The psychology of learning and motivation : advances in research and theory. Volume 13

Content: Contributors to This Volume Page ii Edited by Page iii Copyright page Page iv List of Contributors Page ix Contents of Previous Volumes Pages xi-xiv Pavlovian Conditioning and the Mediation of behavior Original Research Article Pages 1-55 J. Bruce Overmier, Janice A. Lawry A Conditioned Opponent Theory of Pavlovian Conditioning and Habituation Original Research Article Pages 57-90 Jonathan Schull Memory Storage Factors Leading to Infantile Amnesia Original Research Article Pages 91-154 Norman E. Spear Learned Helplessness: All of us were Right (And Wrong): Inescapable Shock has Multiple Effects Original Research Article Pages 155-218 Steven F. Maier, Raymond L. Jackson On the Cognitive Component of Learned Helplessness and Depression Original Research Article Pages 219-276 Lauren B. Alloy, Martin E.P. Seligman A General Learning Theory and its Application to Schema Abstraction 1 Original Research Article Pages 277-318 John R. Anderson, Paul J. Kline, Charles M. Beasley Jr. Similarity and Order in Memory Original Research Article Pages 319-353 Robert G. Crowder Stimulus Classification: Partitioning Strategies and use of Evidence Original Research Article Pages 355-378 Patrick Rabbitt Immediate Memory and Discourse Processing Original Research Article Pages 379-421 Robert J. Jarvella Subject Index Pages 423-426 This work offers information on recent advances in the psychology of learning and motivation. Among the topics covered are the deriving of categories to achieve goals, the application of category knowledge in unsupervised domains and spatial mental models.