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Tables of Contents for Viewing Psychology As a Whole
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Contributors
xiii
2
Preface
xv
2
About William N. Dember
xvii
1 Introduction
1
14
Joel S. Warm
Michael F. Sherrick
Robert R. Hoffman
MAIN EFFECTS
15
274
Part I: Basic Perceptual Mechanisms and Phenomena
15
68
2 What Degraded Images Tell Us About Perceptual Theories
19
26
William R. Uttal
3 Motion Perception and Spatial Orientation
45
14
Michael F. Sherrick
4 An Aftereffect of William Dember in Motion: Probing the Signal for Motion Parallax
59
24
Hiroshi Ono
Takao Sato
Satoshi Shioiri
Hiroyasu Ujike
Part II: Basic Attentional Mechanisms and Phenomena
83
106
5 Tests of Vigilance Taxonomy
87
26
Joel S. Warm
William N. Dember
6 Arousal and Vigilance: The Role of Task Demands
113
32
Gerald Matthews
D. Roy Davies
7 What's So Boring About Vigilance?
145
22
Mark W. Scerbo
8 The Attentive Brain in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease
167
22
Raja Parasuraman
Part III: Novelty and Complexity
189
100
9 The Exploration of Complexity and the Complexity of Exploration
191
14
Leonard S. Mark
10 Individual Differences in Word Processing Strategies
205
22
Jon G. Temple
Astrid Schmidt-Nielsen
11 Individual Differences in Approach to Novelty: The Case of Human Food Neophobia
227
20
Robert A. Frank
Bryan Raudenbush
12 Observation and Choice
247
22
Joseph S. Lappin
13 Spontaneous Alternation Behavior in Animals: Mechanisms, Motives, and Applications
269
20
Robert N. Hughes
INTERACTIONS
289
184
Part IV: Perception and Cognition
289
70
14 On Possible Parallels Between Perceiving and Recalling Events
291
24
James J. Jenkins
J. Terrell Tuten
15 Perception, Mental Retardation, and Intelligence
315
20
Robert Fox
16 Memory Psychophysics and Similarity Comparison: Dember Revisited
335
24
William M. Petrusic
Peter H. Aubin
Part V: Cognition, Emotion, and Motivation
359
114
17 A Russian Perspective on Optimism-Pessimism and the Future of the Russian Economy
363
12
Diane F. Halpern
18 Holocaust Memory: Persistent Recall of Extreme Trauma
375
24
Robert Kraft
19 Racism in the 1990s: Race-ing to the Year 2000
399
16
Charles L. Richman
20 Distinguishing Between Optimism and Pessimism: A Second Look at the Optimism-Neuroticism Hypothesis
415
18
Edward C. Chang
21 Interference Effects of Facial Affect
433
16
Dean G. Purcell
Alan L. Stewart
Richard B. Skov
22 Theoretical Issues in the Role of Appraisal in Emotion: Congnitive Content Versus Physiological Change
449
24
Jenefer Robinson
APPLICATIONS
473
154
Part VI: Applied Psychology
473
154
23 Insomnia and Metabolic Rate
477
14
Donna L. Arand
24 From Optimal Complexity to Naltrexone Extinction of Alcoholism
491
18
John David Sinclair
25 Allocating Functions in Human-Machine Systems
509
32
Peter A. Hancock
Stephen F. Scallen
26 Individual Differences in Learning Style and Group Performance
541
18
Michael J. Naumes
27 Enhancing Diagnostic Decisions
559
20
John A. Swets
28 Compensation for the Effects of Time Delay in a Virtual Environment
579
24
W. Todd Nelson
Lawrence J. Hettinger
Michael W. Haas
Joel S. Warm
William N. Dember
Thomas A. Stoffregen
29 Touch Therapies
603
24
Tiffany M. Field
THE LIFE AND WORK OF WILLIAM N. DEMBER
627
24
Part VII: Paths: Past and Future
627
24
30 If You Come to a Fork in the Road
629
22
William N. Dember
Chronological List of Publications by William N. Dember
651
12
Conference Participants at "Psychology Beyond the Threshold"
663
4
Author Index
667
22
Subject Index
689
14
About the Editors
703