Brain imaging studies have demonstrated that psychotherapy alters brain structure and function. Learning and memory, both implicit and explicit, play central roles in this process through the creation of new genetic material that leads to increased synaptic efficiency through the creation of new neuronal connections. Although there is substantial…

THIS PAPER PRESENTS A SUMMARY OF BERLYNE'S THOUGHT ABOUT CURIOSITY AND COGNITIVE CONFLICT AS MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS IN KNOWLEDGE-SEEKING BEHAVIOR. THE SUMMARY IS BASED UPON FOUR OF BERLYNE'S WORKS THAT WERE SELECTED AS "CORE" TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIS THOUGHT. THIS PAPER CONCENTRATES UPON BRINGING OUT THE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES OF THE SELECTED…

Topics briefly discussed include awareness or consciousness, recollection, reconstitution, and conceptualization; the nature of causal exploration and contradiction; and conservation. Examples are provided in relation to children's perception. For related articles, see TM 501 289 and 290. (RC)

This book is an introduction to the psychological study of basic learning processes in children. Written for students who are not majors in psychology and who do not have much familiarity with the technical vocabulary of psychology, it has two themes: even the most basic kinds of learning are included by cognitive processes or mental activities;…

Discussed are Piaget's methods, his relation to other theories, and an overview of his theory. Described are the six stages of his sensorimotor period with a summary of imitation and play, and the concrete operations period with the subperiods of changes from sensorimotor in preoperation, differences from the adult in preoperation, and the…

This volume is part of the series prepared in connection with the Survey of the Behavioral and Social Sciences (BASS). This report is the result of the efforts of a panel of scholars in the field of psychology to give a general view of the state of psychological knowledge at the present. The first part of the work discusses the major sub-fields of…