Psychology of Learning and Motivation (eBook)

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2003 | 1. Auflage
316 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
9780080522753 (ISBN)

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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.

Inhalt

Cover 1
Contents 6
Contributors 10
Chapter 1. ECOLOGICAL VALIDITY AND THE STUDY OF CONCEPTS 12
I. Introduction 12
II. Three Disputes 13
III. What Is the Psychology of Concepts a Psychology of ? 18
IV. Capacities versus Performance Models 25
V. What Should We Be Trying to Explain in the Psychology of Concepts? 27
VI. The Missing Piece to the Puzzle 30
VII. What Is the Real Category Structure? 37
VIII. Role Models 41
IX. Conclusion 47
References 48
Chapter 2. SOCIAL EMBODIMENT 54
I. Introduction 54
II. Social Embodiment Effects 56
III. A Theory of Social Embodiment 74
IV. Explaining Social Embodiment Effects 88
V. Conclusion 94
References 96
Chapter 3. THE BODY’S CONTRIBUTION TO LANGUAGE 104
I. Introduction 104
II. Symbol Grounding and the Action–Sentence Compatibility Effect 105
III. How Language Becomes Embodied Meaning 111
IV. Perceptual Symbols in Language Comprehension 116
V. Grammatical Constructions in Language Comprehension 123
VI. Learning and the Indexical Hypothesis 129
VII. Conclusion 133
References 134
Chapter 4. USING SPATIAL LANGUAGE 138
I. Introduction 138
II. Constituent Processes during Apprehension 140
III. Assigning Directions to Space: Setting the Parameters 149
IV. Generalizations and Conclusions 167
References 169
Chapter 5. IN OPPOSITION TO INHIBITION 174
I. Introduction 174
II. A ‘‘Reader’s Digest ’’ History of Inhibition 177
III. The Attention Case Studies 181
IV. Memory Case Studies 196
V. The ‘‘Big Picture’’ 212
References 217
Chapter 6. EVOLUTION OF HUMAN COGNITIVE ARCHITECTURE 226
I. How Information Structures Have Impelled the Evolution of Human Cognitive Architecture 227
II. Human Information Processing Recapitulates Evolution by Natural Selection 246
III. Instructional Consequences 255
IV. Conclusions 270
References 272
Chapter 7. COGNITIVE PLASTICITY AND AGING 278
I. Overview 278
II. Cognition across the Adult Life Span 278
III. Changes in Brain Function and Structure across the Adult Life Span 282
IV. Does Experience Reduce Age-Related Cognitive Decline? 286
V. Can Laboratory-Based Training Be Used to Reduce Age-Related Decline in Cognition, and If So, What are the Nature of These Training Benefits? 294
VI. Can Other Interventions Reduce Age-Related Decline in Cognition: Healthy Body, Healthy Mind? 302
VII. Conclusions and Future Directions 305
References 306
Index 314
Contents of Previous Volumes 324

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.9.2003
• Mitarbeit: Herausgeber (Serie): Brian H. Ross
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
• ISBN-13: 9780080522753 / 9780080522753