Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Computational Psychology
- The Cambridge Handbook of Computational Psychology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- List of Contributors
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Cognitive Modeling Paradigms
- Part III Computational Modeling of Various Cognitive Functionalities and Domains
- 7 Computational Models of Episodic Memory
- 8 Computational Models of Semantic Memory
- 9 Models of Categorization
- 10 Micro-Process Models of Decision Making
- 11 Models of Inductive Reasoning
- 12 Mental Logic, Mental Models, and Simulations of Human Deductive Reasoning
- 13 Computational Models of Skill Acquisition
- 14 Computational Models of Implicit Learning
- 15 Computational Models of Attention and Cognitive Control
- 16 Computational Models of Developmental Psychology
- 17 Computational Models of Psycholinguistics
- 18 Computational Models in Personality and Social Psychology
- 19 Cognitive Social Simulation
- 20 Models of Scientific Explanation
- 21 Cognitive Modeling for Cognitive Engineering
- 22 Models of Animal Learning and Their Relations to Human Learning
- 23 Computational Modeling of Visual Information Processing
- 24 Models of Motor Control
- Part IV Concluding Remarks
- Author Index
- Subject Index
13 - Computational Models of Skill Acquisition
from Part III - Computational Modeling of Various Cognitive Functionalities and Domains
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Computational Psychology
- The Cambridge Handbook of Computational Psychology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- List of Contributors
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Cognitive Modeling Paradigms
- Part III Computational Modeling of Various Cognitive Functionalities and Domains
- 7 Computational Models of Episodic Memory
- 8 Computational Models of Semantic Memory
- 9 Models of Categorization
- 10 Micro-Process Models of Decision Making
- 11 Models of Inductive Reasoning
- 12 Mental Logic, Mental Models, and Simulations of Human Deductive Reasoning
- 13 Computational Models of Skill Acquisition
- 14 Computational Models of Implicit Learning
- 15 Computational Models of Attention and Cognitive Control
- 16 Computational Models of Developmental Psychology
- 17 Computational Models of Psycholinguistics
- 18 Computational Models in Personality and Social Psychology
- 19 Cognitive Social Simulation
- 20 Models of Scientific Explanation
- 21 Cognitive Modeling for Cognitive Engineering
- 22 Models of Animal Learning and Their Relations to Human Learning
- 23 Computational Modeling of Visual Information Processing
- 24 Models of Motor Control
- Part IV Concluding Remarks
- Author Index
- Subject Index
Summary
This chapter focuses on cognitive as opposed to sensori-motor skills and on models that create or alter symbolic knowledge representations. It deals briefly with models that learn by adjusting quantitative properties of knowledge structures. Although occasionally referring to empirical studies, the chapter is primarily a review of theoretical concepts. It proceeds on the assumption that each hypothesis contains some grain of truth to be extracted and incorporated into future models. The learning mechanism is a more finegrained unit than the model or the cognitive architecture. Cognitive descriptions of processes in the mind are functional descriptions of what this or that piece of wetware is doing, what function it carries out. This perspective points to the need to understand the relation between learning mechanisms and modes of neural plasticity.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of Computational Psychology , pp. 359 - 395Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2008
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