The Psychology of Learning and Motivation
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. Volume 41 includes in its coverage chapters on multimedia learning, brain imaging, and memory, among others.

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The Psychology of Learning and Motivation
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. Volume 41 includes in its coverage chapters on multimedia learning, brain imaging, and memory, among others.

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The Psychology of Learning and Motivation

The Psychology of Learning and Motivation

The Psychology of Learning and Motivation

The Psychology of Learning and Motivation


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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. Volume 41 includes in its coverage chapters on multimedia learning, brain imaging, and memory, among others.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780124072053
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology Books
Publication date: 05/14/2013
Series: Psychology of Learning and Motivation , #59
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 352
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

Brian H. Ross is a Professor of Psychology and of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research areas have included problem solving, complex learning, categorization, reasoning, memory, and mathematical modeling. He has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and the Institute of Education Sciences. Ross has been Editor-in-Chief of the journal Memory & Cognition, Chair of the Governing Board of the Psychonomic Society, and co-author of a textbook, Cognitive Psychology. He has held temporary leadership positions on the University of Illinois campus as Department Head of Psychology, Associate Dean of the Sciences, and Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Ross has degrees from Brown University (B.S., Honors in Psychology), Rutgers University (M.S. in Mathematical Statistics), Yale University (M.S. in Psychology), and Stanford University (PhD.). Ross has been Editor of The Psychology of Learning and Motivation since 2000.

Table of Contents

  1. Meta-Cognitive Myopia and the Dilemmas of Inductive-Statistical Inference
  2. Relations Between Memory and Reasoning
  3. The Visual World in Sight and Mind: How Attention and Memory Interact to Determine Visual Experience
  4. Spatial Thinking and STEM Education: When, Why, and How?
  5. Emotions during the Learning of Difficult Material
  6. Specificity and Transfer of Learning
  7. What do words do? Towards a theory of language-augmented thought

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