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Successful Remembering and Successful Forgetting
A Festschrift in Honor of Robert A. Bjork
- Edited by Aaron S. Benjamin.
Published November 2010
The chapters in this volume are testament to the many ways in which Robert Bjork’s ideas have shaped the course of research on human memory over four decades. It showcases the theoretical advances and recent findings by researchers whose work and careers have been influenced by Bjork.
The first…
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Generalization of Knowledge
Multidisciplinary Perspectives
- Edited by Marie T. Banich, and Donna Caccamise.
Published May 2010
While the notion of generalization fits prominently into cognitive theories of learning, there is surprisingly little research literature that takes an overview of the issue from a broad multifaceted perspective. This volume remedies this by taking a multidisciplinary perspective on generalization…
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Straight Choices
The Psychology of Decision Making
- By Benjamin R. Newell, David A. Lagnado and David R. Shanks.
Published May 2010
We all face a perplexing array of decisions every day. Straight Choices provides an integrative account of the psychology of decision making, in which clear connections are made between empirical results and how these results can help us to understand our uncertain world.
Throughout the text,…
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Handbook of Child Language Disorders
- Edited by Richard G. Schwartz.
Published September 2008
The Handbook of Child Language Disorders provides an in-depth, comprehensive, and state-of-the-art review of current research concerning the nature, assessment, and remediation of language disorders in children. The book includes chapters focusing on specific groups of childhood…
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Behavior Analysis and Learning
Fourth Edition
- By W. David Pierce, and Carl D. Cheney.
Published May 2008
Behavior Analysis and Learning, Fourth Edition is an essential textbook covering the basic principles in the field of behavior analysis and learned behaviors, as pioneered by B. F. Skinner. The textbook provides an advanced introduction to operant conditioning from a very consistent Skinnerian…
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Human Contingency Learning: Recent Trends in Research and Theory
A Special Issue of the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
- Edited by Tom Beckers, Jan De Houwer and Helena Matute.
Published March 2007
The present special issue presents an overview of recent developments and controversies in research on human contingency learning. Contributions range from purely fundamental, theoretical analyses, over empirically oriented reports, to more applied contributions, reflecting the breadth of scope of…
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Integrating the Mind
Domain General Versus Domain Specific Processes in Higher Cognition
- Edited by Maxwell J. Roberts.
Published January 2007
There are currently several debates taking place simultaneously in various fields of psychology which address the same fundamental issue: to what extent are the processes and resources that underlie higher cognition domain-general versus domain-specific? Extreme Domain Specificity argues that…
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Progress in Psychological Science around the World. Volume 1 Neural, Cognitive and Developmental Issues.
Proceedings of the 28th International Congress of Psychology
- Edited by Qicheng Jing, Mark R. Rosenzweig, Gery d'Ydewalle, Houcan Zhang, Hsuan-Chih Chen and Kan Zhang.
Published July 2006
Progress in Psychological Science around the World, Volumes 1 and 2, present the main contributions from the 28th International Congress of Psychology, held in Beijing in 2004. These expert contributions include the Nobel laureate address, the Presidential address, and the Keynote and…
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In Search of Pedagogy, Volumes I & II
The Selected Works of Jerome S. Bruner, 1957-1978 & 1979-2006
- By Jerome S. Bruner.
Published April 2006
Jerome Bruner is one of the best-known and most influential psychologists of the twentieth century. He was one of the key figures in the so called 'cognitive revolution' that today dominates psychology around the world - but it is in the field of education that his influence has been especially…
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In Search of Pedagogy, Volumes I & II
The Selected Works of Jerome S. Bruner, 1957-1978 & 1979-2006
- By Jerome S. Bruner.
Published April 2006
Jerome Bruner is one of the best-known and most influential psychologists of the twentieth century. He was one of the key figures in the so called 'cognitive revolution' that today dominates psychology around the world - but it is in the field of education that his influence has been especially…
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