The psychology of learning and motivation advances in research and theory. Volume 9 / edited by Gordon H. Bower

Front Cover; The Psychology of Learning and Motivation: Advances in Research and Theory; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Contents of Previous Volumes; CHAPTER 1. PROSE PROCESSING; CHAPTER 2. ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS OF TUTORIAL DIALOGUES; CHAPTER 3. ON ASKING PEOPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE READING; CHAPTER 4. THE ANALYSIS OF SENTENCE PRODUCTION; CHAPTER 5. CODING DISTINCTIONS AND REPETITION EFFECTS IN MEMORY; CHAPTER 6. PAVLOVIAN CONDITIONING AND DIRECTED MOVEMENTS; CHAPTER 7. A THEORY OF CONTEXT IN DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; Subject lndex. Content: Edited by Page iii Copyright page Page iv List of Contributors Page ix Prose Processing Original Research Article Pages 1-47 Lawrence T. Frase Analysis and Synthesis of Tutorial Dialogues Original Research Article Pages 49-87 Allan Collins, Eleanor H. Warnock, Joseph J. Passafiume On Asking People Questions about What They are Reading Original Research Article Pages 89-132 Richard C. Anderson, W. Barry Biddle The Analysis of Sentence Production Original Research Article Pages 133-177 M.F. Garrett Coding Distinctions and Repetition Effects in Memory Original Research Article Pages 179-214 Allan Paivio Pavlovian Conditioning and Directed Movements Original Research Article Pages 215-262 Eliot Hearst A Theory of Context in Discrimination Learning Original Research Article Pages 263-314 Douglas L. Medin Subject Index Pages 315-317 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.