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. Volume 41 includes in its coverage chapters on multimedia learning, brain imaging, and memory, among others.
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. Volume 41 includes in its coverage chapters on multimedia learning, brain imaging, and memory, among others.
Contributors.
D.L. Medin, N. Ross, S. Atran, R.C. Burnett, and S.V. Blok,
Categorization and Reasoning in Relation to Culture and
Expertise.
T.K. Landauer, On the Computational Basis of Learning and
Cognition: Arguments from LSA.
R.E. Mayer, Multimedia Learning.
T.J. Palmeri and M.A. Flanery, Memory Systems and Perceptual
Categorization.
R.A. Carlson, Conscious Intentions in the Control of Skilled Mental
Activity.
M.A. Conway, C.W. Pleydell-Pearce, S. Whitecross, and H. Sharpe,
Brain Imaging Autobiographical Memory.
C.M. Seifert, The Continued Influence of Misinformation in Memory:
What Makes a Correction Effective?
C.M. Kelley and M.G. Rhodes, Making Sense and Nonsense of
Experience: Attributions in Memory and Judgment.
N.R. Brown, Real-World Estimation: Estimation Modes and Seeding
Effects.
Index.
Contents of Recent Volumes.
Brian Ross received his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1982. He is a professor in the UIUC Department of Psychology and a full-time faculty member in the Beckman Institute Cognitive Science Group. His fields of professional interest are cognitive psychology, human memory and learning, problem solving, acquisition of cognitive skills, remindings in learning and problem solving, and concepts and categories. Honors and awards: Arnold O. Beckman Research Award (1991, 1982); Beckman Fellow, UIUC Center for Advanced Study (1985-86); Sigma Xi.
Praise for the Series
"A remarkable number of landmark papers... An important collection
of theory and data." --CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGY
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