The psychology of learning and motivation [electronic resource] : advances in research and theory. Volume 18 / edited by Gordon H. Bower.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bower, Gordon H.

Series:

Psychology of learning and motivation ; v.18.

Psychology of learning and motivation ; v.18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Learning, Psychology of.

Motivation (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (393 p.)

Place of Publication:

Orlando : Academic Press, 1984.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING&MOTIVATION:V18

Contents:

Front Cover; The Psychology of Learning and Motivation; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; CHAPTER 1. NONANALYTIC COGNITION: MEMORY, PERCEPTION, AND CONCEPT LEARNING; I. Introduction; II. The Parallel between Perceptual, Categorical, and Episodic Memory Tasks; III. Nonanalytic Processing in Explicit Episodic Memory Tasks; IV. Summary and Conclusions; References; CHAPTER 2. ON THE NATURE OF CATEGORIES; I. Introduction; II. Models of Categorization; III. The Components of Categorization; IV. Variable Manipulation; V. The Handyman Space: Ill-Defined Problems with Well-Defined Boundaries

VI. Internal Composition of CategoriesVII. A Taxonomy of Categories; VIII. Stimulus Sampling and the Evolution of Concepts; References; CHAPTER 3. THE RECOVERY OF UNCONSCIOUS (INACCESSIBLE) MEMORIES: LABORATORY STUDIES OF HYPERMNESIA; I. Hypermnesia for Subliminal Inputs; II. Hypermnesia for Subliminal (Inaccessible) Memories; References.; CHAPTER 4. ORIGINS OF BEHAVIOR IN PAVLOVIAN CONDITIONING; I. Introduction; II. A Synthetic View of Conditioned Behavior; III. Accounts of the Origins of Conditioned Behavior; IV. Conclusion; References; CHAPTER 5. DIRECTED FORGETTING IN CONTEXT

I. IntroductionII. Stimulus Control of Rehearsal; III. Surprising versus Expected Sample Stimuli; IV. Primacy and Recency in Animal Memory; V. The Updating of Animal Memory; VI. An Attentional Theory of Directed Forgetting; VII. Retrieval in Short-Term Memory; VIII. The Behavioral Context Hypothesis; IX. The F-Cue Function in Context; X. Conclusions; References; CHAPTER 6. EFFECTS OF ISOLATION REARING ON LEARNING BY MAMMALS; I. Introduction; II. Theoretical Issues; III. Dependent Variables: Isolate Performance on Learning Tasks; IV. Independent Variables; V. Conclusions; References

CHAPTER 7. ARISTOTLE'S LOGICI. Introduction; II. How Many Syllogisms Are Valid ?; III. Theories of the Psychology of Syllogistic Reasoning; IV. The Reasoner versus the Logic; V. Summary; References; CHAPTER 8. SOME EMPIRICAL JUSTIFICATION FOR A THEORY OF NATURAL PROPOSITIONAL LOGIC; I. Introduction; II. Method; III. Results; IV. Discussion; V. Summary; VI. Appendix: The Problems of Rating Study 2; References; Index; Contents of Previous Volumes

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-75541-9

9786611755416

0-08-086369-8

OCLC:

476221552