Synopses & Reviews
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. Each chapter provides a thoughtful integration of a body of work.
Review
Praise for the Series
"A remarkable number of landmark papers... An important collection of theory and data."
--CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGY
Synopsis
transferred to digital printing 2005 on copyright
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.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Table of Contents
Contributors.
G.L. Murphy, Ecological Validity and the Study of Concepts.
L.W. Barsalou, P.M. Niedenthal, A.K. Barbey, and J.A. Ruppert, Social Embodiment.
A.M. Glenberg and M.P. Kaschak, The Body's Contribution to Language.
L. Carlson, Using Spatial Language.
C.M MacLeod, M.D. Dodd, E.D. Sheard, D.E. Wilson, and U. Bibi, In Opposition to Inhibition.
J. Sweller, Evolution of Human Cognitive Architecture.
A.F. Kramer and S.L. Willis, Cognitive Plasticity and Aging.
Index.
Contents of Previous Volumes.