Experimental Psychology category: 380 books
Psychophysics
Introduction to Its Perceptual, Neural and Social Prospects
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
Psychophysics is a lively account by one of experimental psychology's seminal figures of his lifelong scientific quest for general laws governing human behavior. It is a landmark work that captures the fundamental themes of Stevens's experimental research and his vision of what psycho-physics and...
From Learning Theory to Connectionist Theory
Essays in Honor of William K. Estes, Volume I; From Learning Processes to Cognitive Processes, Volume II
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
These two volumes consist of chapters written by students and colleagues of W.K. Estes. The books' contributors -- themselves eminent figures in the field -- reflect on Estes' sweeping contributions to mathematical as well as cognitive and experimental psychology. As indicated by their titles, Volume...
by John T. Wixted, John Serences
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2018
II. Sensation, Perception & Attention: John Serences (Volume Editor)
(Topics covered include taste; visual object recognition; touch; depth perception; motor control; perceptual learning; the interface theory of perception; vestibular, proprioceptive, and haptic contributions to spatial orientation;...
by John T. Wixted, Elizabeth A. Phelps, Lila Davachi
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
I. Learning & Memory: Elizabeth Phelps & Lila Davachi (Volume Editors)
Topics covered include working memory; fear learning; education and memory; memory and future imagining; sleep and memory; emotion and memory; motivation and memory; inhibition in memory; attention and memory; aging and memory; autobiographical memory; eyewitness memory; and category learning.
Cognitive Psychology Applied
A Symposium at the 22nd International Congress of Applied Psychology
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
To present a timely analysis applying the rich resources of the current cognitive revolution, the contributors to this volume emphasize symbiotic interactions between theoretical/laboratory and applied/real-life approaches. A direct result of a symposium on general experimental psychology held during...
by Brian H. Ross
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2016
Psychology of Learning and Motivation publishes empirical and theoretical contributions in cognitive and experimental psychology, ranging from classical and instrumental conditioning to complex learning and problem solving. Each chapter thoughtfully integrates the writings of leading contributors,...
by Brian H. Ross
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2016
Psychology of Learning and Motivation publishes empirical and theoretical contributions in cognitive and experimental psychology, ranging from classical and instrumental conditioning, to complex learning and problem-solving.
Each chapter thoughtfully integrates the writings of leading contributors,...
by Brian H. Ross
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2017
Psychology of Learning and Motivation, Volume 66, the latest release in this longstanding series publishes empirical and theoretical contributions in cognitive and experimental psychology, ranging from classical and instrumental conditioning, to complex learning and problem-solving.
Each chapter...
Signal Detection
Mechanisms, Models, and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
This volume is based on the 10th annual Harvard Symposium for the Quantitative Analysis of Behavior. The first Harvard Symposium was devoted to signal-detection analyses of reinforcement and choice behavior. The present volume reprises the original signal- detection theme, incorporating additional...
Operant Conditioning
An Experimental Analysis of Behaviour
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
The approach to psychology advocated by the radical behaviourists was often misunderstood and frequently gave rise to controversy. Originally published in 1974, this book introduced current research in operant conditioning and explains the attempt to understand behaviour inherent in such experiments...
Experimental Child Psychologist
Essays and Experiments in Honor of Charles C. Spiker
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
First Published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Design and Conduct of Meaningful Experiments Involving Human Participants
25 Scientific Principles
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2015
Designing and conducting experiments involving human participants requires a skillset different from that needed for statistically analyzing the resulting data. The Design and Conduct of Meaningful Experiments Involving Human Participants combines an introduction to scientific culture and ethical...
by Charles Hulme
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
Originally published in 1981, this title is based on the author’s doctoral thesis and the research reported was carried out at the Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford. By the 1980s it was generally recognised that there are a number of children of adequate general intelligence...
by Clyde H. Coombs, George S. Avrunin, Clyde H. Coombs
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
A theory that attempts to bring order to the chaotic variety of conflict usually begins by distinguishing types of conflict and formulating general explanatory principles that relate and integrate them. In contrast to traditional methods, this book describes and explores the structural aspects of...