Psychology of Learning and Motivation: Advances in Research and Theory

Psychology of Learning and Motivation: Advances in Research and Theory

by Douglas L. Medin (Editor)
Psychology of Learning and Motivation: Advances in Research and Theory

Psychology of Learning and Motivation: Advances in Research and Theory

by Douglas L. Medin (Editor)

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Overview

The 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. Volume 39 includes in its coverage chapters on category learning, relational timing, infant memory, depression and memory, goals and choice, and more.

Praise for the Series
"A remarkable number of landmark papers...An important collection of theory and data." (CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGY
CONTENTS: Infant Memory: Cues, Contexts, Categories, and Lists, C. Rovee-Collier and M. Gulya
The Cognitive-Initiative Account of Depression-Related Impairments in Memory, P.T. Hertel
Relational Timing: A Theromorphic Perspective, J.G. Fetterman
The Influence of Goals on Value and Choice, A.B. Markman and C.M. Brendl
The Copying Machine Metaphor, E.J. Wisniewski
Knowledge Selection in Category Learning, E. Heit and L. Bott
The Role of Language in the Construction of Kinds, S.A. Gelman, M. Hollander, J. Star, and G.D. Heyman
Index.
Contents of Recent Volumes.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780080863849
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Publication date: 10/10/1995
Series: ISSN , #33
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 296
File size: 5 MB

About the Author

Douglas L. Medin is the series editor of The Psychology of Learning and Motivation.

Table of Contents

F. Bedford, Perceptual Learning.
R. Gelman, A Rational-Constructivist Account of Early Learning about Numbers and Objects.
H.L. Roediger III, M.A. Wheeler, and S. Rajaram, Remembering, Knowing, and Reconstructing the Past.
A.F. Healy, D.M. Clawson, D.S. McNamara, W.R. Marmie, V.I. Schneider, T.C. Rickard, R.J. Crutcher, C.L. King, K.A. Ericsson, and L.E. Bourne, Jr., The Long-Term Retention of Knowledge and Skills.
W. Kintsch, B.K. Britton, C.R. Fletcher, E. Kintsch, S.M. Mannes, and M.J. Nathan, A Comprehension-Based Approach to Learning and Understanding.
P.W. Cheng, Separating Causal Laws from Casual Facts: Pressing the Limits of Statistical Relevance.
E.F. Shipley, Categories, Hierarchies, and Induction.
Subject Index.
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