In the years before publication, the attention of many learning theorists had returned to the fundamental question of whether there are identifiably different forms of learning. The present volume, originally published in 1977, contains chapters that reassess our basic learning paradigms of the time.

Originally published in 1979, this title is an excellent, short introduction to the area of social psychology known as ‘person perception’, ‘social perception’ or ‘impression formation’ – how people interpret each others’ moods, predict each others’ behaviour and sum up each others’ characters.

Life becomes difficult for the judges of others when they are presented with a number of facts about someone which all point in different directions, or which point in no direction at all. Originally published in 1984, this volume brings together research on four major issues involved in judging people.

First published in 1974, this title presents 7 views of human information processing. While no single volume can do justice to the breadth of the area, it was hoped that these chapters reflected the content and methodological approaches used by experimental psychologists concerned with the issues and problems of human information processing.

Originally published in 1977, this book considers the role language plays in psychological development. It tries to avoid general discussions of "language and thought", instead it attempts to focus specifically upon what we can learn about the topic from available research findings at the time.

Originally published in 1989, much was known about blindness, but the field was divided into specialties. It was hoped that this work would be useful in reducing that isolation, by presenting, within a single volume, basic information derived from different approaches to the subject of blindness.

Originally published in 1976, the authors present a theory of cognitive development based upon an information-processing approach. Here is one of the first attempts to apply the information-processing view of cognitive psychology to developmental issues raised by empirical work in the Piagetian tradition.

First published in 1991, this title contains critical essays on significant aspects of children's development and developmental inquiry. Providing a collective case-study in the recent history of ideas, they honor the intellectual and personal influence of William Kessen.

In the 1980s our understanding of how advertising affects consumer behaviour was undergoing a dramatic transformation. However, there were still many unanswered questions. Originally published in 1985, the chapters in this volume provide insights into these questions.

Originally published in 1989, this volume carefully catalogues and classifies the effect of bias on quantitative judgments. Each bias is described by model and examples of this bias are given. The examples include both theoretical investigations carried out in the laboratory to study bias and practical illustrations.