Adult Information Processing |
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This book aims to reverse the bias shown in research literature concerning the decline of information processing abilities with age. Twenty chapters identify areas of limited or no decline in cognitive functioning with respect to rate of information processing, attentional capacity, object perception, word perception, language comprehension, learning, memory, and problem-solving. These findings attest to the imbalance of previous published research, presenting a fairer portrayal of the aged mind. Key Features * Investigates a broad variety of information-processing tasks and capabilities * Shows that aging adults can look forward to minimum dysfunction over a wide range of intellectual activity * Reverses the bias toward portrayal of the aged, dysfunctional mind * Provides information applicable toward interacting with the aged in counseling and care-giving settings
Adult Information Processing
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Categorization by Humans and Machines |
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The objective of the series has always been to provide a forum in which leading contributors to an area can write about significant bodies of research in which they are involved. The operating procedure has been to invite contributions from interesting, active investigators, and then allow them essentially free rein to present their perspectives on important research problems. The result of such invitations over the past two decades has been collections of papers which consist of thoughtful integrations providing an overview of a particular scientific problem. The series has an excellent tradition of high quality papers and is widely read by researchers in cognitive and experimental psychology.
Categorization by Humans and Machines
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Comprehending Oral and Written Language |
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Written by respected researchers in their field, this book is about the skills beyond basic word recognition that are necessary for the processing and comprehension of spoken and written language. Key Features * The major topics presented are as follows: * language and text analysis * cognitive processing and comprehension * development of literacy * literacy and schooling * factors influencing listening and reading
Comprehending Oral and Written Language
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Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind: How Intelligence Increases When You Think Less |
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In these accelerated times, our decisive and businesslike ways of thinking are unprepared for ambiguity, paradox, and sleeping on it.' We assume that the quick-thinking 'hare brain' will beat out the slower Intuition of the 'tortoise mind.' However, now research in cognitive science is changing this understanding of the human mind. It suggests that patience and confusion--rather than rigor and certainty--are the essential precursors of wisdom. With a compelling argument that the mind works best when we trust our unconscious, or 'undermind,' psychologist Guy Claxton makes an appeal that we be less analytical and let our creativity have free rein. He also encourages reevaluation of society's obsession with results-oriented thinking and problem-solving under pressure. Packed with Interesting anecdotes, a dozen puzzles to test your reasoning, and the latest related research, 'Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind' is an Illuminating, uplifting, stimulating read that focuses on a new kind of well-being and cognition.
Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind: How Intelligence Increases When You Think Less
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International Review of Research in Mental Retardation |
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International Review of Research in Mental Retardation is an ongoing scholarly look at research into the causes, effects, classification systems, syndromes, etc. of mental retardation. Contributors come from wide-ranging perspectives, including genetics, psychology, education, and other health and behavioral sciences.
International Review of Research in Mental Retardation
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Judgment Analysis |
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Judgment Analysis provides the first theoretical and methodological summary of judgment analysis that integrates a diverse range of issues, guiding principles, and applications. Key features concern capturing, comparing, and aggregating judgment policies. The book is a training guide for new researchers and postgraduate students and a handbook for more experienced researchers and consultants.
Judgment Analysis
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Learning |
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Emphasizing research findings and basic concepts rather than theories, this book surveys the major areas in the psychology of learning from a consistent behaviorist (i.e., B.F. Skinner) point of view. Explores the continuities between human learning and the learning of other animals. The book organizes the phenomena of learning in a systematic way, moving from Behavior Without Learning (evolution) to Learning Without Words (basics in nonhuman behavior and learning) to Learning With Words (human learning and memory).
Learning
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Measurement, Judgment, and Decision Making |
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Measurement, Judgment, and Decision Making provides an excellent introduction to measurement, which is one of the most basic issues of the science of psychology and the key to science. Written by leading researchers, the book covers measurement, psychophysical scaling, multi-dimensional scaling, stimulus categorization, and behavioral decision making. Each chapter provides a useful handbook summary and unlocks the door for a scholar who desires entry to that field.
Measurement, Judgment, and Decision Making
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Thinking and Problem Solving |
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Thinking and Problem-Solving presents a comprehensive and up-to-date review of literature on cognition, reasoning, intelligence, and other formative areas specific to this field. Written for advanced undergraduates researchers and academics, this volume will prove to be a necessary reference for beginning and established investigators in cognitive and educational psychology. Thinking and Problem-Solving provides insight into questions such as: how do people solve complex problem in mathematics and everyday life? How do we generate new ideas? How do we piece together clues to solve a mystery categorize novel events, and teach others to do the same?
Thinking and Problem Solving
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