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The Psychology of Learning and Motivation Brian H. Ross (Professor of Psychology and of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

The Psychology of Learning and Motivation By Brian H. Ross (Professor of Psychology and of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Summary

Presents empirical and theoretical contributions in cognitive and experimental psychology, ranging from classical and instrumental conditioning to complex learning and problem solving. This work includes chapters on such topics as emotion and memory interference, electrophysiology, mathematical cognition, and reader participation in narrative.

The Psychology of Learning and Motivation Summary

The Psychology of Learning and Motivation: Advances in Research and Theory: Volume 51 by Brian H. Ross (Professor of Psychology and of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

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. Each chapter thoughtfully integrates the writings of leading contributors, who present and discuss significant bodies of research relevant to their discipline. Volume 51 includes chapters on such varied topics as emotion and memory interference, electrophysiology, mathematical cognition, and reader participation in narrative.

The Psychology of Learning and Motivation Reviews

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

About Brian H. Ross (Professor of Psychology and of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

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.

Table of Contents

1. Time for meaning: Electrophysiology provides insights into the dynamics of representation and processing in semantic memory Kara D. Federmeier and Sarah Laszlo 2. Design for a Working Memory Klaus Oberauer 3. When emotion intensifies memory interference Mara Mather 4. Mathematical Cognition and the Problem Size Effect Mark H. Ashcraft 5. Attentional highlighting in learning: A canonical experiment John K. Kruschke 6. The emergence of intention attribution in infancy Amanda L. Woodward 7. Reader Participation in the Experience of Narrative Richard J. Gerrig 8. Aging, Self-Regulation, and Learning from Text Elizabeth A. L. Stine-Morrow 9. Towards a Comprehensive Model of Comprehension Danielle S McNamara

Additional information

NPB9780123744890
9780123744890
012374489X
The Psychology of Learning and Motivation: Advances in Research and Theory: Volume 51 by Brian H. Ross (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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Hardback
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
2009-11-09
408
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