Handbook of Psychology, Volume 4: Experimental Psychology

Subject Index 705

IBM, 657
Ideal observer, 102
Ill-defined problems, 640–642
Illusory conjunctions, 283
Imitation, 408–409
Imminence continuum, 55
Immune response, subcellular structures and, 25
Impasses, 641
Impulsivity, 384
Incentive learning. SeeLearning, incentive
Incubation effect, 640, 642
Indirect perception, 89
Inertia tensor, 154, 158
Inferences, 579, 581–582
Information reduction hypothesis, 501
Information theory, 111, 298
Infusion, affect, 63–64
Initial links, 385
Insight problems, 640
Instance theory, 463
Instinct theory, 34
Instrumental conditioning, 377–389
animal cognition and, 402
interval timing and, 409
as a preferred method, 399
See also Pavlovian conditioning
Integrative training. SeeTraining, skills
Intelligent Transportation Systems Program, 660, 661
Interacting with Computers, 658
Interactive activation model, 192
Interference:
forgetting and, 428
memory retrieval and, 432
OSCAR model and, 438
proactive, 479
retroactive, 482–483
vs. decay, 428–429
Internet, 665
Interpolation, 201
Interval timing, 409–410
Intonational phrase boundary, 536
Inverse projection problem, 214
Invited conclusions, 625
Ironic thought suppression, 13–14
Isotropy, 217

James, William, 10
Japanese, 612
perceptual span and, 560
word encoding and, 553
Johns Hopkins University, 654
Journal of Applied Psychology, 650, 651, 652
Journal of Experimental Psychology, 651, 652
Judas eye, 10

Kana, 553
Kanizsa triangle, 190
Keyword mnemonic, 657
Kinesthetic system, 148
Kinnebrook, David, 652
Knowledge compilation, 507
Knowledge of results (KR), 510–511
Koch, Christof, 22
Korsakoff’s syndrome, 461
Kryter, Karl, 654

Labiodental consonants, 241

Lag effect, 458, 481

Landscape model, 589

Language:

acquisition, 414–416, 416

categorization and, 613–614

comprehension

mental lexicon, 530–532

overview, 527–528

sentences and discourse, 532–536

word recognition, 528–530

production

sentences, 538–540

single words, 536–538

written language, 540–541

See also Memory, semantic

Late closure, 533

Latent inhibition effect, 362

Latent semantic analysis (LSA), 452–453, 590–592

Lateralized readiness potential (LRP), 298, 309, 322

Law of disuse, 428

Law of effect, 377, 379, 380, 383, 387

matching law and, 383

Learning

conditioning and

history, 357–360

instrumental response, 377–389

overview, 389

Pavlovian response, 360–377

incentive, 38–39, 380

influences, motivation and, 33–34

irrelevance, 362

helplessness, 379

latent, 379

models, 454–455

observation, 44

procedural, 505

skill acquisition, 499–502, 506–518

implicit learning, 502–504

See also Memory, declarative; Memory, procedural

“Lectures on Men and Machines: An Introduction to Human

Engineering,” 654

Leisure time, 382

Lemmas, 244

spoken language

sentences, 539, 540

single words, 536–537, 538

written language production and, 541

Length distortion, 160

Lesions:

blindsight and, 334

consciousness and effects of, 18

fear motivation, defensive behavior and, 48

obesity-inducing brain, 38

temperature motivation and, 54

Lexical access, theory of, 245

Lexical decision task, 530

Licklider, J. C. R., 654

Likelihood ratio, 114

Linear perspective, 217

Linguistics, competence in, 5. See also Phonology

Linton, Marigold, 487

Lip aperture, motor coordination and, 335

List chunk. SeeChunking

Little Albert, 62