The Experimental Psychology Of Mental Retardation

Author : Donald K. Routh
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351483064
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Experimental Psychology of Mental Retardation written by Donald K. Routh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The renaissance in the field of mental retardation since World War II has been expressed both in research and in renewed practical concern for the plight of the retarded. The 1958 monograph by Masland, Sarason, and Gladwin entitled Mental Subnormality: Biological, Psychological, and Cultural Factors was one spur, if not the only one, to much of the behavioral research which emerged in the late 1950's. Similarly, the Handbook of Mental Deficiency, edited by Norman Ellis and published in 1963, gave theoretical direction to many studies in the years following its appearance.The present book and the symposium on which it is based are an attempt to continue this tradition by presenting theory-based, programmatic research in mental retardation, aimed at the scientific understanding of the psychological processes involved. The final chapter attempts to draw some of the implications of this research for the practical assessment and remediation of retardation.The experimental work reported in this book generally uses rather traditional laboratory tasks, for example, classical conditioning or discrimination learning. But the interest is in underlying processes rather than in such apparent trivia as whether the child blinks his eyelid or which of two stimulus objects he selects. Thus, this book is oriented around the psychological processes of interest, namely learning, attention, memory, language, thinking, and emotion, and concludes with a section on the relationship between these processes and the biological aspects of retardation.

Author : George S. Baroff
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317822471
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mental Retardation written by George S. Baroff and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mental Retardation, now in the third edition, was hailed as a classic when it was first published in the 1970's. This edition provides up-to-date material on the major dimensions of mental retardation-its nature, its causes, both biological and psychological, and its management.

Author : Morton Alfred Seidenfeld
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mental Retardation written by Morton Alfred Seidenfeld and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Donald K. Routh
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351483072
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Experimental Psychology of Mental Retardation written by Donald K. Routh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The renaissance in the field of mental retardation since World War II has been expressed both in research and in renewed practical concern for the plight of the retarded. The 1958 monograph by Masland, Sarason, and Gladwin entitled Mental Subnormality: Biological, Psychological, and Cultural Factors was one spur, if not the only one, to much of the behavioral research which emerged in the late 1950's. Similarly, the Handbook of Mental Deficiency, edited by Norman Ellis and published in 1963, gave theoretical direction to many studies in the years following its appearance.The present book and the symposium on which it is based are an attempt to continue this tradition by presenting theory-based, programmatic research in mental retardation, aimed at the scientific understanding of the psychological processes involved. The final chapter attempts to draw some of the implications of this research for the practical assessment and remediation of retardation.The experimental work reported in this book generally uses rather traditional laboratory tasks, for example, classical conditioning or discrimination learning. But the interest is in underlying processes rather than in such apparent trivia as whether the child blinks his eyelid or which of two stimulus objects he selects. Thus, this book is oriented around the psychological processes of interest, namely learning, attention, memory, language, thinking, and emotion, and concludes with a section on the relationship between these processes and the biological aspects of retardation.

Author : Norman R. Ellis
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0123662133
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book International Review of Research in Mental Retardation written by Norman R. Ellis and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 1985-11 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 9780080857817
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book International Review of Research in Mental Retardation written by and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 1968 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International Review of Research in Mental Retardation

Author : B. Zeigarnik
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1468474219
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Experimental Abnormal Psychology written by B. Zeigarnik and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years psychology has considerably expanded and en riched its relations with medical practice, first and foremost with psychiatry. This orientation toward experimental abnormal psy chology has been closely tied to the practical tasks of psychiatry: differential diagnosis, establishment of the structure and extent of impairment, and the dynamics of mental disorders as affected by treatment, etc. Experimental abnormal psychology has been no less important for the theoretical problems of psychology and psychiatry. The study of pathological changes in mental processes helps in dealing with questions about the structure and formation of mental activity. The research findings of abnormal psychology also have important implications for overcoming biologizing tendencies in the interpre tation of human psychology. The present book does not try to provide an exhaustive expo sition of all divisions of abnormal psychology. It introduces the reader only to those problems which at the present time seem to be best worked out experimentally: the breakdown of intellectual capacity, thought disorders, the methodology of setting up an ex periment in the psychiatric clinic, and certain questions relating to motivational disturbances and psychological growth and decay. Some rewritten sections from the author's earlier book, "The Pathology of Thinking," have been included. v vi FOREWORD The present volume is intended for psychology students, for psycholOgists, and for physicians working in psychiatry.

Author : Edward Zigler
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521318785
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding Mental Retardation written by Edward Zigler and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1986-08-29 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding Mental Retardation draws on our knowledge of normal development to inform their discussion of various aspects of retardation.

Author : Peter Herriot
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1317748492
Total Pages : 131 pages
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Download or read book Organisation and Memory (PLE: Memory) written by Peter Herriot and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2014-05-09 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1973, this volume looks at the organisation of memory data in, what at the time was termed, ‘mental handicap’. The first part surveys recent work in this important area, giving a general account of experiments and findings. The second part reports a particular piece of research on memory in people with learning difficulties, then called ‘subnormal individuals’. Very much of its time, in terms of the terminology, this was an important book for anyone concerned with people with intellectual disabilities and for experimental psychologists involved with the processes of memory.

Author : William Gardner
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351314513
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Behavior Modification in Mental Retardation written by William Gardner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this important book, one of the most exciting and promising developments in clinical psychology-behavior modification is applied to the treatment of the mentally retarded, particularly those whose behavior poses difficult problems for institutions. Professor Gardner presents an easily intelligible yet detailed account of the concepts and practices of behavior modification and the underlying learning systems, with numerous clinical illustrations of applying specific techniques to various educational and rehabilitation problems. A thorough discussion of the inadequacies of the psychological evaluation systems normally used in education and rehabilitation is offered, along with an alternative behavior analysis approach that provides a method of translating evaluation data into treatment practices. In explaining behavior analysis, the author takes into account the limited behavioral repertoire of the retarded and environmental deficits. Individual chapters on respondent, operant, and observational learning, and a detailed discussion of a functional analysis approach to evaluation, are included. Proven behavior modification strategies are presented along with a review of related research and clinical studies. The book closes with a detailed description of a research program for the design and testing of sheltered workshop systems for the retarded and emotionally disturbed. The positive approach inherent in the belief that behavior is modifiable-even in the severely limited retarded-is in marked contrast to the pessimism of other systems of therapy, education, and training. Also, the author has concentrated throughout on making the book understandable to clinicians and students with no previous knowledge of behavior modification. Besides serving as a valuable handbook for all treatment personnel, the book can also be used as a basic text for various courses dealing with mental retardation.