The psychology of learning and motivation : advances in research and theory. Volume 15

Content: Contributors to This Volume Page ii Edited By Page iii Gordon H. Bower Copyright page Page iv List of Contributors Pages ix-x Contents of Previcius Volumes Pages xi-xiv Conditioned Attention Theory Original Research Article Pages 1-49 R.E. Lubow, I. Weiner, Paul Schnur A Classification and Analysis of Short-Term Retention Codes in Pigeons Original Research Article Pages 51-79 Donald A. Riley, Robert G. Cook, Marvin R. Lamb Inferences in Information Processing Original Research Article Pages 81-128 Richard J. Harris Many are Called but Few are Chosen: The Influence of Context on the Effects of Category Size Original Research Article Pages 129-162 Douglas L. Nelson Frequency, Orthographic Regularity, and Lexical Status in Letter and Word Perception Original Research Article Pages 163-200 Dominic W. Massaro, James E. Jastrzembski, Peter A. Lucas Self and Memory Original Research Article Pages 201-236 Anthony G. Greenwald Children'S Knowledge of Events: A Causal Analysis of Story Structure Original Research Article Pages 237-282 Tom Trabasso, Nancy L. Stein, Lucie R. Johnson Index Pages 283-286 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.