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Causal Learning
Advances in Research and Theory
1st Edition - August 15, 1996
Editors: Douglas L. Medin, David R. Shanks, Keith J. Holyoak
Language: English
Hardback ISBN:9780125433341
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eBook ISBN:9780080863856
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The Psychology of Learning and Motivation publishes empirical and theoretical contributions in cognitive and experimental psychology, ranging from classical and instrumental…Read more
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The Psychology of Learning and Motivation publishes empirical and theoretical contributions in cognitive and experimental psychology, ranging from classical and instrumental conditions to complex learning and problem solving. This guest-edited special volume is devoted to current research and discussion on associative versus cognitive accounts of learning. Written by major investigators in the field, topics include all aspects of causal learning in an open forum in which different approaches are brought together.
Up-to-date review of the literature
Discusses recent controversies
Presents major advances in understanding causal learning
Synthesizes contrasting approaches
Includes important empirical contributions
Written by leading researchers in the field
A.G. Baker, R.A. Murphy and F. Vallée-Tourangeau, Associative and Normative Models of Causal Induction: Reacting to Versus Understanding Cause. M.R. Waldmann, Knowledge-Based Causal Induction. D.A. Williams, A Comparative Analysis of Negative Contingency Learning in Humans and Nonhumans. R.R. Miller and H. Matute, Animal Analogues of Causal Judgment. B.A. Spellman, Conditionalizing Causality. E.A. Wasserman, S-F Kao, L.J. Van Hamme, M. Katagiri and M.E. Young, Causation and Association. D.R. Shanks, F.J. Lopez, R.J. Darby and A. Dickinson, Distinguishing Associative and Probabilistic Contrast Theories of Human Contingency Judgment. P.W. Cheng, J. Park, A.S. Yarlas and K.J. Holyoak, A Causal-Power Theory of Focal Sets. J.R. Busemeyer, M.A. McDaniel and E. Byun, The Use of Intervening Variables in Causal Learning. J. Pearl, Structural and Probabilistic Causality. Index. Contents of Recent Volumes.
No. of pages: 442
Language: English
Edition: 1
Published: August 15, 1996
Imprint: Academic Press
Hardback ISBN: 9780125433341
eBook ISBN: 9780080863856
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Douglas L. Medin
Douglas L. Medin is the series editor of The Psychology of Learning and Motivation.