Thinking About Human Memory

Informationen zum Autor Michael S. Humphreys is Professor Emeritus in the School of Psychology at the University of Queensland, Australia. Kerry A. Chalmers is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Klappentext Embedded in a historical context, this is a novel approach to memory involving goals, cues, information, opportunity to learn, and noise. Zusammenfassung A novel analytical approach to understanding memory that considers the goals of the memory task! the cues and information available! the opportunity to learn! and interference from irrelevant information (noise). This book encompasses both historical and contemporary perspectives! and will appeal to memory researchers and advanced students. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Overview of how to analyze memory tasks; 2. Analysing the goals of a task; 3. The importance of thinking about cues and targets; 4. Theoretical analyses involving the use of information and its complexity; 5. Opportunity for learning; 6. The discrimination problems posed by different memory tasks; 7. Controlling human memory; 8. Episodic memory; 9. Conclusions.

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• Authors: Kerry A. Chalmers, Kerry A. (University of Newcastle Chalmers, Chalmers Kerry A., Michael S. Humphreys, Michael S. (University of Queensland) Humphreys, Michael S. (University of Queensland) C Humphreys, Humphreys Michael S.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781107451926
• ISBN: 978-1-107-45192-6
• No. of pages: 237
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; memory, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Child & developmental psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Memory improvement and thinking techniques