Psychology of Language and Learning

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. From the First to the Second ‘Signal System’

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Language and Learning: An Experimental Paradigm

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      Pages 3-19

   3. Intertrial Responses as ‘Rehearsal’: A Study of ‘Overt Thinking’ in Animals

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      Pages 21-31

   4. Individual Learning and ‘Racial Experience’ in the Rat, with Special Reference to Vocalization

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      Pages 33-49

   5. The Autism Theory of Speech Development and Some Clinical Applications

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      Pages 51-61

   6. Hearing and Speaking: An Analysis of Language Learning

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      Pages 63-76

   7. Relations between Speech and Psychology: Accomplishment and Aspiration

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      Pages 77-85

3. Psycholinguistics Revisited

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-88

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   2. Why All the Chafing over Chomsky?

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      Pages 89-165

4. Language Abuse and Psychopathology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 167-169

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   2. How White Is a ‘White Lie?’

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      Pages 171-175

   3. Truth in Communication

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      Pages 177-182

   4. Stage Fright and Self-Regard

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      Pages 183-188

   5. How to Talk about Your Troubles

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      Pages 189-199

   6. Stuttering as Simultaneous Admission and Denial

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      Pages 201-206

   7. Social Alienation and Reintegration: History and Contemporary Implications

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      Pages 207-210

5. Epilogues

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 211-211

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   2. The Concept of the Behavioral Mechanism in Language

      • Kurt Salzinger

      Pages 213-232

   3. Mental Imagery: An Indispensable Psychological Concept

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      Pages 233-261

There are very few psychologists living today who have contributed more to the advancement of psychology, in general, and to the psychology of language and thought, in particular, than O. Hobart Mowrer. It would indeed be ludicrous to attempt to list the many and varied accomplishments and contributions that Dr. Mowrer has made to his profession over the years. Even the selected essays that are in this volume can only suggest a modicum of his remarkable, vital, and ongo­ ing contribution to the psychology of language and thought. Further­ more, the chapters in this book, which were published over a period of some twenty-five years, clearly illustrate that Dr. Mowrer was concerned not only with basic research, but that he also had an interest in its application. These chapters also point to the fact that although Dr. Mowrer's orientation was primarily that of a "behaviorist" at the onset, his constant attempts to revise knowledge in this field and broaden its scope make it virtually impossible for us to classify him as a behaviorist in the narrow meaning of that term. The chapter on mental imagery, for example, written only a few years ago, serves to illustrate this point. In addition, the Autism Theory of Speech Development (see Chapter 4), one of Dr.

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