Beyond the learning curve : the construction of mind / Craig P. Speelman, Kim Kirsner
- Bib ID:
- 3789176
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Speelman, Craig P
- Online Version:
- Table of contents only
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- Description:
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- Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2005
- x, 288 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9780198508854
- 0198508859
- 9780198570417
- 0198570414
- Full contents:
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- Machine derived contents note: Contents
- 1 Introduction 1
- 1.1 Learning curves 3
- 1.2 The problem 5
- 1.3 What is skill? 6
- 1.4 What is skill acquisition? 9
- 1.5 Transfer 15
- 1.6 Overview of the book 21
- 1.7 The solution 22
- 2 Skill acquisition: History, questions, and theories 26
- 2.1 What is skill acquisition? 26
- 2.2 Great questions and issues 27
- 2.3 Theories 38
- 2.4 Conclusions 63
- 3 Challenges 65
- 3.1 Generality and specificity 65
- 3.2 Task effects 70
- 3.3 Training effects 72
- 3.4 Transfer of training and its effect on learning curves 75
- 3.5 Task learning curves as summary functions 92
- 3.6 Context effects 97
- 3.7 Individual differences 101
- 3.8 Conclusions 104
- 4 A new framework 106
- 4.1 Principles 107
- 4.2 The component theory of skill acquisition 118
- 4.3 Implications 131
- 5 The lexicon 137
- 5.1 Repetition priming: data and paradigms 138
- 5.2 Theory 141
- 5.3 Challenges 145
- 5.4 The lexicon and skill acquisition are seen as unrelated 153
- 5.5 Can skill acquisition explain lexical data? 155
- 5.6 Revisiting old theories 178
- 5.7 The lexicon reflects the environment 181
- 5.8 Distributions and mechanisms 199
- 6 A new view 206
- 6.1 Halloy's theory of complex systems 207
- 6.2 The component theory of skill acquisition: the mind as a complex system 210
- 6.3 Biology, evolution, and explanatory criteria 222
- 6.4 Implications 227
- 6.5 Recommendations 241
- 6.6 Conclusions 253
- References 255
- Index 000.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-281) and index.
- Subject:
- Cognitive psychology
- Other authors/contributors:
- Kirsner, Kim
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 2005
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