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: 1. Prospective Memory in Context Rebekah Smith2. Metacognitive Information Processing Nate Kornell3. Basic memory processes during reading: From activation to validation Edward O'Brien and Anne Cook 4. The many facets of individual differences in working memory capacity Nash Unsworth5. Self-directed Learning Todd Gureckis6. The politics of attention - The influence of individual differences in political temperament on attention, perception, and memory Michael Dodd, John Hibbing and Kevin Smith 7. Short-Term Memory Search Viewed as Exemplar-Based Categorization Robert Nosofsky8. Ignorance, Surprise, and Learning: Numerically-Driven Inferencing, Global Warming, and Other Exemplar-Realms Michael Ranney9. What's Good Enough about Good Enough Language Processing? Hossein Karimi, Matthew Lowder and Fernanda Ferreira 10. Causal Reasoning Michael Waldmann
- ISBN: 978-0-12-804790-3
- Editorial: Academic Press
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 310
- Fecha Publicación: 01/07/2016
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés