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The Psychology of Learning and Motivation

  • 1st Edition, Volume 57 - June 1, 2012
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Brian H. Ross
  • Language: English

The Psychology of Learning and Motivation series publishes empirical and theoretical contributions in cognitive and experimental psychology, ranging from classical and instru… Read more

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Description

The Psychology of Learning and Motivation series publishes empirical and theoretical contributions in cognitive and experimental psychology, ranging from classical and instrumental conditioning to complex learning and problem solving.

Key features

  • Volume 57 of the highly regarded Psychology of Learning and Motivation series
  • An essential reference for researchers and academics in cognitive science
  • Relevant to both applied concerns and basic research

Readership

Researchers and students in cognitive psychology

Table of contents

  1. Meta-Cognitive Myopia and the Dilemmas of Inductive-Statistical Inference

    2. Klaus Fiedler

  2. Relations Between Memory and Reasoning

    3. Evan Heit, Caren M. Rotello and Brett K. Hayes

  3. The Visual World in Sight and Mind: How Attention and Memory Interact to Determine Visual Experience

    4. James R. Brockmole, Christopher C. Davoli, and Deborah A. Cronin

  4. Spatial Thinking and STEM Education: When, Why, and How?

    5. David H. Uttal and Cheryl A. Cohen

  5. Emotions during the Learning of Difficult Material

    6. Arthur C. Graesser and Sidney D’Mello

  6. Specificity and Transfer of Learning

    7. Alice F. Healy and Erica L. Wohldmann

  7. What do words do? Towards a theory of language-augmented thought

    Gary Lupyan

Review quotes

Praise for the Series:
"A remarkable number of landmark papers...An important collection of theory and data."—Contemporary Psychology

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 57
  • Published: July 11, 2012
  • Language: English

About the editor

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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-Champaign

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