Psychology of Learning and Motivation: Advances in Research and Theory

by Douglas L. Medin (Editor)

Overview

With a long-standing tradition for excellence, this series is a collection of quality papers that are widely read by researchers in cognitive and experimental psychology. Each chapter thoughtfully integrates the writings of leading contributors, who present and discuss significant bodies of research relevant to their discipline.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780080863818
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	12/07/1993
Series:	ISSN , #30
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	328
File size:	7 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.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for the Series
"A remarkable number of landmark papers... An important collection of theory and data."
—Roberta L. Klatzky in CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGY

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