Experimental Psychology and Human Agency

Experimental Psychology and Human Agency
Author: Davood Gozli
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2019-07-16
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 3030204227

This book offers an analysis of experimental psychology that is embedded in a general understanding of human behavior. It provides methodological self-awareness for researchers who study and use the experimental method in psychology. The book critically reviews key research areas (e.g., rule-breaking, sense of agency, free choice, task switching, task sharing, and mind wandering), examining their scope, limits, ambiguities, and implicit theoretical commitments. Topics featured in this text include: Methods of critique in experimental research Goal hierarchies and organization of a task Rule-following and rule-breaking behavior Sense of agency Free-choice tasks Mind wandering Experimental Psychology and Human Agency will be of interest to researchers and undergraduate and graduate students in the fields of experimental psychology, cognitive psychology, theoretical psychology, and critical psychology, as well as various philosophical disciplines.

Human Experimental Psychology

Human Experimental Psychology
Author: Joan Gay Snodgrass
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 484
Release: 1985
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780195035742

A clear introduction to human experimental psychology in a laboratory setting, this up-to-date textbook covers design and procedural methodology and features a broad overview of relevant research areas, with chapters on episodic and semantic memory; perception and attention; conditioning, learning, and motivation; and thinking and problem solving. A unique final chapter presents guidelines for writing the research report.

Adult Cognition

Adult Cognition
Author: Timothy A. Salthouse
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 333
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1461394848

For some time now, the study of cognitive development has been far and away the most active discipline within developmental psychology. Although there would be much disagreement as to the exact proportion of papers published in developmental journals that could be considered cognitive, 50% seems like a conservative estimate. Hence, a series of scholarly books to be devoted to work in cognitive development is especially appropriate at this time. The Springer Series in Cognitive Development contains two basic types of books, namely, edited collections of original chapters by several authors, and original volumes written by one author or a small group of authors. The flagship for the Springer Series is a serial publication of the "advances" type, carrying the subtitle Progress in Cognitive Development Research. Volumes in the Progress sequence are strongly thematic, in that each is limited to some well-defined domain of cognitive-developmental research (e. g. , logical and mathematical development, semantic development). All Progress volumes are edited collections. Editors of such books, upon consultation with the Series Editor, may elect to have their works published either as contributions to the Progress sequence or as separate volumes. All books written by one author or a small group of authors will be published as separate volumes within the series. A fairly broad definition of cognitive development is being used in the selection of books for this series.

Human Cultures through the Scientific Lens

Human Cultures through the Scientific Lens
Author: Pascal Boyer
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2021-07-09
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1800642091

This volume brings together a collection of seven articles previously published by the author, with a new introduction reframing the articles in the context of past and present questions in anthropology, psychology and human evolution. It promotes the perspective of ‘integrated’ social science, in which social science questions are addressed in a deliberately eclectic manner, combining results and models from evolutionary biology, experimental psychology, economics, anthropology and history. It thus constitutes a welcome contribution to a gradually emerging approach to social science based on E. O. Wilson’s concept of ‘consilience’. Human Cultures through the Scientific Lens spans a wide range of topics, from an examination of ritual behaviour, integrating neuro-science, ethology and anthropology to explain why humans engage in ritual actions (both cultural and individual), to the motivation of conflicts between groups. As such, the collection gives readers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the applications of an evolutionary paradigm in the social sciences. This volume will be a useful resource for scholars and students in the social sciences (particularly psychology, anthropology, evolutionary biology and the political sciences), as well as a general readership interested in the social sciences.

Applied Experimental Psychology

Applied Experimental Psychology
Author: Alphonse Chapanis
Publisher:
Total Pages: 458
Release: 1949
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

Expansion of lectures delivered in the spring of 1947 to the postgraduate engineering students at the Naval Postgraduate School, Annapolis.

Handbook of Psychology, Educational Psychology

Handbook of Psychology, Educational Psychology
Author: William M. Reynolds
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 686
Release: 2003-06-02
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0471264482

Includes established theories and cutting-edge developments. Presents the work of an international group of experts. Presents the nature, origin, implications, an future course of major unresolved issues in the area.

EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
Author: HARDEEP KAUR SHERGILL
Publisher: PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
Total Pages: 375
Release: 2012-01-19
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 8120345169

Focusing on the various aspects of human behaviour, the book introduces the nature and theories of sensation, perception, learning, memory, psychophysics and other areas involved in psychology. It also highlights the importance of cognitive processes such as thinking, reasoning and problem-solving. Besides, the book provides essential knowledge and skills for using statistical tools in organising and computing research data. Designed in an easy-to-understand and illustrative manner, this book is primarily aimed at undergraduate students of psychology. The text will also prove useful to all those students who have been introduced with this subject for the first time.

Handbook of Experimental Existential Psychology

Handbook of Experimental Existential Psychology
Author: Jeff Greenberg
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Total Pages: 546
Release: 2013-12-17
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1462514790

Social and personality psychologists traditionally have focused their attention on the most basic building blocks of human thought and behavior, while existential psychologists pursued broader, more abstract questions regarding the nature of existence and the meaning of life. This volume bridges this longstanding divide by demonstrating how rigorous experimental methods can be applied to understanding key existential concerns, including death, uncertainty, identity, meaning, morality, isolation, determinism, and freedom. Bringing together leading scholars and investigators, the Handbook presents the influential theories and research findings that collectively are helping to define the emerging field of experimental existential psychology.

Experiments of the Mind

Experiments of the Mind
Author: Emily Martin
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2022-01-25
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0691232075

An inside view of the experimental practices of cognitive psychology—and their influence on the addictive nature of social media Experimental cognitive psychology research is a hidden force in our online lives. We engage with it, often unknowingly, whenever we download a health app, complete a Facebook quiz, or rate our latest purchase. How did experimental psychology come to play an outsized role in these developments? Experiments of the Mind considers this question through a look at cognitive psychology laboratories. Emily Martin traces how psychological research methods evolved, escaped the boundaries of the discipline, and infiltrated social media and our digital universe. Martin recounts her participation in psychology labs, and she conveys their activities through the voices of principal investigators, graduate students, and subjects. Despite claims of experimental psychology’s focus on isolated individuals, Martin finds that the history of the field—from early German labs to Gestalt psychology—has led to research methods that are, in fact, highly social. She shows how these methods are deployed online: amplified by troves of data and powerful machine learning, an unprecedented model of human psychology is now widespread—one in which statistical measures are paired with algorithms to predict and influence users’ behavior. Experiments of the Mind examines how psychology research has shaped us to be perfectly suited for our networked age.

Experimental Cognitive Psychology and Its Applications

Experimental Cognitive Psychology and Its Applications
Author: Alice F. Healy
Publisher: Amer Psychological Assn
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2005
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9781591471837

The study of cognition has experienced rapid growth in the last decade. This topic is fundamental both to the science of psychology and to its applications to real-world problems. Yet there has traditionally been a huge gap between basic research and practice in this area. Experimental Cognitive Psychology and Its Applications aims to bridge this gap by bringing together a group of distinguished experimental psychologists who show how their findings can be applied in daily life. This book will appeal to experimental psychologists; practitioners involved in training education, and testing; and students and researchers interested in the care issues of human cognition.