Psychology of Learning and Motivation

1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-08-052275-3
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band Volume 43, 316 Seiten, Web PDF

Reihe: Psychology of Learning and Motivation

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.

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Cover;1
2;Contents;6
3;Contributors;10
4;Chapter 1. ECOLOGICAL VALIDITY AND THE STUDY OF CONCEPTS;12
4.1;I. Introduction;12
4.2;II. Three Disputes;13
4.3;III. What Is the Psychology of Concepts a Psychology of ?;18
4.4;IV. Capacities versus Performance Models;25
4.5;V. What Should We Be Trying to Explain in the Psychology of Concepts? ;27
4.6;VI. The Missing Piece to the Puzzle;30
4.7;VII. What Is the Real Category Structure?;37
4.8;VIII. Role Models;41
4.9;IX. Conclusion;47
4.10;References;48
5;Chapter 2. SOCIAL EMBODIMENT;54
5.1;I. Introduction;54
5.2;II. Social Embodiment Effects;56
5.3;III. A Theory of Social Embodiment;74
5.4;IV. Explaining Social Embodiment Effects;88
5.5;V. Conclusion;94
5.6;References;96
6;Chapter 3. THE BODY’S CONTRIBUTION TO LANGUAGE;104
6.1;I. Introduction;104
6.2;II. Symbol Grounding and the Action–Sentence Compatibility Effect;105
6.3;III. How Language Becomes Embodied Meaning;111
6.4;IV. Perceptual Symbols in Language Comprehension;116
6.5;V. Grammatical Constructions in Language Comprehension;123
6.6;VI. Learning and the Indexical Hypothesis;129
6.7;VII. Conclusion;133
6.8;References;134
7;Chapter 4. USING SPATIAL LANGUAGE;138
7.1;I. Introduction;138
7.2;II. Constituent Processes during Apprehension;140
7.3;III. Assigning Directions to Space: Setting the Parameters;149
7.4;IV. Generalizations and Conclusions;167
7.5;References;169
8;Chapter 5. IN OPPOSITION TO INHIBITION;174
8.1;I. Introduction;174
8.2;II. A ‘‘Reader’s Digest ’’ History of Inhibition;177
8.3;III. The Attention Case Studies;181
8.4;IV. Memory Case Studies;196
8.5;V. The ‘‘Big Picture’’;212
8.6;References;217
9;Chapter 6. EVOLUTION OF HUMAN COGNITIVE ARCHITECTURE;226
9.1;I. How Information Structures Have Impelled the Evolution of Human Cognitive Architecture ;227
9.2;II. Human Information Processing Recapitulates Evolution by Natural Selection ;246
9.3;III. Instructional Consequences;255
9.4;IV. Conclusions;270
9.5;References;272
10;Chapter 7. COGNITIVE PLASTICITY AND AGING;278
10.1;I. Overview;278
10.2;II. Cognition across the Adult Life Span;278
10.3;III. Changes in Brain Function and Structure across the Adult Life Span;282
10.4;IV. Does Experience Reduce Age-Related Cognitive Decline?;286
10.5;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
10.6;VI. Can Other Interventions Reduce Age-Related Decline in Cognition: Healthy Body, Healthy Mind?;302
10.7;VII. Conclusions and Future Directions;305
10.8;References;306
11;Index;314
12;Contents of Previous Volumes;324