Psychology of Learning and Motivation
Academic Press
Published on 15. April 1988
318 pages
978-0-08-086372-6 (ISBN)
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Psychology of Learning and Motivation
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- Cover
- Contents
- Chapter 1. An Integrated Computational Model Of Stimulus-Response Compatibility And Practice
- I. Performance: Compatibility and Goal Hierarchies
- II. Learning: Practice and Chunking
- III. Discussion
- References
- Chapter 2. A Connectionist/Control Architecture For Working Memory
- I. Introduction
- II. Traditional Views of Short-Term Memory
- III. A Connectionist/Control Architecture for Working Memory
- IV. Interpretation of the Working-Memory Literature
- V. Context Effects, Proactive Interference, and Release from Proactive Interference
- VI. Skilled Memory, Mnemonics, and Levels of Processing
- VII. Serial Outputs and Chunking
- VIII. Workload and Working Memory
- IX. Working Memory in Learning and Skill Acquisition
- X. Final Comments
- References
- Chapter 3. The Intelligent Hand
- I. The Curious Discrepancy between Two Phenomena
- II. Haptic Apprehension and Recognition: Theoretical Issues
- III. Conclusions and Applications
- References
- Chapter 4. Successive Approximations To A Model Of Human Motor Programming
- I. Introduction
- II. Hierarchical Decisions in Sequence Choices
- III. The Motor-Program Editor Model
- IV. Further Tests of the Hierarchial Decisions Model and Motor-Program Editor Model
- V. The Hierarchical Editor Model
- VI. Parallel Editing and Execution
- VII. Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 5. Modular Analysis Of Timing In Motor Skill
- I. Introduction
- II. Issues in the Study of Timing
- III. Individual Differences in Timing
- IV. Further Analysis of Force Control and Maximum Rate
- V. Individual Differences in Skill
- VI. Neurological Analysis of Timing
- VII. Other Approaches to Modularity
- VIII. Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 6. Associative Accounts Of Causality Judgment
- I. Introduction
- II. Contiguity and Contingency
- III. Acquisition of Causality Judgments
- IV. Blocking by the Causal Background
- V. Retrospective Evaluation
- VI. Comparator Theories
- VII. Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 7. Anxiety And The Amygdala: Pharmacological And Anatomical Analysis Of The Fear-Potentiated Startle Paradigm
- I. Introduction
- II. The Fear-Potentiated Startle Paradigm
- III. The Pharmacology of Fear-Potentiated Startle
- IV. Neural Systems Involved in Fear-Potentiated Startle
- V. Sensitization of Startle by Footshocks
- VI. Anxiety and the Amygdala
- VII. Summary and Conclusions
- References
- Index
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