Fall 2000
Adamson Wing, Baker Hall
T/Th 9:00-10:20

85-411/85-711/15-886A

Cognitive Processes and Problem Solving

Additional Readings

Hard copies of the  following readings may be borrowed from Hunt Library at the reserve desk, and from Janet New Hilf in Baker Hall 339.
Electronic versions are also available on the Web by accessing CMU's library system at  http://www.library.cmu.edu. To access the readings electronically, see the instructions on the bottom of the next page.

Anderson, J.R. (1982).  Acquisition of cognitive skill.  Psychological Review, 89, 369-406.

Baddeley, A.D. (1981).  The concept of working memory.  Cognition, 10, 17-23.

Bradshaw, G., Langley, P., & Simon, H.A. (1983).  Studying scientific discovery by computer simulation.  Science, 222, 971-975.

Card, S.K., Moran, T.P., & Newell, A. (1983).  The human information-processor.  In The Psychology of Human-Computer Interaction.  Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Cooper, T. & Wogrin, N. (1988).  Rule-based programming with OPS5 (Chapters 1-3).  San Mateo, CA: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Inc.

Fisher, C. (1991).  PAW user's guide (Appendix I and II).  Protocol analyst's workbench: Design and evaluation of computer-aided protocol analysis.  Carnegie Mellon University Dissertation, Department of Psychology.

Feigenbaum, E.A.. & Simon, H.A. (1989).  EPAM-like models of recognition and learning.  In H.A. Simon Models of Thought, Vol. II, Chapter 3.4.  Yale University Press, New Haven, CT.

Gregg, L.W. & Simon, H.A. (1979).  Process models and stochastic theories of simple concept formation. In H.A. Simon, Models of Thought, Vol. I. Chapter 5.4.  Yale University Press, New Haven, CT.

Jeffries, R., Polson, P.G., Razran, L., & Atwood, M.E. (1977).  A process model for missionaries-cannibals and other river-crossing problems.  Cognitive Psychology, 9, 412-440.

Kotovsky, K., Hayes, J.R., & Simon, H.A. (1989).  Why are some problems hard? Evidence from Tower of Hanoi.  In H.A. Simon, Models of Thought, Vol. II, Chapter 4.8.  Yale University Press, New Haven, CT.

Larkin, J.H., McDermott, J., Simon, D.P., & Simon, H.A. (1989). Models of competence in solving physics problems. In H.A. Simon, Models of Thought, Vol. II, Chapter 4.5.  Yale University Press, New Haven, CT.

Newell, A. & Rosenbloom, P. (1981).  Mechanisms of skill acquisition and law of practice.  In J. Anderson (Ed.), Cognitive Skills and Their Acquisition.  Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Newell, A. & Simon, H.A. (1972). Historical addendum.  In A. Newell & H.A. Simon, Human Problem Solving.  Prentice-Hall: Englewood Cliffs, NJ.

Novak, G. (1977).  Representations of knowledge in a program for solving physics problems.  International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 5, 286-291.

Richman, H.B., Gobet, F., Staszewski, J.J., & Simon, H.A. (1996).  Perceptual and memory processes in the acquisition of expert performance: The EPAM model.  In K.A. Ericsson (Ed.), The road to excellence: The acquisition of expert performance in the arts and sciences, sports and games.  Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Schneider, W. & Shiffrin, R.M. (1977).  Controlled and automatic human information processing: Detection, search, and attention.  Psychological Review, 84, 1-66.

Siegler, R.S. (1991).  Problem solving.  In R.S. Siegler (Ed.), Children’s Thinking (2nd ed.), Chapter 8.   Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.

Simon, H.A. (1979).  How big is a chunk?  In H.A. Simon, Models of Thought, Vol. I, Chapter 2.2.  Yale University Press, New Haven, CT.

Simon, H.A., & Feigenbaum, E.A. (1979). Effects of similarity, familiarity and meaningfulness in verbal learning.  In H.A. Simon Models of Thought, Vol. I, Chapter 3.2.  Yale University Press, New Haven, CT.

Simon, H.A. & Kaplan, C. (1989).  Foundations of cognitive science. In M.I. Posner (Ed.), Foundations of cognitive science  (Chapter 1).  Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.

Simon, H.A. & Reed, S.K. (1979).  Modeling strategy shifts in a problem-solving task.  In H.A. Simon, Models of Thought, Vol. I, Chapter 4.6.  Yale University Press, New Haven, CT.
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Accessing the electronic versions of the additional readings:

1.  Access the web site	 http://www.library.cmu.edu     .
2.  Under "Resources," click on "Cameo."
3.  Click on "Course Reserves."
4.  At the next screen type "85-411" followed by clicking on "Course Number."
5.  A listing of all readings will display.  Click on the word "View" next to the reading 
         you want to access.
6.  At the bottom of the screen you will see "Electronic Access:" followed by the name 
         of the web site of that reading.  Clicking on the site name will access you 
         directly to the reading.