Complex Information Processing: The Impact of Herbert A. Simon

by Klahr,David; Klahr,David

• ISBN13: 9780805801781
• ISBN10: 0805801782
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1989-02-01
• Publisher: Psychology Pres

Summary

Here, several leading experts in the area of cognitive science summarize their current research programs, tracing Herbert A. Simon's influence on their own work -- and on the field of information processing at large. Topics covered include problem- solving, imagery, reading, writing, memory, expertise, instruction, and learning. Collectively, the chapters reveal a high degree of coherence across the various specialized disciplines within cognition -- a coherence largely attributable to the initial unity in Simon's seminal and pioneering contributions.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xv
References	p. xx
Representation and Constraint in Complex Processing	p. 1
The Lateralization of Brian: a Computational Theory and Model of Visual Hemispheric Specialization	p. 3
References	p. 26
References	p. 26
The Role of Working Memory in Language Comprehension	p. 31
References	p. 67
Representation and Transfer in Problem Solving	p. 69
References	p. 107
Developmental Differences in Scientific Discovery Processes	p. 140
Acknowledgments	p. 141
Acknowledgments to Herbert Simon	p. 141
References	p. 141
Scientists of the Artificial	p. 145
Expertise in Human and Artificial Systems	p. 163
What Hath Simon Wrought?	p. 165
References	p. 181
Expertise in Chess and Bridge	p. 183
References	p. 207
Writing Research: the Analysis of a Very Complex Task	p. 209
References	p. 232
Skilled Memory and Expertise: Mechanisms of Exceptional Performance	p. 265
Expertise and Learning: How Do We Think about Instructional Processes Now That We Have Discovered Knowledge Structures?	p. 269
References	p. 280
Instruction and Skill Acquisition	p. 283
Situations, Mental Models, and Generative Knowledge	p. 285
References	p. 316
Acknowledgments	p. 316
Display-Based Problem Solving	p. 319
References	p. 340
Acknowledgments	p. 340
The Analogical Origins of Errors in Problem Solving	p. 343
References	p. 370
References	p. 370
Science and Thought	p. 373
The Scientist as Problem Solver	p. 375
References	p. 396
Putting It All Together	p. 399
Acknowledgments	p. 436
References	p. 436
Epilogue	p. 441
Author Index	p. 447
Subject Index	p. 455
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