Bücher der Reihe Scientific Psychology Series

This book examines the basis for measurement- how to measure what we measure and the meaning of what we measure. It is expected to appeal to those interested in measurement in the fields of psych, econ, med, edu, soc, & other applied social sciences.

With an emphasis on developments taking place in Germany during the nineteenth century, this book provides in-depth examinations of the key contributions made by the pioneers of scientific psychology. Their works brought measurement and mathematics into the study of the mind.Through unique analysis of measurement theory by Whewell, mathematical developments by Gauss, and theories of mental processes developed by Herbart, Weber, Fechner, Helmholtz, Müller, Delboeuf and others, this volume maps the beliefs, discoveries, and interactions that constitute the very origins of psychophysics and its offspring Experimental Psychology. Murray and Link expertly combine nuanced understanding of linguistic and historic factors to identify theoretical approaches to relating physicalintensities and psychological magnitudes. With an eye to interactions and influences on future work in the field, the volume illustrates the important legacy that mathematical developments in the nineteenth century have for twentieth and twenty-first century psychologists.This detailed and engaging account fills a deep gap in the history of psychology. The Creation of Scientific Psychology will appeal to researchers, academics, and students in the fields of history of psychology, psychophysics, scientific, and mathematical psychology.

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This book examines the question--are mental processes accessible-- within the context of reviewing the past, present, and desirable future of behaviorism.

This volume addresses the relatively underexplored methodology of localist (as opposed to distributed) connectionist modeling of cognitive processes. It will interest experimental psychologists and cognitive scientists, both theoretical and applied.

This volume brings together outstanding researchers from around the world whose mathematical psychological approach adds rigor and specificity to our models of behavioral phenomena. For experimental psychologists, particularly mathematical psychologists.

This new monograph presents Dr. Luce's current understanding of the behavioral properties people exhibit (or Should exhibit) when they make selections among alternatives and how these properties lead to numerical reprentations of those preferences.

Measurement and Representation of Sensations offers a glimpse into the most sophisticated current mathematical approaches to psychophysical problems. In this book, editors Hans Colonius and Ehtibar N. Dzhafarov, top scholars in the field, present

Presents Anderson's cumulative progress in unified social psychology. This book shows how these laws apply to topics in social and personality psychology such as person cognition, attitudes, moral cognition, group dynamics, and self-cognition. This work broadens the appreciation of Anderson's treatment of psychological processes.

First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

A comprehensive review of the applications of a variety of formal techniques to questions in facial perception and memory for cognitive psychologists and scientists.

This text examines the scientific basis of reductionist approaches to understanding visual perception. The author considers the "misdirection" of efforts to explain perceptual and other mental functions in terms of internal cognitive mechanisms, formal models or the brain's neural structures.

First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This study's goal is to help students develop skills of scientific inferences. The author has developed "the experimental pyramid" which summarizes the philosophy of the book. Containing six levels, the pyramid portrays a hierarchy of considerations involved in empirical investigation.

With an emphasis on developments taking place in Germany during the nineteenth century, this book provides in-depth examinations of the key contributions made by the pioneers of scientific psychology. Their works brought measurement and mathematics into the study of the mind.

This volume presents a series of studies that expand laws, invariants and principles of psychophysics beyond its classical domain of sensation. Appropriate for audiences in mathematical psych, psychophysics, sensation/perception, AI and cog. psych.