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Psychology of Learning and Motivation

Ross, Brian H.

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Table of contents
  • Cover
  • Contentsv
  • Contributorsix
  • Chapter 1. ECOLOGICAL VALIDITY AND THE STUDY OF CONCEPTS1
  • I. Introduction1
  • II. Three Disputes2
  • III. What Is the Psychology of Concepts a Psychology of ?7
  • IV. Capacities versus Performance Models14
  • V. What Should We Be Trying to Explain in the Psychology of Concepts?16
  • VI. The Missing Piece to the Puzzle19
  • VII. What Is the Real Category Structure?26
  • VIII. Role Models30
  • IX. Conclusion36
  • References37
  • Chapter 2. SOCIAL EMBODIMENT43
  • I. Introduction43
  • II. Social Embodiment Effects45
  • III. A Theory of Social Embodiment63
  • IV. Explaining Social Embodiment Effects77
  • V. Conclusion83
  • References85
  • Chapter 3. THE BODY’S CONTRIBUTION TO LANGUAGE93
  • I. Introduction93
  • II. Symbol Grounding and the Action–Sentence Compatibility Effect94
  • III. How Language Becomes Embodied Meaning100
  • IV. Perceptual Symbols in Language Comprehension105
  • V. Grammatical Constructions in Language Comprehension112
  • VI. Learning and the Indexical Hypothesis118
  • VII. Conclusion122
  • References123
  • Chapter 4. USING SPATIAL LANGUAGE127
  • I. Introduction127
  • II. Constituent Processes during Apprehension129
  • III. Assigning Directions to Space: Setting the Parameters138
  • IV. Generalizations and Conclusions156
  • References158
  • Chapter 5. IN OPPOSITION TO INHIBITION163
  • I. Introduction163
  • II. A ‘‘Reader’s Digest ’’ History of Inhibition166
  • III. The Attention Case Studies170
  • IV. Memory Case Studies185
  • V. The ‘‘Big Picture’’201
  • References206
  • Chapter 6. EVOLUTION OF HUMAN COGNITIVE ARCHITECTURE215
  • I. How Information Structures Have Impelled the Evolution of Human Cognitive Architecture216
  • II. Human Information Processing Recapitulates Evolution by Natural Selection235
  • III. Instructional Consequences244
  • IV. Conclusions259
  • References261
  • Chapter 7. COGNITIVE PLASTICITY AND AGING267
  • I. Overview267
  • II. Cognition across the Adult Life Span267
  • III. Changes in Brain Function and Structure across the Adult Life Span271
  • IV. Does Experience Reduce Age-Related Cognitive Decline?275
  • V. Can Laboratory-Based Training Be Used to Reduce Age-Related Decline in Cognition, and If So, What283
  • VI. Can Other Interventions Reduce Age-Related Decline in Cognition: Healthy Body, Healthy Mind?291
  • VII. Conclusions and Future Directions294
  • References295
  • Index303
  • Contents of Previous Volumes313
Book details
  • Vendor Elsevier S & T
  • SKU 9780125433433
  • ISBN-13 9780080522753
  • Author Ross, Brian H.
  • Category Psychology
  • Subject Cognitive Psychology

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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.