Psychology of Learning and Motivation

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.

Brian H. Ross (Series edited by)

9780128002834, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 12 May 2014

344 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.4 cm, 0.61 kg

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 61 includes chapters on such varied topics as problems of Induction, motivated reasoning and rationality, probability matching, cognition in the attention economy, masked priming, motion extrapolation and testing memory

1. Descriptive and Inferential Problems of Induction: Toward a Common Framework
2. What Does it Mean to be Biased: Motivated Reasoning and Rationality
3. Probability Matching, Fast and Slow
4. Cognition in the Attention Economy
5. Memory Recruitment: A Backwards Idea about Masked Priming
6. Role of Knowledge in Motion Extrapolation: The Relevance of an Approach Contrasting Experts and Novices
7. Retrieval-Based Learning: An Episodic Context Account
8. Consequences of Testing Memory

Subject Areas: Learning [JMRL], Cognition & cognitive psychology [JMR], Cognitivism, cognitive theory [JMAQ]