points of Correspondence

IV. MechanismsV. Conclusions; References; CHAPTER 4. ANIMAL ANALOGUES OF CAUSAL JUDGMENT; I. Introduction; II. Are Animals Capable of Causal Judgments?; III. The Problem of Prior Knowledge and the Benefit of Animal Subjects; IV. Problems with Verbal Assessment of Causal Judgment; V. Behavioral Assessment of Causal Judgment; VI. Different Types of Behavioral Assessment; VII. Causal Training: Verbal, Pavlovian, and Instrumental Procedures; VIII. Trial Order: Backward Blocking as a Discrepancy between Causal Learning in Humans and Conditioning in Animals

IX. Cue Competition between Effects as Well as between CausesX. Temporal Priority; XI. Conclusions; References; CHAPTER 5. CONDITIONALIZING CAUSALITY; I. Introduction; II. Conditional versus Unconditional Contingencies; III. Mathematical Properties of Contingencies with Two Potential Causes; IV. "Post-dictions" and Predictions of the Conditional Contingency Analysis; V. Limitations of the Conditional Contingency Analysis; VI. Conditionalizing as a General Procedure in Causal Attribution; VII. Summary; References; CHAPTER 6. CAUSATION AND ASSOCIATION

I. Comparing Information Integration Theory with Associative Learning TheoryII. Tracking Causal Rating over Changing Interevent Relations; III. Judging the Causal Efficacy of Nonpresented Stimuli; IV. Competition among Uncorrelated Cues; V. Concluding Comments; References; CHAPTER 7. DISTINGUISHING ASSOCIATIVE AND PROBABILISTIC CONTRAST THEORIES OF HUMAN CONTINGENCY JUDGMENT; I. Introduction; II. Convergence in Noncontingent Conditions; III. Causal Models and Causal Order; IV. Retrospective Revaluation; V. Trial Order Effects; VI. Configural Representations; VII. Conclusions; References

CHAPTER 8. A CAUSAL-POWER THEORY OF FOCAL SETSI. Introduction; II. Empirical Tests of the Power PC Theory; III. Implications for the Rescorla-Wagner Model; IV. Implications of the Power PC Theory; References; CHAPTER 9. THE USE OF INTERVENING VARIABLES IN CAUSAL LEARNING; I. Evidence for Intervening Concept Learning; II. Intervening Concept Learning Model; III. Theoretical Results; IV. Prior Knowledge: New Experimental Work; V. Conclusions; References; CHAPTER 10. STRUCTURAL AND PROBABILISTIC CAUSALITY; I. Introduction; II. Probabilistic Causality; III. The Language of Causal Graphs

IV. Structural Causality

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-75551-6

9786611755515

0-08-086385-X

OCLC:

476216609