UID:
almafu_9960119947302883
Format:
1 online resource (xii, 708 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-511-75939-8
Content:
Provides a firm theoretical grounding for the increasing movement of cognitive psychologists, neuropsychologists and their students beyond the laboratory, in an attempt to understand human cognitive abilities as they are manifested in natural contexts. The pros and cons of the laboratory and the real world - the problems of generalizability versus rigor - are thoroughly analyzed, and practical escapes from what has become a false dichotomy are suggested. The authors present relevant data that open up new directions for those studying cognitive aging. Finally, they consider the applications of the new knowledge for clinicians and educators.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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1. Introduction to Part I: The how, when, and why of studying everyday cognition / David C. Rubin -- 2. Representative design and the quality of generalization / Lewis Petrinovich -- 3. The myth of external validity / Douglas G. Mook -- 4. Functional explanations of memory / Darryl Bruce -- 5. General systems theory : a rationale for the study of everyday memory / Jan D. Sinnott -- 6. The laboratory and ecology : supplementary sources of data for memory research / Harry P. Bahrick -- 7. Issues of reguIarity and control : confessions of a regularity freak / David C. Rubin -- 8. Finding the bloody horse / Alan Baddeley -- 9. Some bad and some good reasons for studying memory and cognition in the wild / Thomas K. Landauer -- 10. Introduction to Part II: What do we know about the aging of cognitive abilities in everyday life? / Leonard Poon -- 11. Memory for prose : perspectives on the reader / Joellen T. Hartley -- 12. Prose processing in adulthood : the text, the reader, and the task / Bonnie J.F. Meyer and G. Elizabeth Rice -- 13. Speech comprehension and memory through adulthood : the roles of time and strategy / Elizabeth Lotz Stine [and others] -- 14. The effects of aging on perceived and generated memories / Gillian Cohen and Dorothy Faulkner -- 15. Aging and word retrieval : naturalistic, clinical, and laboratory data / Nancy L. Bowles [and others] -- 16. Acquisition and utilization of spatial information by elderly adults : implications for day-to-day situations / Kathleen C. Kirasic -- 17. Inner-city decay? Age changes in structure and process in recall of familiar topographical information / Patrick Rabbitt.
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18. The cognitive ecology of problem solving / Alan A. Hartley -- 19. Everyday problem solving : methodological issues, research findings, and a model / Nancy Wadsworth Denney -- 20. Prospective/intentional memory and aging : memory as adaptive action / Jan D. Sinnott -- 21. Motivation and aging / Lawrence C. Perlmuter and Richard A. Monty -- 22. Questionnaire research on metamemory and aging : issues of structure and function / Roger A. Dixon -- 23. The importance of awareness in memory aging / John C. Cavanaugh -- 24. Age and expertise : responding to Talland's challenge / Neil Charness -- 25. World-knowledge systems / Cameron J. Camp -- 26. Comments on aging memory and its everyday operations / Donald H. Kausler -- 27. Introduction to Part III: Approaches to practical applications / Barbara A. Wilson and Leonard W. Poon -- 28. Varieties of memory compensation by older adults in episodic remembering / Lars Bäckman -- 29. Improvement with cognitive training : which old dogs learn what tricks? / Sherry L. Willis -- 30. Planning practical memory training for the aged / Robin L. West -- 31. Mnemonics as modified for use by the elderly / Jerome A. Yesavage, Danielle Lapp, and Javaid I. Sheikh -- 32. Designing memory-therapy programs / Barbara A. Wilson -- 33. Management of memory problems in a hospital setting / Nadina B. Lincoln -- 34. Home-based cognitive rehabilitation with the elderly / Nicholas J. Moffat -- 35. Memory retraining : everyday needs and future prospects / Herbert F. Crovitz.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-42860-2
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-37148-1
Language:
English
