How Implicit Is Implicit Learning? (Debates In Psychology): Edited by Dianne C. Berry - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198523513 ISBN 13: 9780198523512

Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 1998

Synopsis

Implicit learning is said to occur when someone learns about a complex stimulus without the intention of doing so, and in such a way that the knowledge is difficult to express. A number of studies have claimed to show evidence of implicit learning, but more recently, considerable debate has arisen over the extent to which cognitive tasks are learned implicitly. Most of the debate centers on the questions of how unconscious, and how abstract, is implicit knowledge. This book provides students and researchers with a self-contained and balanced summary of the various theoretical and empirical positions that are currently shaping this exciting area of research.

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Synopsis

Implicit learning is said to occur when a person learns about a complex stimulus without necessarily intending to do so, and in such a way that the resulting knowledge is difficult to express. Over the last 30 years, a number of studies have claimed to show evidence of implicit learning. In more recent years, however, considerable debate has arisen over the extent to which cognitive tasks can in fact be learned implicitly. Much of the debate has centred on the questions of how unconscious, and how abstract, is implicitly acquired knowledge? The aim of this book is to provide students and researchers with a self-contained and balanced summary of the various theoretical and empirical positions that are currently shaping this exciting area of research.

About the Author

Dianne Berry is at University of Reading.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198523513
• ISBN 13: 9780198523512
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Berry Dianne C.