Psychology of Learning and Motivation
Academic Press
Published on 12. January 1981
366 pages
978-0-08-086365-8 (ISBN)
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Psychology of Learning and Motivation
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- Front Cover
- The Psychology of Learning and Motivation, Volume 14
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Contents of Previous Volumes
- CHAPTER 1. A MOLAR EQUILIBRIUM THEORY OF LEARNED PERFORMANCE
- I. Introduction to the Functionalist Tradition
- II. Toward a Molar Equilibrium Theory of Learned Performance
- III. Predictions from a Molar Equilibrium Theory
- IV. Molecular Determinants of Learned Performance
- V. Summary
- References
- CHAPTER 2. FISH AS A NATURAL CATEGORY FOR PEOPLE AND PIGEONS
- I. Introduction
- II. Experiment 1: Human Subjects
- III. Experiment 2: Discrimination and Generalization of Fish by Pigeons
- IV. Experiment 3: Fish Concept versus Quasi-Concept
- V. General Discussion
- References
- CHAPTER 3. FREEDOM OF CHOICE: A BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS
- I. Freedom of Choice
- II. Demonstrating Free-Choice Preference
- III. Analyzing the Free-Choice Preference
- IV. Preference and Number of Free-Choice Alternatives
- V. Free Choice among Different Reinforcers
- VI. The Magnitude and Durability of Free-Choice Preference
- VII. Ontogenic and Phylogenic Sources of Free-Choice Preference
- References
- CHAPTER 4. A SKETCH OF AN ECOLOGICAL METATHEORY FOR THEORIES OF LEARNING
- I. Introduction
- II. The Nature of Ecolological Inquiry
- III. The Nature of Biological Adaptation
- IV. Adaptation on Three Time-Scales
- V. Learning as Medium-Term Adaptation-Analysis of Three Examples
- IV. Concluding Discussion
- References
- CHAPTER 5. SAM: A THEORY OF PROBABILISTIC SEARCH OF ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY
- I. A Search Theory for Retrieval from Associative Memory
- II. A Model for Free and Cued Recall
- III. Applications of the Theory
- IV. General Discussion and Final Comments
- References
- CHAPTER 6. MEMORY-BASED REHEARSAL
- I. Introduction
- II. Methodological Issues
- III. Empirical Issues-Temporal Influences
- IV. Rehearsal Functions and Processes
- V. Rehearsal as an Explanatory Variable: Directed Forgetting
- VI. Theoretical Models of Rehearsal
- References
- CHAPTER 7. INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN FREE RECALL: WHEN SOME PEOPLE REMEMBER BETTER THAN OTHERS
- I. The Problem
- II. The Subjects
- III. Organization and Memory
- IV. The Null Hypothesis Accepted
- V. The Original Experiments
- VI. Repetition and IDS in Subjective Organization
- VII. "Different" Encoding Operations and IDS in Subjective Organization
- VIII. Rehearsal and IDS in Subjective Organization
- IX. When Some People Remember Better Than Others and Perhaps Why
- References
- Index
