The psychology of learning and motivation [electronic resource] : advances in research and theory. Volume 38 / edited by Douglas L. Medin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Medin, Douglas L.

Series:

Psychology of learning and motivation ; v.38.

Psychology of learning and motivation ; v.38

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Learning, Psychology of.

Motivation (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (318 p.)

Place of Publication:

San Diego : Academic Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

General Description of the SeriesThe Psychology of Learning and Motivation publishes empirical and theoretical contributions in cognitive and experimental psychology, ranging from classical and instrumental conditioning to complex learning and problem solving. Each chapter provides a thoughtful integration of a body of work. General Description of the VolumeVolume 38 covers emotional memory, metacomprehension of text, and intertemporal choice.

Contents:

Front Cover; The Psychology of Learning and Motivation: Advances in Research and Theory; Copyright Page; Contents; Chapter 1. Transfer-Inappropriate Processing: Negative Priming and Related Phenomena; I. Introduction; II. Transfer-Appropriate Processing; III. Memory: Abstraction or Instances?; IV. Negative Priming; V. Related Phenomena; VI. Toward a Tip-Tap Theory of Priming; VII. Summary; References; Chapter 2. Cue Competition in the Absence of Compound Training: Its Relation to Paradigms of Interference between Outcomes; I. Introduction

II. Cue Competition in the Absence of Compound Training: The Basic EffectIII. The Unlearning Explanation; IV. Theories of Interference between Outcomes; V. Competition between Elementally Trained Cues in Judgmental Tasks; VI. Extending Models of Competition between Outcomes to Account for Competition between Cues; VII. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 3. Sooner or Later: The Psychology of Intertemporal Choice; I. Introduction; II. Violations of Normative Theory; III. Domain Effects; IV. Agreement among Measures of Time Preferences; V. Conclusions; Acknowledgment; References

Chapter 4. Strategy Adaptivity and Individual DifferencesI. Conceptions of Individual Differences; II. Strategy Adaptivity in Arithmetic; III. Investigating Individual Differences in a More Controlled Environment; IV. Individual Differences in a Complex, Dynamic Task; V. General Discussion; References; Chapter 5. Going Wild in the Laboratory: Learing about Species Typical Cues; I. Introduction; II. Use of a Conspecific as a Conditioned Stimulus; III. Do Species Typical Cues Have Special Properties as Conditioned Stimuli?; IV. Potentiation of Responding to Species Typical Cues; V. Conclusion

AcknowledgmentsReferences; Chapter 6. Emotional Memory: The Effects of Stress on ""Cool"" and ""Hot"" Memory Systems; I. Hot and Cool Memory Systems; II. Stress; III. Adaptive Significance of the Two Systems; IV. Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 7. Metacomprehension of Text: Influence of Abslute Confidence Level on Bias and Accuracy; I. Introduction; II. Effect of Expectancy and Processing on Metacomprehension Measures; III. Recommendations for Metacomprehension Measures; References

Chapter 8. Linking Object Categorization and Naming: Early Expectations and the Shaping Role of LanguageI. Introduction; II. The Developmental Process: A Dynamic Interplay between the Constraints in the Learner and the Amount and Information Present in the Environment; III. A Vignette; IV. The Relation between Object Categorization and Naming: Background Issues; V. Developmental and Crosslinguistic Considerations; VI. Empirical Evidence; VII. Integrating the Developmental and Crosslinguistic Evidence; Conclusion; References; Index; Contents of Recent Volumes

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-75555-9

9786611755553

0-08-086389-2

OCLC:

476221594