| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 704 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
What degraded images tell us about perceptual theories / William R. Uttal -- Motion perception and spatial orientation / Michael F. Sherrick -- An aftereffect of William Dember in motion: probing the signal for motion parallax / Hiroshi Ono ... [et al.] -- Tests of vigilance taxonomy / Joel S. Warm and William N. Dember -- Arousal and vigilance: the role of task demands / Gerald Matthews and D. Roy Davies -- What's so boring about vigilance? / Mark W. Scerbo -- The attentive brain in aging and Alzheimer's disease / Raja Parasuraman -- The exploration of complexity and the complexity of exploration / Leonard S. Mark -- Individual differences in word processing strategies / Jon G. Temple and Astrid Schmidt-Nielsen -- Individual differences in approach to novelty: the case of human food neophobia / Robert A. Frank and Bryan Raudenbush |
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Observation and choice / Joseph S. Lappin -- Spontaneous alternation behavior in animals: mechanisms, motives, and applications / Robert N. Hughes -- On possible parallels between perceiving and recalling events / James J. Jenkins and J. Terrell Tuten -- Perception, mental retardation, and intelligence / Robert Fox -- Memory psychophysics and similarity comparison: Dember revisited / William M. Petrusic and Peter H. Aubin -- A Russian perspective on optimism--pessimism and the future of the Russian economy / Diane F. Halpern -- Holocaust memory: persistent recall of extreme trauma / Robert Kraft -- Racism in the 1990s: race-ing to the year 2000 / Charles L. Richman -- Distinguishing between optimism and pessimism: a second look at the optimism-neuroticism hypothesis / Edward C. Chang -- Interference effects of facial affect / Dean G. Purcell, Alan L. Stewart, and Richard B. Skov |
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Theoretical issues in the role of appraisal in emotion: cognitive content versus physiological change / Jenefer Robinson -- Insomnia and metabolic rate / Donna L. Arand -- From optimal complexity to naltrexone extinction of alcoholism / John David Sinclair -- Allocating functions in human-machine systems / Peter A. Hancock and Stephen F. Scallen -- Individual differences in learning style and group performance / Michael J. Naumes -- Enhancing diagnostic decisions / John A. Swets -- Compensation for the effects of time delay in a virtual environment / W. Todd Nelson ... [et al.] -- Touch therapies / Tiffany M. Field -- If you come to a fork in the road / William N. Dember. |
| Summary |
This Festschrift in honor of William N. Dember provides a unique view of psychology as an integrated discipline, instead of an ensemble of subspecialties as it sometimes appears to be. Dember's contributions to perception, attention, motivation, and personality theory are rooted in his belief that, methodologically and conceptually, the whole of psychology is greater than the sum of its parts. This collection of research reveals the influence of Dember's pioneering work. Dember was closely involved in (1) the idea that perception could be an active process, subject to motivational and cognitive influences, and (2) the idea that complexity was a motivational force, and (3) psychology's "cognitive revolution." /// This book examines Dember's theories on the interplay among cognition, perception, and motivation in light of contemporary developments. The chapters extend Dember's research approach and contribute to Dember's concern with applied psychology. /// This volume begins with chapters on basic research findings and theories and then concludes with applications of those research and theoretical outcomes. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved). |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Form |
Also available online via the World Wide Web, by subscription to Ovid PsycBooks. |
| Issued By |
Made available through: American Psychological Association's PsyBooks Collection. |
| Note |
GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Psychology.
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Psychology.
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| Added Author |
Hoffman, Robert R.
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Sherrick, Michael F.
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Warm, Joel S.
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American Psychological Association.
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| Other Form: |
Viewing psychology as a whole (print) (DLC) 97047680 |
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