The psychology of learning and motivation. advances in research and theory /: advances in research and theory. Volume 37 : (©1997)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Douglas L. Medin.
• Other Names: Medin, Douglas L
• Contents: M. Bassok, Object-Based Reasoning: ; Introduction; Separation and Contrast Between Content and Structure; Semantic Knowledge Determines how People Represent Problems; Semantic Knowledge Affects Selection of Processing Strategies; Discussion; References; R.L. Klatzky, J.M. Loomis, and R.G. Golledge, Encoding Spatial Representations Through Nonvisually Guided Locomotion: Tests of Human Path Integration: ; Navigational Concepts; General Assumptions and Findings Regarding Human Navigation; Representations and Processes Underlying Short Cuts in Space; The Encoding-Error Model of Path Completion; General Methodology of Reported Experiments; Encoding as Inferred from Reproduction and Verbal Report of Simple Paths; Encoding Distances and Turns Inferred from Fitting the Encoding-Error Model; Effects of Experiences on Encoding Pathway Parameters; When Does Updating of the Homing Vector Occur?; Evidence Against Moment-to-Moment Updating; Group and Individual Differences in Navigation without Vision; General Summary and Conclusions; References; M.A. Gernsbacher, Attenuating Interference During Comprehension: The Role of Suppression: ; Introduction; Attenuating Interference during Lexical Access; Attenuating Interference during Anaphoric Reference; Attenuating Interference during Cataphoric Reference; Attenuating Interference during Syntactic Parsing; Attenuating Interference during Metaphor Interpretation; Attenuating Interference during Inference Revision; Attenuating Interference and Comprehension Skill; Summary; References; R.M.J. Byrne, Cognitive Processes in Counterfactual Thinking About What Might Have Been: ; Counterfactual Thinking; Mental Models and Counterfactual Thinking; Three Phenomena of Counterfactual thinking; Conclusions; References; M.E.J. Masson and C.M. MacLeod, Episodic Enhancement of Processing Fluency: ; Introduction; Experiment Series 1: Data-Driven and Conceptually Driven Encoding Tasks; Experiment Series 2: Comparing Masked Word Identification and Word Fragment Completion; Experiment Series 3: The Question of Conscious Recollection; Experiment Series 4: Speeded Word Reading as an Indirect Measure of Memory; Experiment Series 5: Color Naming versus Word Reading and the Specificity of Priming; Experiment Series 6: Sources of Priming in Masked Word Identification; Experiment Series 7: Episodic Effects on Perceptual Judgments; Conclusions; References; B.W.A. Whittlesea, Production, Evaluation, and Preservation of Experiences: Constructive Processing in Remembering and Performance Tasks: ; Introduction; Separate-Systems Assumptions: A Brief Summary; Selective Construction and Preservation of Experiences: Outline of the Account; Theme #1: Concepts are not Automatically Abstracted Across Instances; Theme #2: Memory Preserves Processing Experiences, not Stimulus Structures; Theme #3: Selective use of General and Particular Knowledge is Controlled by the Stimulus Compound; Theme #4: Processing in Large, Familiar Domains is also Controlled by Specific Experiences; Theme #5: Remembering is Reconstruction, not Retrieval; Theme #6: The Constructive Nature of Experience; References; F. Gobet, H. Richman, J. Staszewski, and H.A. Simon, Goals, Representations and Strategies in a Concept Attainment Task: The EPAM Model: ; Inter-Subject Differences and Commonalties in Performing Cognitive Tasks; Architecture and Learning in Task Performance; Strategy, Goals, Attention, and task Representation in EPAM; References; J.W. Schooler, S.M. Fiore, and M.A. Brandimonte, At a Loss From Words: Verbal Overshadowing of Perceptual Memories: ; Three Premises of Verbal Overshadowing; The Modality Mismatch Assumption; The Availability Assumption; The Recoding Interference Hypothesis; How Does Verbalization Disrupt Perceptual Memories?; Closing Remarks; References.
• Publisher Details: San Diego, Calif : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 1997
• Copyright Date: 1997
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 350 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 153.1/5; Learning, Psychology of; Motivation (Psychology); SCIENCE -- Cognitive Science; PSYCHOLOGY -- Cognitive Psychology; Learning, Psychology of; Motivation (Psychology); Motivation (psychologie); Apprentissage, psychologie de l'; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080863887; 0080863884; 0125433379; 9780125433372
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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