Principles of Learning and Memory: Classic Edition

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Psychology Press, Nov 20, 2014 - Psychology - 532 pages

In this landmark volume from 1976, Robert Crowder presents an organized review of the concepts that guide the study of learning and memory.

The basic organization of the book is theoretical, rather than historical or methodological, and there are four broad sections. The first is on coding in memory, and the relations between memory and vision, audition and speech. The second section focuses on short-term memory. The third is loosely organized around the topic of learning. The final section includes chapters that focus on the process of retrieval, with special attention to recognition and to serial organization.

Crowder presumes no prior knowledge of the subject matter on the part of the reader; technical terms are kept to a minimum, and he makes every effort to introduce them carefully when they first occur. It is suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses.

 

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Contents

1 Background Comments and Three Analytic Concepts
1
2 Iconic Memory
29
3 Echoic Memory
45
4 Recoding by Speech in ShortTerm Memory
67
5 Nonverbal Memory
88
6 Primary Memory
131
7 Forgetting in ShortTerm Memory
173
8 The Interference Theory of Forgetting in LongTerm Memory
216
9 The Effects of Repetition on Memory
262
10 The Organization of Memory in Free Recall
320
11 Retrieval
351
12 Serial Organization in Learning and Memory
408
References
475
Author Index
503
Subject Index
508
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Common terms and phrases

acquisition analysis Anderson and Bower associations assumption Atkinson and Shiffrin auditory Brown–Peterson buffer Chapter coding context correct criterion Crowder decay digits distinction Ebbinghaus echoic memory eidetic imagery elements encoding errors evidence example experiment experimental first-list forgetting free recall function hypothesis iconic iconic memory idea imagery interference theory interpolated last item letters long-term memory materials memory trace modality occurred organization paired-associate learning pairs paradigm performance phonological phonological similarity possible Postman predictions presented primacy effect primary memory prior proactive inhibition psychology recency effect recoding recognition rehearsal relation repeated item repetition response terms retention interval retrieval cues retroactive inhibition scores second list secondary memory semantic memory sentences serial learning short-term memory situation speech stimulus terms stop consonants storage strength subjects target theoretical tion transfer trial Tulving Underwood unlearning variable verbal visual whereas words

About the author (2014)

Robert G. Crowder (1939-2000) was an outstanding and pioneering psychologist in the great functional tradition of American psychology. During his career at Yale University, he made major contributions to many topics in cognitive psychology, including memory, learning, the psychology of music, and the psychology of reading. He received numerous academic honors and many of his students went on to have significant careers in the field. His bibliography includes landmark volumes, including Principles of Learning and Memory (1976), which was the first attempt to summarize the field in over two decades.

Bibliographic information

TitlePrinciples of Learning and Memory: Classic Edition
Psychology Press & Routledge Classic Editions
AuthorRobert G. Crowder
Editionillustrated, reprint, revised
PublisherPsychology Press, 2014
ISBN1317599853, 9781317599852
Length532 pages
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Psychology / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition
Psychology / General
  
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