Psychology of Learning and Motivation - Advances in Research and Theory

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The Psychology of Learning and Motivation, Volume 35

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Contents

Contributors

CHAPTER 1. DISTANCE AND LOCATION PROCESSES IN MEMORY FOR THE TIMES OF PAST EVENTS

I. Introduction

II. Location Processes

III. Distance Processes

IV. The Roles of Distance-Based and Location-Based Processes

References

CHAPTER 2. VERBAL AND SPATIAL WORKING MEMORY IN HUMANS

I. Introduction

II. Dissociating Phonological and Spatial Storage

III. Dissociation of Verbal Storage from Rehearsal

IV. Summary and Conclusions

References

CHAPTER 3. MEMORY FOR ASYMMETRIC EVENTS

I. Introduction

II. Memory for Presence versus Absence

III. Memory for Long versus Short Durations: The “Choose-Short’’ Effect

IV. Memory for Stimulus Modality

V. Conclusion

References

CHAPTER 4. THE MAINTENANCE OF A COMPLEX KNOWLEDGE BASE AFTER SEVENTEEN YEARS

I. Introduction

II. A Developing Paradigm: Method and More

III. Findings

IV. The Future

References

CHAPTER 5. CATEGORY LEARNING AS PROBLEM SOLVING

I. Introduction

II. Classification Learning and Category Learning

III. Category Learning as Problem Solving

IV. Related Work

V. Overview of the Research Project

VI. Interactions with Instances

VII. Use of Categories

VIII. Discussion of Category Use

IX. Summary

References

CHAPTER 6. BUILDING A COHERENT CONCEPTION OF HIV TRANSMISSION: A NEW APPROACH TO AIDS EDUCATION

I. Introduction

II. Learning and Motivation Issues in Educating Children about AIDS

III. A New Approach to AIDS Education: Building a Coherent Conception of HIV Transmission

IV. How to Help Children Understand a Basic Causal Mechanism for AIDS Transmission

V. Conclusions

References

CHAPTER 7. SPATIAL EFFECTS IN THE PARTIAL REPORT PARADIGM: A CHALLENGE FOR THEORIES OF VISUAL SPATIAL ATTENTION

I. Introduction

II. Partial Report Paradigm

III. Theoretical Analysis of the Partial Report Task

IV. Fitting Theory to Data

V. Other Distance and Density Effects in Partial Report Tasks

VI. Conclusions

Appendix

References

CHAPTER 8. STRUCTURAL BIASES IN CONCEPT LEARNING: INFLUENCES FROM MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS

I. Introduction

II. The Role of Concept Use in Concept-Learning Research

III. The Need for a Broader Perspective on Function in Concept Learning

IV. Models Focus on External Functions

V. Concept Learning as Serving Internal and External Functions

VI. Value Systematicity Experiments: Effects on Learning Predictive Structure

VII. Experiments on Consistent Contrast and Hierarchical Inclusion Relations

VIII. Conclusions

References

Index

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