1. Introductory Remarks. On Learning. On Nativism and Empiricism. On Evolution. On Methods and Measures of the Contents of Consciousness and the Unconscious. On Intelligence and Instruction. A Note on Terminology. A Rapid Historical Overview. A Personal Aside -- 2. Implicit Cognition: The Data Base. The Polarity Fallacy. On the Primacy of the Implicit. On Functionalism. Some Assumptions. Experimental Procedures. Empirical Studies of Implicit Learning. Methodological Issues in Implicit and Explicit Learning -- 3. Evolutionary Considerations: The Primacy of the Implicit. Some Introductory Remarks. The Evolutionist's Line. An Evolutionary Context for the Cognitive Unconscious. Hypothesized Characteristics of Implicit Systems -- 4. Implicit Issues: Some Extensions and Some Speculations. Implicit Learning or Implicit Memory. On Rules. Knowledge Representation. On Consciousness. Prediction and Generation of Events. Nativism and Empiricism
Summary
This outlines the essential features of implicit learning and presents alternative perspectives and accommodates these views to the proposed theoretical model. It then structures the literature within the framework of Darwinian evolutionary biology that lies at the core of the theory
Analysis
Learning
Notes
Includes indexes. Bibliography: p. 163-181
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-181) and indexes
