1st Edition

Cognitive Organization and Change An Information-processing Approach

By R. S. Wyer, Jr. Copyright 1974
    512 Pages
    by Psychology Press

    First published in 1974. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

    1 MAN AS AN INFORMATION PROCESSOR: AN APPROACH TO THE INTERPRETATION OF BEHAVIOR, I- Man as An Information Processor, II- General Implications for Research, I II. A Preview of Things to Come, 2 THE NATURE OF COGNITIONS — JUDGMENTS, BELIEFS, AND ATTITUDES I. Judgment, Perception, and Misperception,, II. The Nature of Beliefs and Attitudes, III. Membership in Ordinal Categories — The Interpretation of Category Ratings, 3 EFFECTS OF RESPONSE LANGUAGE ON THE INTERPRETATION OF BELIEFS AND ATTITUDES, I. Determinants and Effects of Rating Scale Position, II. Additional Determinants of Response, Language Differences, III. Concluding Remarks, SECTION II: COGNITIVE ORGANIZATION 4 SUBJECTIVE PROBABILITY MODELS OF COGNITIVE ORGANIZATION

    Biography

    Jr. Wyer