Constructive Knowledge Acquisition - A Computational Model and Experimental Evaluation (Hardcover)

A cognitive psychology which becomes increasingly specialized requires a special effort in order to avoid a fragmentation into several controversial issues that are independently discussed but also inherently related. Rather than asking additional differentiated questions which are then investigated by more specialized experimental methods and designs, this book promotes unified theories and a levels approach for their experimental evaluation. Within this cognitive science approach and on the basis of the most foundational assumptions of Kintsch's construction integration theory, a computational theory of knowledge acquisition is then developed and subsequently evaluated by psychological experiments.
For forty years, computer simulation techniques and experimental psychology research have greatly matured the understanding of human knowledge and its acquisition in different learning environments. This volume critically assesses the advantages and limitations of these approaches and then develops an integrated research methodology. It goes on to provide significant progress concerning the following questions:
* What are the most promising research methodologies for investigating human cognition?
* How can the experimental psychology research on text comprehension, concept formation, and memory become more closely related to one another when the very specialized research paradigms and the highly specific scientific controversies promote their separation and independent discussion?
* How can a general comprehension-based theory bridge the gap between simple experimental settings and the real-life situations that occur in education and work environments?
This book demonstrates how experimental psychology can proceed more successfully by investigating those aspects that are shared among different areas of research like text comprehension, categorization, and learning by exploration. It also shows how unified theories can assist in applying experimental psychology and cognitive science results to areas such as intelligent tutoring systems, instructional design, and the development of expert systems in complex real world domains.

General

Imprint:	Routledge Member of the Taylor and Francis Group
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 1997
First published:	2018
Authors:	Franz Schmalhofer
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	328
ISBN-13:	978-0-8058-2724-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Experimental psychology Books > Computing & IT > General theory of computing > General Books > Computing & IT > Applications of computing > General Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Psychological methodology > General Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Cognition & cognitive psychology > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8058-2724-2
Barcode:	9780805827248

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