Program of the Twelfth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (Hardcover, Spiral)

Part I: Introduction. Levels of a Cognitive Theory. Current Formulation of the Levels Issue. The New Theoretical Framework. Is Human Cognition Rational? The Rest of the Book. Part II: Memory. A Rational Analysis of Memory. The History Factor. The Contextual Factor. Relationship of Need Probability to Probability and Latency of Recall. Combining Information from Cues. Implementation in the ACT Framework. Effects of Subject Strategy. Conclusions. Part III: Categorization. The Goal of Categorization. The Structure of the Environment. The Optimal Solution. An Iterative Algorithm for Categorization. Applicatlon of the Algorithm. survey of the Experimental Literature. Conclusion. Part IV: Causal Inference. Causal Estimation. Cues for Causal Inference. Integration of Statistical and Temporal Cues. Discrimination. Abstraction of Causal Laws. Implementationina Production System. Conclusion. Part V: Problem Solving. Making a Choice Among Simple Actions. Combining Steps. Studies of Hillclimbing. Mean-Ends Analysis. Instantiation of Indefinite Objects. Part VI: Conclusions on Rational Analysis. Implementation in ACT.