Psychology of Learning and Motivation
Academic Press
Published on 1. March 1989
370 pages
978-0-08-086373-3 (ISBN)
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Psychology of Learning and Motivation
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- Cover
- Contents
- Contributors
- Chapter 1. Foraging As Operant Behavior And Operant Behavior As Foraging: What Have We Learned?
- I. Introduction
- II. Optimal Foraging Theory
- III. Simulating Foraging in the Laboratory
- IV. Prey Selection and Delay Reduction
- V. Patch Departure and the Marginal-Value Theorem
- VI. Sampling and Information
- VII. Risk
- VIII. Time Horizons
- IX. Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 2. The Comparator Hypothesis: A Response Rule For The Expression Of Associations
- I. Introduction
- II. The Comparator Hypothesis
- III. Punctate Comparator Stimuli
- IV. Some Applications of the Comparator Hypothesis
- V. Implications for Conditioned Inhibition Theory
- VI. Training a CS in Multiple Contexts
- VII. The Temporal Window for Comparisons
- VIII. Comparator Stimuli for Comparator Stimuli
- IX. Relationship of the Comparator Hypothesis to Other Models
- X. Postconditioning Inflation of Comparator Stimuli
- XI. Generalization to Instrumental Behavior
- XII. Appraisal of the Comparator Hypothesis
- References
- Chapter 3. The Experimental Synthesis Of Behavior: Reinforcement, Behavioral Stereotypy, And Problem Solving
- I. Introduction
- II. Experiment 1: Effects of Pretraining Variation
- III. Experiment 2: Rules, Payoffs, and Contingency Assessment
- IV. Experiment 3: Rules, Payoffs, and the Apprehension of Logical Form
- V. Experiment 4: Melioration, Optimization, and Pretraining
- VI. General Discussion
- References
- Chapter 4. Extraction Of Information From Complex Visual Stimuli: Memory Performance And Phenomenological Appearance
- I. Introduction
- II. A Model of Information Acquisition and Picture Memory
- III. Phenomenological Appearance
- IV. Concluding Remarks
- V. Appendix
- References
- Chapter 5. Working Memory, Comprehension, And Aging: A Review And A New View
- I. Introduction
- II. The Theoretical Framework: From General Capacity to Working Memory
- III. The Empirical Evidence: Aging, Inference Formation, and Retrieval Problems
- IV. Criticisms of the Reduced Processing Resource Approach
- V. A New Framework: Inhibition and the Contents of Working Memory
- References
- Chapter 6. Strategic Control Of Retrieval Strategies
- I. Introduction
- II. A Two-Factor Theory of Memory Retrieval
- III. Influencing Strategy Selection: Extrinsic Variables and Intrinsic Variables
- IV. When Does the Strategy-Selection Stage Operate?
- V. Influencing Strategy Selection: Intrinsic Variables
- VI. Conclusions
- VII. Appendix
- References
- Chapter 7. Alternative Representations
- I. Introduction
- II. Bus Schedules
- III. Medication Instructions
- IV. Text-Editing Commands
- V. Overview of Experiments
- VI. Research Strategy
- VII. Toward a Comprehensive View of Representation
- References
- Chapter 8. Evidence For Relational Selectivity In The Interpretation Of Analogy And Metaphor
- I. Introduction
- II. Three Accounts of Metaphor and Analogy
- III. Experiments Contrasting Structure-Mapping and Salience Imbalance
- IV. Systems of Relations
- V. Appendix A: Scoring Propositional Structure
- VI. Appendix B: Grammatical Categories Used in Syntactic Scoring
- References
- Index
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