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Psychology of Language and Learning

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  • © 1980

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Editors:
  1. O. Hobart Mowrer

    1. University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, USA

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  3. Psycholinguistics Revisited

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-88
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    2. Why All the Chafing over Chomsky?

      • O. Hobart Mowrer
      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?’

      • O. Hobart Mowrer
      Pages 171-175

    3. Truth in Communication

      • O. Hobart Mowrer
      Pages 177-182

    4. Stage Fright and Self-Regard

      • O. Hobart Mowrer
      Pages 183-188

    5. How to Talk about Your Troubles

      • O. Hobart Mowrer
      Pages 189-199

    6. Stuttering as Simultaneous Admission and Denial

      • O. Hobart Mowrer
      Pages 201-206

    7. Social Alienation and Reintegration: History and Contemporary Implications

      • O. Hobart Mowrer
      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

      • O. Hobart Mowrer
      Pages 233-261
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, USA

    O. Hobart Mowrer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Psychology of Language and Learning

  • Editors: O. Hobart Mowrer

  • Series Title: Cognition and Language: A Series in Psycholinguistics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3650-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1980

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-3652-5Published: 03 May 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-3650-1Published: 29 June 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 294

  • Topics: Linguistics, general

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