Experimental Slips and Human Error Exploring the Architecture of Vol

Whereas most humans spend their time trying to get things right, psycholo­ gists are perversely dedicated to error. Errors are extensively used to in­ vestigate perception, memory, and performance; some clinicians study errors like tea leaves for clues to

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COGNITION AND LANGUAGE

A Series in Psycholinguistics • Series Editor: R. W. RIEBER Recent Volumes in this Series THE COLLECTED WORKS OF L. S. VYGOTSKY Volume 1: Problems of General Psychology Volume 2: The Fundamentals of Defectology (Abnormal Psychology and Learning Disabilities) Edited by Robert W. Rieber and Aaron S. Carton DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLINGUISTICS: Three Ways of Looking at a Child's Narrative Carole Peterson and Allyssa McCabe THE DISCURSIVE SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF EVIDENCE Symbolic Construction of Reality Salomon Rettig EXPERIMENTAL SLIPS AND HUMAN ERROR: Exploring the Architecture of Volition Edited by Bernard J. Baars LANGUAGE AND COGNITION: Essays in Honor of Arthur J. Bronstein Edited by Lawrence J. Raphael, Carolyn B. Raphael, and Miriam B. Valdovinos MEANING AND CONTEXT: An Introduction to the Psychology of Language Hans Hormann Edited and with an introduction by Robert E. Innis UNDERSTANDING MEXICANS AND AMERICANS: Cultural Perspectives in Conflict Rogelio Diaz-Guerrero and Lorand B. Szalay THE USE OF WORDS IN CONTEXT: The Vocabulary of College Students John W. Black, Cleavonne S. Stratton, Alan C. Nichols, and Marian Ausherman Chavez VYGOTSKY'S SOCIOHISTORICAL PSYCHOLOGY AND ITS CONTEMPORARY APPLICATIONS Carl Ratner A Continuation Order Plan is available for this series. A continuation order will bring delivery of each new volume immediately upon publication. Volumes are billed only upon actual shipment. For further information please contact the publisher.

EXPERIMENTAL SLIPS AND HUMAN ERROR Exploring the Architecture of Volition

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BERNARDJ. BAARS The Wright Institute Berkeley, California

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E x p e r i m e n t a l s l i p s and human e r r o r : e x p l o r i n g t h e a r c h i t e c t u r e o f v o l i t i o n / e d i t e d by B e r n a r d J . B a a r s . p. cm. — ( C o g n i t i o n and l a n g u a g e ) Includes Indexes. ISBN 978-1-4899-1166-7 2. Will. 3 . Psychology, Experimental. 1 . Speech e r r o r s . I . Baars, Bernard J . I I . S e r i e s . P 3 7 . 5 . S 6 7 E 9 7 1992 401'.9—dc20 92-23100 CIP

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BERNARD J. BAARS, The Wright Institute, 2728 Durant Avenue, Berkeley, California 94704. JACK W. BERRY, The Wright Institute, 2728 Durant Avenue, Berkeley, California 94704. LAWRENCE BIRNBAUM, The Institute for the Learning Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60201. GORDON H. BOWER, Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, Cali