Psychology of Learning and Motivation
Academic Press
Published on 5. December 1990
301 pages
978-0-08-086377-1 (ISBN)
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Psychology of Learning and Motivation
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- Front Cover
- The Psychology of Learning and Motivation
- Copyright Page
- CONTENTS
- Contributors
- CHAPTER 1. SPATIAL MEMORY IN SEED-CACHING CORVIDS
- I. Introduction
- II. The Ecological Problem
- III. How Do Nutcrackers Find Their Seeds?
- IV. The Characteristics of Cache Site Memory in Nutcrackers
- V. Species Differences in Cache Site Memory
- VI. Noncaching Tests of Spatial Memory
- VII. Implications and Future Directions
- VIII. Conclusions
- References
- CHAPTER 2. DETECTING RESPONSE-OUTCOME RELATIONS: TOWARD AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE CAUSAL TEXTURE OF THE ENVIRONMENT
- I. Introduction
- II. Hume's Theory of Causation
- III. Contemporary Animal Learning Theory
- IV. Causal Perception in Humans
- V. Research on Response-Outcome Contingency
- VI. Theoretical Analysis of Response-Outcome Relations
- VII. Concluding Comments
- References
- CHAPTER 3. PRIMING OF NONVERBAL INFORMATION AND THE NATURE OF IMPLICIT MEMORY
- I. Introduction
- II. Review of the Experimental Evidence
- III. Methodological, Conceptual, and Theoretical Issues
- References
- CHAPTER 4. METAMEMORY: A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND NEW FINDINGS
- I. Introduction
- II. A Theoretical Framework for Metamemory
- III. Methodology and New Findings from Our Research
- IV. Applications of Our Methodology to Other Areas
- V. Concluding Remarks
- References
- CHAPTER 5. THE NEW MULTIMODAL APPROACH TO MEMORY IMPROVEMENT
- I. Introduction
- II. A Review of Current Understanding of Control Processes
- III. The New Approach to Content Manipulations
- IV. Current Understanding of Control of Memory Performance through Control of Other Modes
- V. The New Approach to Control of Memory Performance through Control of Other Modes
- VI. Discussion
- References
- CHAPTER 6. A TRIPHASIC APPROACH TO THE ACQUISITION OF RESPONSE-SELECTION SKILL
- I. Introduction
- II . Cognitive Phase
- III. Associative Phase
- IV. Autonomous Phase
- V. Conclusions
- References
- CHAPTER 7. THE STRUCTURE AND FORMATION OF NATURAL CATEGORIES
- I. Introduction
- II. Concept Learning
- III. Psychological Constraints on Concept Formation
- IV. A Model of Concept Retrieval and Learning
- V. An Analysis of Memory Phenomena
- VI. General Discussion
- References
- Index
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