Psychology of Learning and Motivation [Hardcover]

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 65 includes chapters on such varied topics as prospective memory, metacognitive information processing, basic memory processes during reading, working memory capacity, attention, perception and memory, short-term memory, language processing, and causal reasoning.

• Presents the latest information in the highly regarded Psychology of Learning and Motivation series
• Provides an essential reference for researchers and academics in cognitive science
• Contains information relevant to both applied concerns and basic research

The Many Facets of Individual Differences in Working Memory Capacity

Nash Unsworth

An Exemplar-Retrieval Model of Short-Term Memory Search: Linking Categorization and Probe Recognition

Robert M. Nosofsky

Hybrid Causal Representations

Michael R. Waldmann and Ralf Mayrhofer

Increased Wisdom from the Ashes of Ignorance and Surprise: Numerically-Driven Inferencing, Global Warming, and Other Exemplar Realms

Michael Andrew Ranney, Edward L. Munnich and Lee Nevo Lamprey

How Retrieval Attempts Affect Learning: A Review and Synthesis

Nate Kornell and Kalif E. Vaughn

Prediction, Information Structure, and Good Enough Language Processing

Fernanda Ferreira and Matthew W. Lowder