The psychology of learning and motivation [electronic resource] : advances in research and theory. Volume 2 / edited by Kenneth W. Spence and Janet Taylor Spence.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Spence, Kenneth W. (Kenneth Wartenbee), 1907-1967.

Spence, Janet T.

Series:

Psychology of learning and motivation ; 2.

The psychology of learning and motivation ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motivation (Psychology).

Learning, Psychology of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Academic Press, 1968.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING&MOTIVATION:V.2

Contents:

Front Cover; The Psychology of Learning and Motivation, Volume 2; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Contents of Volume 1; Chapter 1. Incentive Theory and Changes in Reward; I. Introduction; II. Method; III. Experimental Designs and Results; IV. Discussion; V. Summary; References; Chapter 2. Shift in Activity and the Concept of Persisting Tendency; I. Introduction; II. Nature of a Shift in Activity; III. New Experiments on Shift in Activity; IV. Conceptual Analysis of Shift in Activity; V. Concept of Persisting Tendency; VI. Concluding Remarks; References

Chapter 3. Human Memory: A Proposed System and its Control ProcessesI. Introduction; II. Structural Features of the Memory System; III. Control Processes in Memory; IV. Experiments Concerned with Short-Term Processes; V. Experiments Concerned with Long-Term Search and Retrieval; VI. Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 4. Mediation and Conceptual Behavior; I. The Meaning of Mediation; II. An Experimental Analysis of Reversal and Nonreversal Behavior; III. The Nature of Mediation; IV. The Operating Characteristics of Representational Responses; V. Summary; References; Author lndex

Subject lndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-75527-3

9786611755270

0-08-086353-1

OCLC:

476221560