Cognitive Psychology and Information Processing: An IntroductionFirst published in 1979. Basic research, at its essence, is exploration of the unknown. When it is successful, isolated pieces of reality are deciphered and described. Most of the history of an empirical discipline consists of probes into this darkness-some bold, others careful and systematic. Most of these efforts are initially incorrect. At best, they are distant approximations to a reality that may not be correctly specified for centuries. How, then, can we describe the fragmented knowledge that characterizes a scientific discipline for most of its history? A dynamic field of science is held together by its paradigm. The author’s think it is essential to adequate scientific education to teach paradigms, and believe that there is an effective method. The method emphasizes the integral nature, rather than the objective correctness, of a given set of consensual commitments. They believe that paradigmatic content can be effectively combined with the technical research literature commonly presented in scientific texts. This book represents the culmination of those beliefs. |
Contents
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2 PSYCHOLOGYS CONTRIBUTION TO THE INFORMATIONPROCESSING PARADIGM | 35 |
3 CONTRIBUTIONS OF OTHER DISCIPLINES TO INFORMATIONPROCESSING PSYCHOLOGY | 60 |
4 THE INFORMATIONPROCESSING PARADIGM | 88 |
THE MEASURE OF AN EMERGING PARADIGM | 130 |
6 CONSCIOUSNESS AND ATTENTION | 183 |
THE EPISODIC MEMORY SYSTEM AND ITS PARTS | 210 |
NEW DIRECTIONS FOR MULTISTORE MODELS | 257 |
10 PSYCHOLINGUISTICS | 345 |
11 COMPREHENSION FROM THE PSYCHOLINGUISTIC VIEWPOINT | 405 |
12 DISCOURSE PROCESSING AND GLOBAL MODELS OF COMPREHENSION | 450 |
13 PATTERN RECOGNITION | 489 |
CRITIQUES OF THE PARADIGM | 524 |
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abstract activities analogy approach artificial intelligence Atkinson and Shiffrin attention auditory behavior Broadbent's capacity cells chapter Chomsky Chomsky's cognitive psychology complex comprehension concepts context deep structure effects encoding episodic memory example experimental experiments frequency global models human icon important inference information theory information-processing paradigm information-processing psychologists input knowledge laboratory Lachman language learning letters linguistic logical long-term memory long-term store meaning mental msec multistore models neobehaviorism neobehaviorists nodes normal science operations paradigmatic pattern recognition perception performance phrase structure grammar positive set predict presented pretheoretical ideas problem propositions psycholinguists questions Quillian's reaction recall representation represented response rules scanning scientific scientists semantic memory sensory register sentences serial short-term store signal detection signal detection theory speech perception Sternberg's stimulus storage suggested symbol task theoretical theorists transformational grammar understand verbal verbal-learning visual words