
Implicit Learning and Tacit Knowledge
An Essay on the Cognitive Unconscious
Arthur S. Reber(Author)
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 26. September 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
200 pages
978-0-19-510658-9 (ISBN)
Description
Implicit knowledge, a term coined by Reber in 1965, is acquired independent of conscious attempts to learn, and generally without the capacity to communicate what has been acquired. One of the core assumptions of this argument is that implicit learning is a fundamental process, one that lies at the very heart of the adaptive behavioural repertoire of every complex organism. This is a highly readable account of the cognitive unconscious, focusing in particular on the problem of implicit learning.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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line figures
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
339 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-510658-9 (9780195106589)
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09/1996
OUP eBook
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Professor, Department of Psychology, Brooklyn CollegeProfessor, Department of Psychology, Brooklyn College, City University of New York
Content
1. Introductory Remarks ; 1.1 On Learning ; 1.2 On Evolution ; 1.3 On Measuring the Contents of Consciousness ; 1.4 On Intelligence and Instruction ; 1.5 A Note on Terminology ; 1.6 A Rapid Historical Overview ; 1.7 Summary ; 1.8 A Personal Aside ; 2. Implicit Cognition: The Data Base ; 2.1 The Polarity Fallacy ; 2.2 On the Primacy of the Implicit ; 2.3 On Functionalism ; 2.4 Some Assumptions ; 2.5 Experimental Procedures ; 2.6 Empirical Studies of Implicit Learning ; 2.7 Methodological Issues in Implicit and Explicit Learning ; 3. Evolutionary Considerations: The Primacy of the Implicit ; 3.1 Some Introductory Remarks ; 3.2 The Evolutionist's Line ; 3.3 An Evolutionary Context for the Cognitive Unconscious ; 3.4 Hypothesized Characteristics of Implicit Systems ; 4. Implicit Issues: Some Extensions and Some Speculations ; 4.1 Implicit Learning and/or Implicit Memory ; 4.2 On Rules ; 4.3 Knowledge Representation ; 4.4 On Consciousness ; 4.5 Prediction and Generation of Events ; 4.6 Nativism and Empiricism ; 4.7 Afterwords ; 4.8 In Summary