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Learnability and Cognition, new edition

Author : Steven Pinker
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262314282
Total Pages : 509 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Learnability and Cognition, new edition written by Steven Pinker and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2013-05-24 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic book about language acquisition and conceptual structure, with a new preface by the author, "The Secret Life of Verbs." Before Steven Pinker wrote bestsellers on language and human nature, he wrote several technical monographs on language acquisition that have become classics in cognitive science. Learnability and Cognition, first published in 1989, brought together two big topics: how do children learn their mother tongue, and how does the mind represent basic categories of meaning such as space, time, causality, agency, and goals? The stage for this synthesis was set by the fact that when children learn a language, they come to make surprisingly subtle distinctions: pour water into the glass and fill the glass with water sound natural, but pour the glass with water and fill water into the glass sound odd. How can this happen, given that children are not reliably corrected for uttering odd sentences, and they don't just parrot back the correct ones they hear from their parents? Pinker resolves this paradox with a theory of how children acquire the meaning and uses of verbs, and explores that theory's implications for language, thought, and the relationship between them. As Pinker writes in a new preface, "The Secret Life of Verbs," the phenomena and ideas he explored in this book inspired his 2007 bestseller The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature. These technical discussions, he notes, provide insight not just into language acquisition but into literary metaphor, scientific understanding, political discourse, and even the conceptions of sexuality that go into obscenity.

Learnability and Cognition, new edition

Author : Steven Pinker
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262518406
Total Pages : 509 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)

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Essentials of Learning and Cognition

Author : David L. Morgan
Publisher : Waveland Press
ISBN 13 : 1478633158
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (786 download)

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Download or read book Essentials of Learning and Cognition written by David L. Morgan and published by Waveland Press. This book was released on 2016-02-24 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern psychology has become a broad and fragmented collection of research areas, theoretical orientations, and professional organizations. The author, who believes integration within the discipline is critical, makes the case that its empirical and theoretical aspects can be unified under the umbrella of adaptation. The principles of learning, and the characteristics of memory and language—our adaptation to a challenging environment—are pertinent to all we do, and the sciences of learning and cognition are the subject areas most relevant to these proximate behavior–environment relationships. Because the adaptability of a behavior is often tied to its function, the author’s functional perspective serves as a helpful organizational tool for studying the otherwise disparate aspects of learning and cognition—thinking, memory, conceptual behavior, and language. New to this edition is an emphasis on applied behavior analysis, a rapidly growing and credentialed profession. Updated pedagogical features include opening chapter vignettes, interim summaries and review questions, improved graphics, and a full glossary of key terms.

Learning and Cognition in Autism

Author : Eric Schopler
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 148991286X
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (899 download)

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Book Synopsis Learning and Cognition in Autism by : Eric Schopler

Download or read book Learning and Cognition in Autism written by Eric Schopler and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first-of-its-kind volume describes the cognitive and educational characteristics of people with autism. Leading experts in the field contribute papers to this book, explaining intervention techniques and strategies. Parents, researchers, professionals, and clinicians interested in educating people with autism will appreciate this volume.

Animal Learning and Cognition

Author : John M. Pearce
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1317709942
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book Animal Learning and Cognition written by John M. Pearce and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2013-12-19 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animal Learning and Cognition: An Introduction provides an up-to-date review of the principal findings from more than a century of research into animal intelligence. This new edition has been expanded to take account of the many exciting developments that have occurred over the last ten years. The book opens with a historical survey of the methods that have been used to study animal intelligence, and follows by summarizing the contribution made by learning processes to intelligent behavior. Topics include Pavlovian and instrumental conditioning, discrimination learning, and categorization. The remainder of the book focuses on animal cognition and covers such topics as memory, navigation, social learning, language and communication, and knowledge representation. Expanded areas include extinction (to which an entire chapter is now devoted), navigation in insects, episodic memory in birds, imitation in birds and primates, and the debate about whether primates are aware of mental states in themselves and others. Issues raised throughout the book are reviewed in a concluding chapter that examines how intelligence is distributed throughout the animal kingdom. The broad spectrum of topics covered in this book ensures that it will be of interest to students of psychology, biology, zoology, and neuroscience. Since very little background knowledge is required, the book will be of equal value to anyone simply interested in either animal intelligence, or the animal origins of human intelligence. This textbook is accompanied by online instructor resources which are free of charge to departments who adopt this book as their text. They include chapter-by-chapter lecture slides, an interactive chapter-by-chapter multiple-choice question test bank, and multiple-choice questions in paper and pen format.

Language Learnability and Language Development

Author : Steven Pinker
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674042174
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Language Learnability and Language Development written by Steven Pinker and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this influential study, Steven Pinker develops a new approach to the problem of language learning. Now reprinted with new commentary by the author, this classic work continues to be an indispensable resource in developmental psycholinguistics.

Social Learning and Cognition

Author : Ted L. Rosenthal
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 1483276430
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (832 download)

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Download or read book Social Learning and Cognition written by Ted L. Rosenthal and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2014-05-10 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social Learning and Cognition examines the cognitive mechanisms of social learning and the social learning determinants of cognitive competencies. The explanatory principles of social learning are applied to the highest manifestations of human intellect: judgment, language, and thought. The book also explicates a social learning perspective on the social origins of complex abilities, and how these progressively evolve as children grow older. Comprised of four chapters, this book begins with a discussion on the interrelationships among cognition, behavior change, and social learning. Cognitive explanations for human behavior, and the kinds of evidence cited by cognitive theorists in support of their position, are considered, along with the major psychological theories that address abstract, rule-governed activities. The second chapter deals with children's acquisition and refinement of language, paying particular attention to the objections and misunderstandings raised by psycholinguists to counter modeling explanations of language learning. The third chapter examines relational judgments and categorical decisions and presents evidence showing that diverse modeling procedures can be powerful influences on language and verbal behavior. The final chapter summarizes and integrates research bearing upon the effect of modeling influences on a wide diversity of conceptual activities, ranging from the formation of simple concepts to elaborate intellectual demands that involve complex styles of reasoning and strategies for seeking and organizing information. This monograph is intended for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals from such diverse fields as child development, social psychology, psychiatry, social work, clinical psychology, education, and rehabilitation.

The Secret Life of Verbs, digital original edition

Author : Steven Pinker
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262318024
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book The Secret Life of Verbs, digital original edition written by Steven Pinker and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author Steven Pinker's early works on language acquisition have become classics in cognitive science. This BIT offers Pinker's look back at this work and two pivotal chapters from Learnability and Cognition.

Animal Learning and Cognition

Author : Nestor A. Schmajuk
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521456968
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (569 download)

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Book Synopsis Animal Learning and Cognition by : Nestor A. Schmajuk

Download or read book Animal Learning and Cognition written by Nestor A. Schmajuk and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-04-28 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this advanced text, the author, starting with the simple assumption that psychological associations are represented by the strength of synaptic connections, details several mechanistic descriptions of complex cognitive behaviors. Part I presents neural network theories of classical conditioning; Part II describes neural networks of operant conditioning, and animal communication; Part III discusses spatial and cognitive mapping, and finally, Part IV shows how neural network models permit one to simultaneously develop psychological theories and models of the brain. The book includes computer software that allows the computer simulation of classical conditioning and the effect of different brain lesions on many classical paradigms. All those people interested in neural networks, from psychologists, through neuroscientists to computer scientists working on artificial intelligence and robotics, will find this book an excellent advanced guide to the subject.

Learning and Cognition

Author : Thomas Hardy Leahey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Learning and Cognition written by Thomas Hardy Leahey and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science and the Mind-Body Problem. Neurophysiology of Learning and Cognition. Evolution of Learning and Cognition. The Origin and Development of Language. Development, Learning and Cognition. For anyone interested in learning and cognition.

How Children Learn the Meanings of Words

Author : Paul Bloom
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262523295
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (232 download)

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Download or read book How Children Learn the Meanings of Words written by Paul Bloom and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2002-01-25 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do children learn that the word "dog" refers not to all four-legged animals, and not just to Ralph, but to all members of a particular species? How do they learn the meanings of verbs like "think," adjectives like "good," and words for abstract entities such as "mortgage" and "story"? The acquisition of word meaning is one of the fundamental issues in the study of mind. According to Paul Bloom, children learn words through sophisticated cognitive abilities that exist for other purposes. These include the ability to infer others' intentions, the ability to acquire concepts, an appreciation of syntactic structure, and certain general learning and memory abilities. Although other researchers have associated word learning with some of these capacities, Bloom is the first to show how a complete explanation requires all of them. The acquisition of even simple nouns requires rich conceptual, social, and linguistic capacities interacting in complex ways. This book requires no background in psychology or linguistics and is written in a clear, engaging style. Topics include the effects of language on spatial reasoning, the origin of essentialist beliefs, and the young child's understanding of representational art. The book should appeal to general readers interested in language and cognition as well as to researchers in the field.

The Stuff of Thought

Author : Steven Pinker
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101202602
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book The Stuff of Thought written by Steven Pinker and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-09-11 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This New York Times bestseller is an exciting and fearless investigation of language from the author of Rationality, The Better Angels of Our Nature and The Sense of Style and Enlightenment Now. "Curious, inventive, fearless, naughty." --The New York Times Book Review Bestselling author Steven Pinker possesses that rare combination of scientific aptitude and verbal eloquence that enables him to provide lucid explanations of deep and powerful ideas. His previous books - including the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Blank Slate - have catapulted him into the limelight as one of today's most important popular science writers. In The Stuff of Thought, Pinker presents a fascinating look at how our words explain our nature. Considering scientific questions with examples from everyday life, The Stuff of Thought is a brilliantly crafted and highly readable work that will appeal to fans of everything from The Selfish Gene and Blink to Eats, Shoots & Leaves.

Developmental Disorders of Language Learning and Cognition

Author : Charles Hulme
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118697308
Total Pages : 471 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (186 download)

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Download or read book Developmental Disorders of Language Learning and Cognition written by Charles Hulme and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important new text is a comprehensive survey of current thinking and research on a wide range of developmental disorders. Highlights key research on normal and typical development Includes clinical case studies and diagrams to illustrate key concepts A reader-friendly writing style

Learning and Cognition

Author : Michael E. Martinez
Publisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Learning and Cognition written by Michael E. Martinez and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2010 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the design of the mind? What does that design imply for education? This comprehensive and engaging introduction to human learning and its applications to education focuses on these vital questions by exploring the theories of knowledge, complex cognition, and human intelligence, presenting a clear and interesting overview of the human mind through multiple theoretical lenses. The author delineates how the mind has a clear design, or architecture, that explains simple acts of memory and complex cognition, to highly creative acts and leaps of scientific or artistic insight. Topics covered throughout the text include: memory, motivation, cognitive development, the brain, and intelligence. Unique to this text, the author has provided an interdisciplinary chapter dedicated to theories of knowledge, extended coverage of expert-novice differences and talent development, and a chapter devoted to intelligence. Readers will appreciate special features like Learning Strategies which cover specific application of the theories to classroom practice, and Interest Magnets which explore fascinating topics such as photographic memory, sleep learning, and Einstein's brain. Written like a narrative, Learning and Cognition: The Design of the Mind will delight its readers' interest and attention as they learn about the theories of human learning and cognition and the improvement of the mind through education.

Organizational Cognition and Learning: Building Systems for the Learning Organization

Author : Iandoli, Luca
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1599043157
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Organizational Cognition and Learning: Building Systems for the Learning Organization written by Iandoli, Luca and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2007-06-30 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the concept of organizing which is centered around collective learning and on the organization paradigm. It presents a theory of organizational learning based on a model of memory, explaining processes and dynamics through which memory is built and updated.

Cognition and Tool Use

Author : Charles M. Keller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521552394
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (523 download)

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Download or read book Cognition and Tool Use written by Charles M. Keller and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-09-28 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Janet and Charles Keller provide an account of situated learning based on the ethnographic study of blacksmithing.

Learnability in Optimality Theory

Author : Bruce Tesar
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262264884
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (648 download)

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Download or read book Learnability in Optimality Theory written by Bruce Tesar and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2000-05-08 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highlighting the close relationship between linguistic explanation and learnability, Bruce Tesar and Paul Smolensky examine the implications of Optimality Theory (OT) for language learnability. Highlighting the close relationship between linguistic explanation and learnability, Bruce Tesar and Paul Smolensky examine the implications of Optimality Theory (OT) for language learnability. They show how the core principles of OT lead to the learning principle of constraint demotion, the basis for a family of algorithms that infer constraint rankings from linguistic forms. Of primary concern to the authors are the ambiguity of the data received by the learner and the resulting interdependence of the core grammar and the structural analysis of overt linguistic forms. The authors argue that iterative approaches to interdependencies, inspired by work in statistical learning theory, can be successfully adapted to address the interdependencies of language learning. Both OT and Constraint Demotion play critical roles in their adaptation. The authors support their findings both formally and through simulations. They also illustrate how their approach could be extended to other language learning issues, including subset relations and the learning of phonological underlying forms.