Human Memory: Paradigms and Paradoxes

by Greene; Robert L.

• ISBN13: 9780805809961
• ISBN10: 0805809961
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1992-07-01
• Publisher: Psychology Pres

Summary

The fact that cognitive psychology has become largely concerned with a handful of laboratory tasks has brought expressions of concern and suggestions about how to place the field on a more solid footing. The view expressed here, however, is that the classic cognitive paradigms have become fascinating puzzles on which some of the best minds in the field have labored. An examination of the development of research in these areas yields many examples of the scientific method at its most sophisticated, as well as impressive examples of how theories and data can interact. Covering the whole temporal range of memory experiences, this volume provides a review of the major paradigms that have been used by experimental psychologists to study human memory.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Iconic Memory: the Partial-Report Paradigm	p. 1
The Modality-Effect/Suffix-Effect Paradigm	p. 22
Recency Effects in Free Recall	p. 48
Distraction and Forgetting: the Brown--Peterson Paradigm	p. 67
Memory Scanning: the Sternberg Paradigm	p. 88
Encoding Paradigms	p. 113
Repetition Paradigms	p. 132
The Eyewitness Testimony Paradigm	p. 153
Implicit Memory Tasks: Paradigms in the Making	p. 172
References	p. 193
Author Index	p. 215
Subject Index	p. 223
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