Organisation: what levels of processing are levels of.
The psychology of thought and memory has historically been concerned with a struggle between associationism and its opponents. Organisation theory--in part an offspring of Gestalt concepts--has been the most successful and vocal of these contenders. The levels-of-processing framework has been a part of the effort to overcome associationist predilections. Aspects of principles of organisation and of the recent history of organisation theory are presented, followed by an analysis of the levels-of-processing approach in terms of organisational concepts.
Mandler
George
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Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego, 92093-0109, USA. gmandler@ucsd.edu
D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory; D008959:Models, Neurological; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009484:Neuropsychology / Q000266:history*; D011589:Psychology, Experimental / Q000266:history*