Psychology of Learning and Motivation (eBook)

Advances in Research and Theory

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1995 | 1. Auflage
296 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-086384-9 (ISBN)

Infos

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 33 includes in its coverage early symbol understanding and its use, word identification reflex, and prospective memory.

Key Features
* Early symbol understanding and its use
* Word identification reflex
* Prospective memory

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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 33 includes in its coverage early symbol understanding and its use, word identification reflex, and prospective memory. - Early symbol understanding and its use- Word identification reflex- Prospective memory

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
The Psychology of Learning and Motivation: Advances in Research and Theory 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 6
Contirbutors 10
CHAPTER 1. LANDMARK-BASED SPATIAL MEMORY IN THE PIGEON 12
I. Wayfinding as Servomechanisms 13
II. The Vector Sum Model 17
III. Are Vectors or Components of Vectors Averaged? 19
IV. Of Honeybees and Pigeons 24
V. Averaging Independent Sources of Information 27
References 31
CHAPTER 2. THE ACQUISITION AND STRUCTURE OF EMOTIONAL RESPONSE CATEGORIES 34
I. Introduction 34
II. Underlying Emotion Theory 38
III. Emotion and Memory 39
IV. Acquisition of Emotional Response Categories 48
V. Influence of Emotional Response Categories in Perception 55
VI. Representing Emotional Response Categories: Beyond Semantic Networks 66
VII. Conclusion 68
References 68
CHAPTER 3. EARLY SYMBOL UNDERSTANDING AND USE 76
I. Introduction 76
II. The Scale Model Task 81
III. A Model of Symbol Understanding and Use 88
IV. Conclusion 120
References 123
CHAPTER 4. MECHANISMS OF TRANSITION: LEARNING WITH A HELPING HAND 126
I. Gesture-Speech Mismatch as an Index of Transition 128
II. The Sources of Gesture-Speech Mismatch 141
III. The Role of Gesture-Speech Mismatch in the Learning Process 154
IV. The Representation of Information in Gesture and Speech 160
References 166
CHAPTER 5. THE UNIVERSAL WORD IDENTIFICATION REFLEX 170
I. The Centrality of Phonology in Alphabetic Systems 173
II. A Universal Phonological Principle 174
III. Nonalphabetic Writing Systems 175
IV. Chinese Reading: No Semantics without Phonology? 179
V. Phonology in Chinese Word Identification and Lexical Access 181
VI. The Time Course of Phonological and Semantic Activation 185
VII. Conclusion: Why Phonology May Be Privileged over Meaning 195
References 198
CHAPTER 6. PROSPECTIVE MEMORY: PROGRESS AND PROCESSES 202
I. Introduction 202
II. Conceptually Driven or Data-Driven Processing? 205
III. Recognition and Recall Processes in Prospective Memory 213
IV. Components of Recognition: Possible Mechanisms in Prospective Remembering 217
V. Automatic Unconscious Activation of Target-Action Associations 222
VI. Conclusions 228
References 230
CHAPTER 7. LOOKING FOR TRANSFER AND INTERFERENCE 234
I. Introduction 234
II. A Component View of Transfer 242
III. A Knowledge Representation View of Transfer 263
IV. A Competence View of Transfer 278
V. Summary 291
References 293
Index 302
Contents of Recent Volumes 304

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.10.1995
• Mitarbeit: Herausgeber (Serie): Douglas L. Medin
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Biopsychologie / Neurowissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Test in der Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• ISBN-10: 0-08-086384-1 / 0080863841
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-086384-9 / 9780080863849