Imagery and Verbal Processes

First published in 1978. In this book the author has attempted to present a systematic theoretical and factual account of the role of higher mental processes in human learning and memory, and certain aspects of the psychology of perception and language. The major orienting theme of the book is its dual emphasis on nonverbal imagery and verbal processes (inner speech) as memory codes and mediators of behavior. Based on recent experimental evidence, the conceptual approach in a sense represents an integration of pre-behavioristic and behavioristic views concerning the nature of thought. The book is intended both as a textbook and as a theoretical monograph.

A. Paivio University of Western Ontario London, Ontario

Contents 1 INTRODUCTION, 2 DEVELOPMENT AND FUNCTIONS OF THE SYMBOLIC SYSTEMS, 3 MEANING AND THE SYMBOLIC PROCESSES, 4 PERCEPTION AND THE SYMBOLIC PROCESSES: Effects of Meaning, 5 PERCEPTION AND THE EXPERIMENTAL AROUSAL OF THE SYMBOLIC PROCESSES, 6 LEARNING AND MEMORY: Classical Mnemonic Systems, 7 STIMULUS ATTRIBUTES AND MEMORY, 8 MEANING AND ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING, 9 VERBAL MEDIATION IN LEARNING AND MEMORY, 10 IMAGERY MEDIATION IN LEARNING AND MEMORY, 11 DISTINGUISHING IMAGINAL AND VERBAL MEDIATORS, 12 LANGUAGE AND THE SYMBOLIC PROCESSES: Linguistic Models and Associationism, 13 IMAGERY AND LANGUAGE, 14 INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN SYMBOLIC HABITS AND SKILLS, 15 EXTENSIONS AND SPECULATIONS