The Representation Of Meaning In Memory Ple Memory

Author : Walter Kintsch
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 290 pages
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Release : 2014-05-23
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317744894

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Originally published in 1974, this volume presents empirical and theoretical investigations of the role of meaning in psychological processes. A theory is proposed for the representation of the meaning of texts, employing ordered lists of propositions. The author explores the adequacy of this representation, with respect to the demands made upon such formulations by logicians and linguists. A sufficiently large number of problems are encompassed by the propositional theory to justify its use in psychological research into memory and language comprehension. A number of different experiments are reported on a wide variety of topics, and these test central portions of this theory, and any that purports to deal with how humans represent meaning. Among the topics discussed are the role of lexical decomposition in comprehension and memory, propositions as the units of recall, and the effects of the number of propositions in a text base upon reading rate and recall. New problems are explored, such as inferential processes during reading, differences in levels of memory for text, and retrieval speed for textual information. On the other hand, a study of retrieval from semantic memory focusses on a problem of much current research. The final review chapter relates the present work to other current research in the area at the time.

Author : Walter Kintsch
Publisher : Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc Incorporated
Page : 279 pages
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Release : 1974-01-01
Category : Meaning (Psychology)
ISBN : 0898591309

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Author : Walter Kintsch
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-23
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317744887

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The Representation of Meaning in Memory (PLE: Memory) by Walter Kintsch Pdf

Originally published in 1974, this volume presents empirical and theoretical investigations of the role of meaning in psychological processes. A theory is proposed for the representation of the meaning of texts, employing ordered lists of propositions. The author explores the adequacy of this representation, with respect to the demands made upon such formulations by logicians and linguists. A sufficiently large number of problems are encompassed by the propositional theory to justify its use in psychological research into memory and language comprehension. A number of different experiments are reported on a wide variety of topics, and these test central portions of this theory, and any that purports to deal with how humans represent meaning. Among the topics discussed are the role of lexical decomposition in comprehension and memory, propositions as the units of recall, and the effects of the number of propositions in a text base upon reading rate and recall. New problems are explored, such as inferential processes during reading, differences in levels of memory for text, and retrieval speed for textual information. On the other hand, a study of retrieval from semantic memory focusses on a problem of much current research. The final review chapter relates the present work to other current research in the area at the time.

Author : W. Kintsch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:841136979

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Author : Reid Hastie,Thomas Ostrom,Ebbe Ebbesen,Robert Wyer,David Hamilton,Donal Carlston
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-09
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317695264

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Person Memory (PLE: Memory) by Reid Hastie,Thomas Ostrom,Ebbe Ebbesen,Robert Wyer,David Hamilton,Donal Carlston Pdf

Originally published in 1980, this title came about after many late night discussions between the authors during a 3-week workshop on Mathematical Approaches to Person Perception in 1974. In subsequent meetings a mutual interest emerged in the development of cognitive information processing metaphors for human thought and their application to problems of social perception, memory and judgment. Within the context of modern research on social cognition, the most distinctive aspects of the authors’ work was its empirical focus on how people cognitively represent people in memory, and its theoretical emphasis on models of cognitive organization and process. They concluded that an adequate theory of social memory was the necessary foundation for solutions to many questions concerning social perception and judgment that had dominated the 1974 workshop. This volume summarizes work conducted between 1974 and 1979 on social memory by these authors. In addition to six chapters summarizing individual research programs, the volume includes a general introduction and a concluding theoretical integration.

Author : Laird S. Cermak,Fergus I.M. Craik
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-09
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317749806

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Levels of Processing in Human Memory (PLE: Memory) by Laird S. Cermak,Fergus I.M. Craik Pdf

As a conceptual framework for the investigation of human memory, the levels-of-processing paradigm had enjoyed immense popularity since its introduction in the early 1970s. It was the impetus behind literally hundreds of experiments and was used as an "explanation" for a wide range of retention phenomena. Consequently, a wealth of data and theory had emerged, and this title assimilates and evaluates this information. Originally published in 1979, the distinguished contributors to the volume – both proponents and opponents of the levels-of-processing framework – present here their latest data and ideas on a viewpoint that has been a tremendous influence in memory research and related areas.

Author : John C. Yuille
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-09
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317685470

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Imagery, Memory and Cognition (PLE: Memory) by John C. Yuille Pdf

Originally published in 1983, the 14 chapters in this volume are based upon presentations made to a conference held at the University of Western Ontario in June, 1981. The primary purpose of that conference was to mark the 10th anniversary of the publication of Allan Paivio’s text, Imagery and Verbal Processes, and to acknowledge the continuing contribution that Paivio was making to imagery research and theory at the time. His landmark book had been the major publication in the field of imagery, and during the decade prior to this volume Paivio’s theorizing and research dominated the investigation of imaginal processes. It was felt the most appropriate way to honor his achievements and activities, was to hold a conference on current developments in imagery research and theory at the time.

Author : Judith Greene
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-09
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317749318

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Memory, Thinking and Language (PLE: Memory) by Judith Greene Pdf

In the ten years prior to its original publication in 1987, cognitive psychology uncovered the increasingly important role of knowledge stored in memory and the integrated nature of cognitive processes. In Memory, Thinking and Language the author takes these three traditional topics and places them within the new cognitive approach. Judith Greene’s 1975 book Thinking and Language, proved to be a highly successful student resource. This book provides an equally clear introduction to complex ideas. It also emphasises the practical applications of cognitive psychology for teaching and learning as well as for everyday life.

Author : John Kihlstrom,Frederick Evans
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-09
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317745525

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Functional Disorders of Memory (PLE: Memory) by John Kihlstrom,Frederick Evans Pdf

Originally published in 1979, the chapters in this volume summarize the available knowledge pertaining to a variety of functional – as opposed to explicitly organic – amnesias and disruptions of memory. Each chapter is written by an expert, and each author has attempted to integrate his area of inquiry into the contemporary body of theory and research on memory and cognition. Functional memory disorders may prove to be a significant testing ground for current theorizing, and the study of these phenomena may provide insights into memory and cognition that might be obscured in the usual sorts of laboratory investigations. The intent of the volume is to contribute to the development of a more comprehensive account of the processes involved in remembering and forgetting. The reader will find bold new treatments of repression and childhood amnesia, systematic explorations of certain experimental amnesias, and challenging analyses of the anomalies of everyday memory, in this ground-breaking work of the time.

Author : Norman E. Spear
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-09
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317743842

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The Processing of Memories (PLE: Memory) by Norman E. Spear Pdf

Originally published in 1978, this volume contains the evidence that is most crucial for our understanding the processes of forgetting and retention. Organized in terms of problem areas and issues that are particularly pertinent to understanding these processes, the book deals with both animal and human studies. The author begins by defining the topic and reviewing its historical development. A theoretical orientation follows, and then the author begins to address the major factors that determine what is, and what is not, remembered. Although we cannot yet specify the principles from which we can predict when an episode, once learned, will be remembered well or forgotten entirely, the author demonstrates that such principles are not that far away. He considers the issues that must be resolved before such principles are established, and in the course of doing so covers the major research on why we remember events and why they are forgotten.

Author : Lars-Goran Nilsson
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-09
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317685791

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Perspectives on Memory Research (PLE:Memory) by Lars-Goran Nilsson Pdf

Originally published in 1979, this book contains papers presented at a conference held in 1977 to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the University of Uppsala. Beyond the commemoration, the main reason for this conference was to get students of memory together to discuss and evaluate the memory research that had already been carried out, was presently underway and to speculate about the type of research in this area that would be carried out in the future. The contributors were specifically asked to concentrate on overall theoretical and metatheoretical questions at the cost of empirical problems. With chapters from many of the leading experts in the field this is an opportunity to enjoy some of their early insights.

Author : John C. Yuille
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-09
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317685463

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Imagery, Memory and Cognition (PLE: Memory) by John C. Yuille Pdf

Originally published in 1983, the 14 chapters in this volume are based upon presentations made to a conference held at the University of Western Ontario in June, 1981. The primary purpose of that conference was to mark the 10th anniversary of the publication of Allan Paivio’s text, Imagery and Verbal Processes, and to acknowledge the continuing contribution that Paivio was making to imagery research and theory at the time. His landmark book had been the major publication in the field of imagery, and during the decade prior to this volume Paivio’s theorizing and research dominated the investigation of imaginal processes. It was felt the most appropriate way to honor his achievements and activities, was to hold a conference on current developments in imagery research and theory at the time.

Author : Benton J. Underwood
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-09
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317704836

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Temporal Codes for Memories (PLE: Memory) by Benton J. Underwood Pdf

Given two events, both of which are well remembered, can we specify which event occurred first? If so, how? For example, did Nixon resign, before or after Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs? Originally published in 1977, little was known about the accuracy of temporal codes for memories, and still less about the nature of the codes. This volume addresses the central question of the mechanisms by which order information is attached to memories. The results of sixteen previously unpublished experiments indicate the role of some independent variables on temporal coding in relatively short-term memory and in long-term memory. Several experiments, in which changes in proactive inhibition are used as an index of temporal differentiation, show that the nature of the words making up the lists is involved fundamentally in temporal coding. Other experiments demonstrate that in relatively short-term memory a subject cannot learn to improve his performance in estimating how far apart in time two events occurred. Still other experiments show that recency judgments for two events improve with practice, but the improvement is independent of the temporal separation. The context in which memories are established is shown to influence temporal codes only if an ordering metric is part of the context. The author advances several theoretical propositions to account for the various findings. In doing so he has given initial structuring for subsequent research to a neglected area. This volume will still be of significant interest to all those interested in learning and memory.

Author : Steven Schwartz
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-23
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781135006112

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Language and Cognition in Schizophrenia (PLE: Psycholinguistics) by Steven Schwartz Pdf

Originally published in 1978, the contributors to this volume, including the leading figures in experimental psychopathology, were largely concerned with deducing the behaviour of schizophrenics from general psychological theories of language, learning and cognition. Their emphasis on deduction reflected a modern reliance on laboratory experimentation, and, taken as a whole, the chapters cover the breadth and variety of current approaches of the time to the study of schizophrenic language and cognition. The first part of the volume is concerned with recent developments in the study of schizophrenic language. The second part deals with various aspects of schizophrenic cognition. The final chapter, by the editor, attempts to review and integrate what was currently known about schizophrenic cognition and language. This chapter contrasts the various experimental methodologies used to validate theories by pointing out areas of agreement and disagreement as well as possible directions for future theory and research. Here is a book that at the time presented the most up-to-date overview available on language and thought in schizophrenia. Today it can be read and enjoyed in its historical context.

Author : Murray Singer
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781135005634

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Psychology of Language (PLE: Psycholinguistics) by Murray Singer Pdf

Originally published in 1990, this comprehensive volume addresses the central issues of sentence and discourse processes, with particular emphasis placed on reading and listening comprehension. The text material is accessible to both upper-level undergraduate and graduate students and informative for professionals and educators. In this regard, this uncommon volume identifies the logic of both the specific experimental manipulations that are described, and the more general on-line and memory measures frequently invoked. The principles presented in the text are supported by hundreds of numbered and unnumbered examples, and by precise tables and figures.