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The Experimental Investigation of Meaning

A Review of the Literature

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Background

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. General Orientation

      • Marjorie B. Creelman
      Pages 3-12
    3. The Importance of Meaning to Psychology

      • Marjorie B. Creelman
      Pages 13-26
    4. Early Definitions of Meaning

      • Marjorie B. Creelman
      Pages 27-32
    5. Early Experimental Studies of Meaning

      • Marjorie B. Creelman
      Pages 33-54
  3. Contemporary Experimentation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-56
    2. Conditioning Methods, USA

      • Marjorie B. Creelman
      Pages 57-92
    3. Conditioning Methods, USSR

      • Marjorie B. Creelman
      Pages 93-127
    4. Word Association and Verbal Learning Methods, USA

      • Marjorie B. Creelman
      Pages 129-170
  4. Discussion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-171
    2. Contemporary American Theory

      • Marjorie B. Creelman
      Pages 173-195
    3. Russian Theory

      • Marjorie B. Creelman
      Pages 197-206
    4. Implications

      • Marjorie B. Creelman
      Pages 207-219
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 220-228

Authors and Affiliations

  • Behavioral and Clinical Studies Center, Saint Elizabeths Hospital, USA

    Marjorie B. Creelman

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Experimental Investigation of Meaning

  • Book Subtitle: A Review of the Literature

  • Authors: Marjorie B. Creelman

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-40332-7

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1966

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-39296-6Published: 01 January 1966

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-40332-7Published: 22 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 228

  • Topics: Psycholinguistics, Neuropsychology, Cognitive Psychology

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