The Psychology of Learning and Motivation: Advances in Research and Theory

by Brian H. Ross

Overview

The 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. Volume 49 contains chapters on short-term memory, theory and measurement of working memory capacity limits, development of perceptual grouping in infancy, co-constructing conceptual domains through family conversations and activities, the concrete substrates of abstract rule use, ambiguity, accessibility, and a division of labor for communicative success, and lexical expertise and reading skill.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780123743169
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	06/03/2008
Series:	Psychology of Learning and Motivation , #49
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Brian Ross received his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1982.
He is a professor in the UIUC Department of Psychology and a full-time faculty member in the Beckman Institute Cognitive Science Group. His fields of professional interest are cognitive psychology, human memory and learning, problem solving,
acquisition of cognitive skills, remindings in learning and problem solving, and concepts and categories.
Honors and awards: Arnold O. Beckman Research Award
(1991, 1982); Beckman Fellow, UIUC Center for Advanced Study (1985-86); Sigma Xi.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1
Short-Term Memory: New Data and a Model Stephan Lewandowsky and Simon Farrell

Chapter 2
Theory and Measurement of Working Memory Capacity Limits Nelson Cowan, Candice C. Morey, Zhijian Chen, Amanda L. Gilchrist, and J. Scott Saults

Chapter 3
What Goes with What? Development of Perceptual Grouping in Infancy Paul C. Quinn, Ramesh S. Bhatt and Angela Hayden

Chapter 4
Co-constructing Conceptual Domains Through Family Conversations and Activities Maureen Callanan and Araceli Valle

Chapter 5
The Concrete Substrates of Abstract Rule Use Bradley C. Love, Marc Tomlinson, and Todd M. Gureckis

Chapter 6
Ambiguity, Accessibility, and a Division of Labor for Communicative Success Victor S. Ferreira

Chapter 7
Lexical Expertise and Reading Skill Sally Andrews

Editorial Reviews

Praise for the Series "A remarkable number of landmark papers... An important collection of theory and data." —CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGY

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