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 thoughtfully integrates the writings of leading contributors, who present and discuss significant bodies of research relevant to their discipline. Volume 65 includes chapters on such varied topics as prospective memory, metacognitive information processing, basic memory processes during reading, working memory capacity, attention, perception and memory, short-term memory, language processing, and causal reasoning. Presents the latest information in the highly regarded Psychology of Learning and Motivation seriesProvides an essential reference for researchers and academics in cognitive scienceContains information relevant to both applied concerns and basic research INDICE: Explanation as a heuristic cognitive process Understanding the effects of selective memory Retrieval: the role of study context access Spatial Perception is Action-Specific retrieving distant analogs from memory Impulsive actions: Origins and control mechanisms Averaging abstractions: A relative adequacy assessment of formal prototype, exemplar, and cluster, models of category learning
- ISBN: 978-0-12-812118-4
- Editorial: Academic Press
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 310
- Fecha Publicación: 15/01/2017
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés