Richard C. Atkinson

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Bachelors Psychology University of Chicago
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According to Wikipedia, Richard Chatham Atkinson is an American professor of psychology and cognitive science and an academic administrator. He is president emeritus of the University of California system, former chancellor of the University of California, San Diego, and former director of the National Science Foundation.

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Human Memory: A Proposed System and its Control Processes (1968) (6531)
The control of short-term memory. (1971) (1157)
Contemporary Developments in Mathematical Psychology (1976) (678)
Search and decision processes in recognition memory. (1974) (646)
An introduction to mathematical learning theory (1967) (404)
An Application of the Mnemonic Keyword Method to the Acquisition of a Russian Vocabulary. Psychology and Education Series, Technical Report No. 237. (1974) (321)
Mnemotechnics in Second Language Learning. (1975) (314)
Search and retrieval processes in long-term memory (1968) (293)
Rehearsal processes in free recall: A procedure for direct observation (1970) (281)
Stimulus Sampling Theory (1967) (275)
Environmental regulation. (1980) (274)
Markov learning models for multiperson interactions (1962) (255)
Factors influencing speed and accuracy of word recognition (1973) (246)
Optimizing the Learning of a Second-Language Vocabulary. (1972) (220)
Reflections on a Century of College Admissions Tests (2009) (219)
STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL PROCESSES IN LONG-TERM MEMORY (2005) (193)
The Computer as a Tutorial Laboratory: The Stanford BIP Project. (1976) (175)
Ingredients for a theory of instruction. (1972) (167)
A Mnemonic Method for Learning a Second-Language Vocabulary. (1975) (153)
Computerized instruction and the learning process. (1968) (145)
Introduction to psychology, 9th ed. (1987) (139)
Individual differences and interrelationships among a select set of cognitive skills (1976) (139)
Public Sector Collaboration for Agricultural IP Management (2003) (133)
Studies in mathematical psychology (1964) (124)
An Approach to the Psychology of Instruction. (1972) (119)
A comparison of paired-associate learning models having different acquisition and retention axioms (1964) (118)
Hilgard's introduction to psychology, 12th ed. (1996) (116)
A variable sensitivity theory of signal detection. (1963) (108)
Specialization of the cerebral hemispheres in scanning for information in short-term memory (1971) (105)
Computer-Assisted Instruction: A Book of Readings. (1969) (101)
Effects of overt rehearsal procedures on free recall (1970) (85)
Research Universities: Core of the US science and technology system (2007) (84)
Models for optimizing the learning process. (1966) (80)
Supply and Demand for Scientists and Engineers: A National Crisis in the Making (1990) (80)
Signal recognition as influenced by information feedback (1970) (79)
Evaluation of the Stanford CAI Program in Initial Reading. (1972) (79)
Effects of list length on short-term memory (1967) (73)
Standardized Tests And Access To American Universities (2001) (64)
Teaching Children to Read Using a Computer. (1974) (61)
Computer-Assisted Instruction in Initial Reading: The Stanford Project (1966) (61)
Influence of marihuana on storage and retrieval processe in memory (1973) (56)
Probabilistic discrimination learning. (1957) (56)
Mathematical models for memory and learning (1965) (55)
Memory scanning for words versus categories (1971) (53)
Multiprocess models for memory with applications to a continuous presentation task (1967) (51)
Computer-assisted instruction. (1968) (51)
Introduction to psychology, 11th ed. (1993) (44)
On human memory : evolution, progress, and reflections on the 30th anniversary of the Atkinson-Shiffrin model (1999) (44)
Research and Education Reform: Roles for the Office of Educational Research and Improvement. (1992) (44)
Achievement versus Aptitude in College Admissions (2002) (44)
A LEARNING MODEL FOR FORCED-CHOICE DETECTION EXPERIMENTS1 (1965) (41)
Test Stimulus Representation and Experimental Context Effects in Memory Scanning. (1971) (40)
An analysis of two-person game situations in terms of statistical learning theory. (1958) (39)
Immediate free recall and three-week delayed recognition (1970) (39)
Teaching a large Russian language vocabulary by the mnemonic keyword method (1975) (36)
A markov model for discrimination learning (1958) (35)
Learning and cognition (1988) (34)
Choice behavior and reward structure (1964) (34)
Teaching Children to Read With a Computer. (1972) (34)
Recall of paired-associates as a function of overt and covert rehearsal procedures (1968) (31)
Perception and motivation (1988) (30)
Center for Studies in Higher Education (2009) (30)
Repetition versus imagery instructions in the short- and long-term retention of paired-associates (1969) (30)
Discrimination learning in a verbal conditioning situation. (1958) (29)
The nature of storage deficits and state-dependent retrieval under marihuana (1974) (29)
Recognition vs. Recall: Storage or Retrieval Differences? (1969) (29)
Introduction to psychology, 10th ed. (1990) (28)
Paired-associate models and the effects of list length (1965) (27)
Optimal allocation of instructional effort to interrelated learning strands (1973) (26)
Response latency in visual search with redundancy in the visual display (1974) (26)
Marihuana and retrieval from short-term memory (2004) (26)
Some speculations on storage and retrieval processes in long term memory (1968) (26)
Scanning for information in long- and short-term memory (1973) (25)
A rationale and description of a CAI program to teach the BASIC programming language (1975) (25)
Sequential phenomena in psychophysical judgments: A theoretical analysis (1962) (25)
Accuracy and speed strategies in scanning active memory (1974) (24)
COMPUTER-BASED INSTRUCTION IN INITIAL READING--A PROGRESS REPORT ON THE STANFORD PROJECT. (1967) (23)
Experiential factors in visual form perception. II. Latency as a function of repetition. (1952) (22)
Reflections on Psychology's Past and Concerns About Its Future. (1977) (22)
Information delay in human learning (1969) (21)
Study position and item differences in the short- and long-term retention of paired associates learned by imagery (1970) (21)
ACHIEVEMENT VERSUS APTITUDE TESTS IN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS (2001) (20)
An optimal strategy for the presentation of paired-associate items. (1967) (20)
Beyond the Master Plan: The Case for Restructuring Baccalaureate Education in California. Research & Occasional Paper Series: CSHE.16.10. (2010) (20)
The observing response in discrimination learning. (1961) (20)
Intellectual property rights. Public sector collaboration for agricultural IP management. (2003) (20)
Rethinking Admissions: US Public Universities in the Post-Affirmative Action Age (2004) (19)
Futures: Where Will Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI) Be in 1990?. (1978) (19)
Instruction in Initial Reading Under Computer Control: The Stanford Project. Technical Report No. 158. (1970) (18)
Rethinking the SAT. (2001) (18)
Effects of memory load on reaction time. (1972) (17)
MULTIPLE REINFORCEMENT EFFECTS IN SHORT-TERM MEMORY (1968) (17)
Applications of multiprocess models for memory to continuous recognition tasks (1969) (17)
Supplementary report: discrimination learning with probabilistic reinforcement schedules. (1959) (17)
Adaptive Instructional Systems: Some Attempts to Optimize the Learning Process Any Purpose of the United States Government Institute for Mathematical Studies in the Social Sciences Some Attempts to Optimize the Learning Process L (17)
Changing education : alternatives from educational research (1973) (16)
Industry-University Partnerships (2000) (16)
The serial position function for lists learned by a narrative-story mnemonic (1973) (16)
California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (2002) (15)
An analysis of the effect of nonreinforced trials in terms of statistical learning theory. (1956) (15)
Effects of short-term memory contents on short-and long-term memory searches (1973) (15)
Universities and the Knowledge-Based Economy (1996) (15)
A New World Of Scholarly Communication (2003) (15)
Computer-assisted learning in action. (1969) (14)
Memory scanning for words in visual images (1975) (14)
Better Research Needed on the Impact of Charter Schools (2012) (14)
The effect of information feedback upon psychophysical judgments (1964) (14)
Adaptive Instructional Systems: Some Attempts to Optimize the Learning Process. Technical Report No. 240. (1974) (14)
Search Processes for Associative Structures in Long-Term Memory. (1975) (13)
Some two-process models for memory (1966) (12)
A Mnemonic Method for the Acquisition of a Second-Language Vocabulary. Psychology and Education Series, Technical Report No. 224. (1974) (12)
College Admissions And The SAT: A Personal Perspective (2005) (12)
Intermodality judgments of signal duration (1965) (12)
Two-choice behavior under limiting cases of contingent reinforcement schedules. (1966) (11)
A stochastic model for rote serial learning (1957) (11)
Equilibrium in the Research University (1992) (11)
Decision Making by Children as a Function of Amount of Reinforcement (1960) (11)
Student Performance in Computer-Assisted Instruction in Programming. (1972) (10)
A theoretical comparison of list scanning models (1974) (9)
Peer Review and the Public Interest. (1985) (9)
The Future Arrives First in California (1999) (9)
The Globalization Of The University (2001) (9)
The Future of the Research University (1994) (9)
Admission to the University of California (1998) (9)
Computer Assisted Instruction in Initial Reading: Individualized Instruction Based on Optimization Procedures (1973) (8)
FACT RETRIEVAL PROCESSES IN HUMAN MEMORY (1976) (8)
A Rationale and Description of the Basic Instructional Program (1974) (8)
Computer-Assisted Instruction in Programming: AID. (1971) (8)
Short-term recall of paired-associates as a function of the number of interpolated pairs (1966) (7)
A generalization of stimulus sampling theory (1961) (7)
A TEST OF THREE MODELS FOR STIMULUS COMPOUNDING WITH CHILDREN. (1964) (7)
MARKOV LEARNING MODELS FOR MULTIPERSON SITUATIONS, I. THE THEORY (1959) (7)
Rights and Responsibilities in Scientific Research. (1978) (6)
Universities: At The Center of U.S. Research (1997) (5)
Mathematical models in research on perception and learning (1961) (5)
The New SAT: A Test at War with Itself (2009) (5)
A Reply to Professor Spache's Article, 'A Reaction to Computer-Assisted Instruction in Initial Reading: The Stanford Project' (1968) (5)
The use of models in experimental psychology (1960) (5)
An Automated System for Discrete-Trial Research with Animals (1964) (5)
Research Universities: Core of the U.S. Science and Technology System. Research & Occasional Paper Series: CSHE.5.07. (2007) (5)
Effects of reinforcement intervals in paired- associate learning. (1967) (5)
Opportunity in a Democratic Society: Race and Economic Status in Higher Education. Research & Occasional Paper Series: CSHE.18.06. (2006) (5)
The effect of false-information feedback upon psychophysical judgments (1964) (5)
Academic Freedom And The Research University (2004) (5)
The Golden Fleece, Science Education, And U.S. Science Policy (1997) (5)
Recognition time for words in short-term, long-term or both memory stores (1974) (4)
AN ANALYSIS OF A TWO-PERSON INTERACTION SITUATION IN TERMS OF A MARKOV PROCESS (1957) (4)
An Automated Primary-Grade Reading and Arithmetic Curriculum for Culturally Deprived Children. Final Report. (1968) (4)
LEARNING TO READ UNDER COMPUTER CONTROL (1968) (4)
Films and Group Discussions as a Means of Training Leaders. (1956) (4)
Computer-Based Instruction in Spelling: An Investigation of Optimal Strategies for Presenting Instructional Material. Final Report. (1969) (4)
On Academic Freedom (2003) (3)
Presidential Elections and the NSF Directorship. (1988) (3)
Mathematical models for verbal learning. (1965) (3)
Priming and the retrieval of names from long-term memory (1968) (3)
Search of list structures stored in long-term memory (1975) (3)
Bold Steps Are Needed to Educate the Next Generation of Scientists. (1987) (3)
Study guide with programmed units and learning objectives for Hilgard, Atkinson, and Atkinson's introduction to psychology (1975) (2)
The effect of signal intensity on comparative judgments of auditory durations (1966) (2)
Wiring the campuses. (1990) (2)
Responding to “Faith in the City” (1988) (2)
On Quality of the University (2002) (2)
The Role of Research in the University of the Future (1997) (2)
Addressing the Graduation Gap (2009) (2)
Contemporary Psychology: Readings from Scientific American (1971) (2)
Marking as a Mechanism of Social Control (1975) (2)
Science and the Entrepreneurial University. Research & Occasional Paper Series: CSHE.9.10. (2010) (2)
A Solid Citizen Introductory Psychology (1975) (2)
It Takes Cash to Keep Ideas Flowing (1998) (2)
Program in Computer-Assisted Instruction. Final Report. (1968) (2)
A question of information policy. (1989) (2)
The peer review question. (1981) (2)
Tax incentives and research. (1980) (2)
Correspondence: Restricted Access to Supercomputers (1986) (1)
The California Solution (1996) (1)
Verification of Algebra Step Problems: A Chronometric Study of Human Problem Solving. Technical Report No. 253. Psychology and Education Series. (1975) (1)
Sequential search processes in long-term memory (1976) (1)
Food Safety First (2002) (1)
The Improvement and Individualization of Computer-Assisted Instruction (1975) (1)
Academic Freedom and The Research University. Research & Occasional Paper Series: CSHE.2.04. (2004) (1)
Mind and Behavior: Readings from Scientific American (1980) (1)
MARKOV LEARNING MODELS FOR MULTIPERSON SITUATIONS, II. METHODS OF ANALYSIS (1959) (1)
The Mind's Theorist (2018) (1)
Robert Gordon Sproul (1999) (1)
Diversity: Not There Yet (2003) (1)
with a computer (2016) (1)
Higher Education Helps Drive the Economy (2000) (1)
A variable threshold model for signal detection (1961) (1)
Mathematical models in research with children. (1963) (1)
Two case studies of very long-term retention (2021) (1)
Psychology and the Golden Fleece. (1983) (1)
A Learning Model for Forced-choice Deteciion Experiments a Learning Model for Forced-choice Detection Experiments L (1965) (1)
Psychology in progress : readings from Scientific American (1975) (1)
The Pursuit of Knowledge: Speeches and Papers of Richard C. Atkinson (2007) (1)
The effects of reinforcement interval on the acquisition of paired-associate responses (1965) (1)
The Role Of The President Of The University (1997) (1)
PROJECT FOR AN AUTOMATED PRIMARY-GRADE READING AND ARITHMETIC CURRICULUM FOR CULTURALLY-DEPRIVED CHILDREN. PROGRESS REPORT NUMBER 5, JULY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1966. (1967) (1)
Town and Gown Join Forces to Boost State (1996) (1)
Computer-Based Instruction in Reading: Grades K-3. (1970) (1)
The Changing World of College Admissions Tests (2002) (1)
The Numbers Game And Graduate Education (1996) (1)
A Three-Year Report to Alumni (1998) (0)
Federal support in the social sciences. (1980) (0)
A CHRONOMETRIc STU 0$': HUMAN PROBLEM SOLVING (2007) (0)
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 50th Anniversary Celebration (2002) (0)
Educational Leadership for California (2001) (0)
UC can build on land-grant idea (1996) (0)
America's Great Success Story – The Land-Grant University (1996) (0)
Inter-sensory Judgments of Signal Duration (1964) (0)
Tradition At The University Of California (1998) (0)
The role of feedback in adaptive perceptual processes (1964) (0)
Models for Optimizing the Learn~ng Process (0)
The effects of forced-choice trials upon free- choice behavior (1964) (0)
A College-Level CAI Course in BASIC (1974) (0)
Report to Regents on National Research Council Study (1995) (0)
PNAS Paper: Rules and Standard Practice (1990) (0)
Sequential Phenomena in Signal Detection (1962) (0)
Some Issues Regarding the Future of Research in Universities (1977) (0)
Psychology in progress / Richard C. Atkinson (1975) (0)
The Economics of Voluntary Disclosure in SAT Scores (2004) (0)
RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON LEARNING AND THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY, JUNE 21-JULY 30, 1965. (1964) (0)
Atkinson Presidency Timeline - eScholarship (2007) (0)
The for Restructuring Baccalaureate Education in California (2010) (0)
Jzponents : short-term and long-term , Control pro ' cess ~ s such as " rehearsal " are essential to the transfer ' of iliformation from the short-term store to the long-term one ! I (2003) (0)
It Takes Cash to Keep Ideas Flowing - eScholarship (1998) (0)
Defining the University of California of the Future. Research and Occasional Papers Series: CSHE.11.09. (2009) (0)
Opportunities For Chinese And American Universities In The Knowledge-Based Economy (1999) (0)
Farewell Remarks To The Board Of Regents (2003) (0)
On September 11th: Letter to UC Community (2002) (0)
Fact Retrieval Processes in Human Memory. Psychology and Education Series Technical Report No. 252. (1975) (0)
After 209: Now We Must Raise Achievement of K–12 Kids (1998) (0)
Perspective on Diversity: UC Is Unwaveringly Committed (1995) (0)
Introduction to Psychology: Study Guide (1975) (0)
Shortage of scientists. (1989) (0)
The Pursuit of Knowledge (2019) (0)
PNAS Paper: Rules and Standard Practice (1990) (0)
Study of decision making and information processing status report, 1 jul. - 31 dec. 1967 (1968) (0)
Investing in California's Children (1998) (0)
Opportunity in a Democratic Society: Race and Economic Status in Higher Education - eScholarship (2006) (0)
Dual Admission Proposal (2000) (0)
Teach Children to Read? Higher Education Is Lending a Hand (1999) (0)
Ingredients for a Theory of Instruction. Technical Report Number 187. (1972) (0)
Methods for Maximizing the Learning Process: A Theoretical and Experimental Analysis. (1971) (0)
STANFORD PROGRAM IN COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION, PROGRESS REPORT 7, FOR THE PERIOD APRIL 1, 1967 TO JUNE 30, 1967. (1967) (0)
High Stakes for Knowledge (1996) (0)
Groundbreaking for Stanley Biosciences and Bioengineering Facility (2003) (0)
Demographics, Dollars and Difficulties in Graduate Education. (1976) (0)
UC and the SAT: Recommended Principles for the Use of Admission Tests at the University of California (2002) (0)
California's Outreach (1998) (0)
Atkinson Presidency Timeline (2007) (0)
Visions and Values: The Research University in Transition (1997) (0)
Distinguished Scientific Contribution Awards for 1977 (1973) (0)
Computerized instruction and the learning process: Erratum. (1968) (0)
State of the National Research System: Issues for the New Administration (1989) (0)
UC Wants More Transfers from Community Colleges (1999) (0)
HOW TO IMPROVE U.S. PRODUCTIVITY (1996) (0)
UC Looks Beyond Test Scores for Students (2001) (0)
UC Takes a Look at SAT I's Worth (2001) (0)
TRAINING LEADERS WITH SOUND FILMS AND GROUP DISCUSSION TECHNIQUES (1969) (0)
On "America's Best Colleges": Letter to the Board of Regents - eScholarship (1999) (0)
U.S. SCIENCE–A CURRENT PERSPECTIVE (1978) (0)
Commentary: Valley Will Reap Infinite Rewards from UC Merced (2002) (0)
Let's Step Back from the SAT I (2001) (0)
Present Challenges of a Research University (1997) (0)
Discrimination learning in an auditory detection task: (666092011-074) (1963) (0)
UC and California's Futures (1996) (0)
Groundbreaking for Stanley Biosciences and Bioengineering Facility - eScholarship (2003) (0)
Instructional strategies for optimizing the learning process Status report, Jul. 1 - Dec. 31, 1968 (1968) (0)
pengantar psikologi ; inroduction to psychology (1983) (0)
Statement On The Vote By The College Board Trustees To Revise The SAT I (2002) (0)
Equilibrium in the Research University - eScholarship (2006) (0)
STANFORD PROGRAM IN COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION, PROGRESS REPORT 6, FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 1, 1967 TO MARCH 31, 1967. (1967) (0)
Instructional Technologies of the Future. (1980) (0)
A Five-Year Report to the Regents (2001) (0)
University of Chicago Alumni Medal (2003) (0)
Partnership for Learning (1997) (0)
Regents’ Resolution In Honor Of Richard C. Atkinson (2019) (0)
Trends in Faculty Positions and Their Impact on U.S. Science. (1976) (0)
Nd Pedormance of Computer-assisted Instruction for Education of Children 1. Introduction (2003) (0)
The Future Of The University Of California: A Personal View (1998) (0)
An Introduction to Mathematical Learning Theory.@@@Problems in Mathematical Learning Theory. (1968) (0)
Market town Christianity today: The teenage response (1987) (0)
Obituary: William James McGill (1922–1997). (2000) (0)
THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION. (0)
Remarks On Appointment As President Of The University Of California (1995) (0)
Message at the Beginning of the Academic Year (2002) (0)
Why Federal Funding for Basic Research Is Important (2000) (0)
California's Library Without Limits (1997) (0)
On September 11th: Letter to UC Community - eScholarship (2002) (0)
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 50th Anniversary Celebration - eScholarship (2002) (0)
Prepare Now for the Next Wave (1999) (0)

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