Psychology of Learning and Motivation
- 1st Edition, Volume 65 - July 15, 2016
- Latest edition
- Editor: Brian H. Ross
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 0 4 7 9 0 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 0 5 1 8 2 - 5
Psychology of Learning and Motivation publishes empirical and theoretical contributions in cognitive and experimental psychology, ranging from classical and instrumental condition… Read more
Psychology of Learning and Motivation
publishes empirical and theoretical contributions in cognitive and experimental psychology, ranging from classical and instrumental conditioning, to complex learning and problem-solving.Each chapter thoughtfully integrates the writings of leading contributors, who present and discuss significant bodies of research relevant to their discipline. Volume 65 includes chapters on such varied topics as prospective memory, metacognitive information processing, basic memory processes during reading, working memory capacity, attention, perception and memory, short-term memory, language processing, and causal reasoning.
- Presents the latest information in the highly regarded Psychology of Learning and Motivation series
- Provides an essential reference for researchers and academics in cognitive science
- Contains information relevant to both applied concerns and basic research
Researchers and students in cognitive psychology
The Many Facets of Individual Differences in Working Memory Capacity
Nash Unsworth
An Exemplar-Retrieval Model of Short-Term Memory Search: Linking Categorization and Probe Recognition
Robert M. Nosofsky
Hybrid Causal Representations
Michael R. Waldmann and Ralf Mayrhofer
Increased Wisdom from the Ashes of Ignorance and Surprise: Numerically-Driven Inferencing, Global Warming, and Other Exemplar Realms
Michael Andrew Ranney, Edward L. Munnich and Lee Nevo Lamprey
How Retrieval Attempts Affect Learning: A Review and Synthesis
Nate Kornell and Kalif E. Vaughn
Prediction, Information Structure, and Good Enough Language Processing
Fernanda Ferreira and Matthew W. Lowder
Separating the Activation, Integration, and Validation Components of Reading
Edward J. O’Brien and Anne E. Cook
The Politics of Attention: Differences in Visual Cognition between Liberals and Conservatives
Michael D. Dodd, John R. Hibbing and Kevin B. Smith
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Volume: 65
- Published: July 15, 2016
- Language: English
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Brian H. Ross
Brian H. Ross is a Professor of Psychology and of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research areas have included problem solving, complex learning, categorization, reasoning, memory, and mathematical modeling. He has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and the Institute of Education Sciences. Ross has been Editor-in-Chief of the journal Memory & Cognition, Chair of the Governing Board of the Psychonomic Society, and co-author of a textbook, Cognitive Psychology. He has held temporary leadership positions on the University of Illinois campus as Department Head of Psychology, Associate Dean of the Sciences, and Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Ross has degrees from Brown University (B.S., Honors in Psychology), Rutgers University (M.S. in Mathematical Statistics), Yale University (M.S. in Psychology), and Stanford University (PhD.). Ross has been Editor of The Psychology of Learning and Motivation since 2000.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Psychology and of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignRead Psychology of Learning and Motivation on ScienceDirect