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Ecological Approaches to Cognition: Essays in Honor of Ulric Neisser
by Eugene Winograd, Robyn Fivush, William Hirst. 382 pgs.

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Preface

REFERENCES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Part I PERCEPTION AND ITS DEVELOPMENT

Chapter 1 Direct Perception and Representation in Infancy

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Chapter 2: Obstacles to Understanding: An Ecological Approach to Infant Problem S olving

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Chapter 3: Descriptions of Orientation and Structure in Perception and Physical R easoning

Chapter 4 Height and Extent: Two Kinds of Size Perception

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Part II COGNITION AND ITS DEVELOPMENT

Chapter 5: EPAM to EGO: A Cognitive Journey

Chapter 6: Unity and Diversity in Knowledge

Chapter 7 the Cultural Ecology of Young Children's Interactions with Objects and Artifacts

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 8 Getting a Grip on Reality

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Chapter 9 the Williams Syndrome Cognitive Profile: Strengths, Weaknesses, and Interrelations Among Auditory Short-Term Memory, Language, and Visuospatial Constructive Cognition

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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Chapter 10 Creating False Autobiographical Memories: Why People Believe Their Memory Errors

Chapter 11: Revisiting John Dean's Memory

Part III PHILOSOPHY AND EDUCATION

Chapter 12: Bringing Ritual to Mind

Chapter 13 Five Kinds of Self-Ignorance

REFERENCES

Chapter 14 How Does an Advisor Influence a Student?: a Case Study

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Basic and Applied Memory Research: Practical Applications, Vol. 2
by Douglas J. Herrmann, Paula Hertel, Christopher Hertzog, Marcia K. Johnson, Cathy McEvoy. 502 pgs.

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Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part One on the Relationship Between Basic and Practical Memory Research

Chapter One Memory as Something That Can Be Counted Versus Memory as Something That Can Be Counted On

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

Chapter Two: Personal Reflections on the Study of Practical Memory in the Mid-199 0s: The Complete Cognitive Researcher

Part Two Eyewitness Memory and Memory for Faces

Chapter Three: Memory for Cars and Their Drivers: A Test of the Interest Hypothesis

Chapter Four the Costs and Benefits of Verbally Rehearsing Memory for Faces

References

Acknowledgments

Chapter Five: Children's Memory Following Misleading Postevent Information: A Con textual Approach

Part Three Remembering to Do Things

Chapter Six Remembering to Do Things: Remembering a Forgotten Topic

Acknowledgment

Acknowledgment

Chapter Seven Remembering to Take Medications: the Importance of Nonmemory Variables

Conclusion

Conclusion

References

References

References

Learning and Intelligence

Chapter Nine: Practice Effects in Memory: Data, Theory, and Unanswered Questions

Chapter Ten: Memory and Analogical Reasoning

Part Five Memory and Surveys

Chapter Eleven: The Use of Strategic Processes by Survey Respondents

Chapter Twelve: Estimating Frequency: A Multiple-Strategy Perspective

Chapter Thirteen: Answering Question Sequences: Attention Switching and Memory Or ganization

Chapter Fourteen Implications of Models of Survey Cognition for Memory Theory

Conclusions

Acknowledgments

References

Part Six Beliefs About Memory

Chapter Fifteen: Individual Differences in Memory Style and Autobiographical Memo ry

Chapter Sixteen: Relations Among Basic Processes, Beliefs, and Performance: A Lif espan Perspective

Mnemonics and Metacognition

Conclusions

References

Part Seven Social and Emotional Aspects of Memory

Chapter Eighteen Biases in Children's Memory for Collaborative Exchanges

Acknowledgments

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Chapter Nineteen Conversational Remembering

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Acknowledgments

Chapter Twenty Selective Encoding of Emotional Information

Acknowledgments

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Chapter Twenty-One: Cursing: a Damned Persistent Lexicon

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Acknowledgments

Memory Aids--From Strategies to Automation

Chapter Twenty-Three the Promise of Compact Disc-Interactive Technology for Memory Training with the Elderly

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Acknowledgments

Chapter Twenty-Four Automated Voice Messages for Health Care

Acknowledgments

References

Conclusions from Our Research

Chapter Twenty-Five Automation of Flight Data in Air Traffic Control

References

Acknowledgments

Automated Instructional Systems and Ecological Notions of Memory

References

Acknowledgments

Clinical Aspects of Memory

Chapter Twenty-Seven Correlated Testing to Detect Cognitive Change

Conclusions

Acknowledgments

Chapter Twenty-Eight the Functional Deficits That Underlie Amnesia: Evidence fro m Amnesic Forgetting and Item-Specific Implicit Memory

Chapter Twenty-Nine Taxonomy of Priming: Implications for Aging

Part Ten Interventions for Memory- Empaired Populations

Chapter Thirty the Nmda Receptor Complex: Enhancement of Memory in Aging and Dementia

Conclusions

Acknowledgements

References

Chapter Thirty-Two Curious Memory Phenomena: Implications for Treatment After Tr aumatic Brain Injury

Chapter Thirty-Three Multimodal Memory Rehabilitation for the Toxic Solvent Inju red Population

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The School Achievement of Minority Children: New Perspectives
by Ulric Neisser. 198 pgs.

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Preface

1: New Answers to an Old Question

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2: The Consequences of the American Caste System

Conclusion

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

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3: The Triple Quandary and the Schooling of Afro-American Children

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4: Characteristics of Effective Schools

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5: Poor Readers: Teach, Don'T Label

Conclusion

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6: The Effects of Prejudice and Stress on the Academic Performance of Black-Americans

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7: Long-Term Effects of Preschool Programs

Conclusions

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8: The Myth of the Deprived Child: New Thoughts on Poor Children

References

Conclusion

Author Index

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The Nature of Intelligence (Chap. 7 "General, Academic, and Artificial Intelligence" by Ulric Neisser)
by Lauren B. Resnick. 366 pgs.

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Preface

1: Introduction: Changing Conceptions of Intelligence

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Part I: Cognition and Intelligence in the Psychometric Tradition

2: The Intelligence We Test--An Evolving Concept

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3: Psychometric Tests as Cognitive Tasks: A New Structure of Intellect""

Acknowledgments

References

4: Who Needs General Intelligence?

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Supplementary Comment: Carroll's Response to Cooley

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Part II: Computer Simulation in the Study of Intelligence

5: Identifying Basic Abilities Underlying Intelligent Performance of Complex Tasks

Acknowledgments

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6: Steps Toward the Simulation of Intellectual Development

Acknowledgments

References

7: General, Academic, and Artificial Intelligence

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Part III: Intelligence as Adaptation

8: Human Intelligence as Adaptation: An Ethological Approach

Acknowledgments

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9: The Nature of Intelligent Behavior: Questions Raised by Cross-Cultural Studies

Acknowledgments

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10: Culture, Technology, and Intellect

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Part IV: Basic Processes in Intelligence

11: Problem Solving and Intelligence

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Acknowledgments

12: Metacognitive Aspects of Problem Solving

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13: Varieties of Cognitive Power

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Acknowledgments

14: Language and Intelligence

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Acknowledgments

15: Language Comprehension and the Deverbalization of Intelligence

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Part V: General Considerations for the Nature of Intelligence

16: Intelligence and Cognitive Psychology

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17: The Nature of The Nature of Intelligence""

Acknowledgments

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Ordinal Scales of Infant Development and the Nature of Intelligence

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19: A Factor Model for Research on Intelligence and Problem Solving

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20: The Processes of Intelligence and Education

Acknowledgments

References

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Index
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Cognition and the Symbolic Processes: Applied and Ecological Perspectives (Chap. 3 "Direct Perception and Other Forms of Knowing" by Ulric Neisser)
by Robert R. Hoffman, David S. Palermo. 545 pgs.

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Preface

Dedication

A Letter to James J. Jenkins

I PERSPECTIVES

1 Introduction

2 Retrospections on the Study Of Memory and Cognition

3 Direct Perception and Other Forms of Knowing

II SPEECH PERCEPTION

4 Modularity and the Effects Of Experience

5 A Note on Linguistic Nativism

6 Auditory Enhancement In Speech Perception And Phonology

III LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION

7 Holistic Models of Word Recognition

8 Syntactic Modularity In Sentence Comprehension

9 Global and Local Context Effects in Sentence Processing

10 The Complexity of Reading

IV COGNITION AND MOTIVATION

11 Cognition, Motivation, And Emotion: Ideology Revisited

12 Metaphor and Context in The Language of Emotion

13 Fog Cat Fog

V THE DEVELOPMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS

14 Children's Theories Vs. Scientific Theories: Differences in Reasoning Or Differences in Knowledge?

15 Cognitive Physics and Event Perception: Two Approaches To the Assessment of People's Knowledge of Physics

16 Mathematical Cognition: Accomplishments And Challenges in Research

17 Understanding Memory Access

VI PEDAGOGY

18 The Aesthetic Basis Of Pedagogy

19 Pragmatic Skills and The Acquisition of Linguistic Competence

20 Educating for Applications: Possibilities and Paradoxes

VII PERCEPTION AND MOTOR SKILLS

21 Light and Mind: Understanding the Structure Of Film

22 Ecological Units of Analysis And Baseball's "Illusions"

23 The Role of Attractors In the Self-Organization Of Intentional Systems

24 Perception And Representation in The Development of Mobility

VIII APPLICATIONS OF COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

25 An Eventful Approach To Studying Mental Retardation

26 An Ecological Framework For Ergonomic Research And Design

27 Methodological Problems In Applied Cognition And Perception Research: Theoretical Implications

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Self and Consciousness: Multiple Perspectives (Chap. 1 "The Development of Consciousness and the Acquisition of Self" by Ulric Neisser)
by Pamela M. Cole, Dale L. Johnson, Frank S. Kessel. 124 pgs.

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Foreword

Preface

1: The Development of Consciousness and the Acquisition of Skill

Author's Retrospective Preface

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2: The Role of the Self in Social Behavior

References

3: Being Conscious Is Being-In-The-World

4: Culture and Consciousness: A Problem in the Anthropology of Knowledge

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5: Brain Modules and Belief Formation

Author's Retrospective Preface

References

6: The Self as A Center of Narrative Gravity

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