The psychology of learning and motivation [electronic resource] : advances in research and theory. Volume 11 / edited by Gordon H. Bower.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bower, Gordon H.

Series:

Psychology of learning and motivation ; v.11.

Psychology of learning and motivation ; v.11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Learning, Psychology of.

Motivation (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (339 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Academic Press, 1977.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING&MOTIVATION:V11

Contents:

Front Cover; The Psychology of Learning and Motivation, Volume 11; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Contents of Previous Volumes; CHAPTER 1. LEVELS OF ENCODING AND RETENTION OF PROSE; I. Overview; II. Constructive Memory for Prose; III. Levels of Encoding; IV. Experiments on Memory Codes and Forgetting of Prose; V. General Discussion; References; CHAPTER 2. MIND YOUR p's AND q's: THE ROLE OF CONTENT AND CONTEXT IN SOME USES OF AND, OR, AND IF; I. Introduction; II. Some Uses of the Sentence Operators; III. Some Uses to Which the Sentence Operators May Be Put

IV. Problems for the Present and FutureReferences; CHAPTER 3. ENCODING AND PROCESSING OF SYMBOLIC INFORMATION IN COMPARATIVE JUDGMENTS; I. Introduction; II. Symbolic Comparative Judgments: Paradigm and Data; IIl. Models of Symbolic Comparison; IV. Semantic-Coding Model; V. Concluding Remarks; References; CHAPTER 4. MEMORY FOR PROBLEM SOLUTIONS; I. Introduction; II. Previous Research; III. Experiments; IV. General Discussion; V. Summary; References; CHAPTER 5. HYBRID THEORY OF CLASSICAL CONDITIONING; I. Introduction; II. Development of Terminology and Theory

III. Theoretical Analysis of Classical ConditioningIV. Experimental Extinction,Spontaneous Recovery,and Relearning; V. Random Partial Reinforcement; VI. Blocking; VII. Differential Conditioning; VIII. Deficiencies in the Theory; IX. Conclusion; Appendices; References; CHAPTER 6. INTERNAL CONSTRUCTION OF SPATIAL PATTERNS; I. Introduction; II. Imaginary Binary Matrices; III. Experiment I: Familiarity and Size of Patterns; IV. Emperiment II: Variable Readout; V. Experiment III: Readout after Rotation; VI. Experiment IV: Three-Dimensional Frames

VII. Experiment V: Recognition of Previously Unseen PatternsVIII. Experiment VI: Concurrent Vocal and Imaginal Rehearsal; IX. Memory Systems; X. Visual-Spatial Memory; References; CHAPTER 7. ATTENTION AND PREATTENTION; I. Introduction; II. The Independent Channels Hypothesis; III. Attentional Control of Perception; IV. Effortless Encoding; V. Concluding Remarks; References; Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-75535-4

9786611755355

0-08-086362-0

OCLC:

476221534