Communicating Quantities - A Psychological Perspective

Many researchers in psychology have attempted to capture the meaning of quantities by relating them to scales of quantity. First published in 1993, the book explores this idea in detail and shows how these expressions also serve to control attention and to convey information about the expectations held by those involved in the communication.

List of contents

Preface. 1. Introduction 2. Quantifiers and Quantities 3. Scales and Negatives 4. Focus and Attention Control 5. Focus: Foundations and Extensions 6. Further Aspects of Inference 7. Towards a Psychological Account of Nonlogical Quantifiers. References. Author Index. Subject Index.

About the author

Linda M. Moxey and Anthony J. Sanford

Product details

• Authors: Linda M. Sanford Moxey, Moxey Linda M., Sanford Anthony J.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 01.08.2025
• EAN: 9781032552699
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3255269-9
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: Psychology Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Perception, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Cognition and cognitive psychology