Canadian Journal of Psychology\/revue Canadienne De Psychologie 

About: Canadian Journal of Psychology\/revue Canadienne De Psychologie is an academic journal. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Visual perception & Perception. Over the lifetime, 1583 publications have been published receiving 54103 citations.

Motivational variables in second-language acquisition

Abstract: 1 During the summer of 2005, I discovered that there was not a copy of my dissertation available from the library at McGill University. I was, however, able to obtain a copy of it on microfilm from another university that had initially obtained it on interlibrary loan. I am most grateful to Vicki Galbraith who typed this version from that copy, which except for some minor variations due to differences in type size and margins (plus this footnote, of course) is identical to that on the microfilm. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1 The writer is grateful to Dr. J. T. McIlhone, Associate General Director in Charge of English Classes of the Montreal Catholic School Board, for his kind cooperation in making subjects available, and to the Principals and French teachers of each high school for their assistance and cooperation during the testing programs. advice on the statistical analysis. In addition, the writer would like to express his appreciation to Mr. K. Tunstall for his assistance in the difficult task of interviewing the parents of each student. Finally, the writer would like to express his gratitude to Janet W. Gardner for her invaluable assistance in all phases of the research program.

Solving the "real" mysteries of visual perception: The world as an outside memory.

Abstract: Visual science is currently a highly active domain, with much progress being made in fields such as colour vision, stereo vision, perception of brightness and contrast, visual illusions, etc. But the "real" mystery of visual perception remains comparatively unfathomed, or at least relegated to philosophical status: Why it is that we can see so well with what is apparently such a badly constructed visual apparatus? In this paper I will discuss several defects of vision and the classical theories of how they are overcome. I will criticize these theories and suggest an alternative approach, in which the outside world is considered as a kind of external memory store which can be accessed instantaneously by casting one's eyes (or one's attention) to some location. The feeling of the presence and extreme richness of the visual world is, under this view, a kind of illusion, created by the immediate availability of the information in this external store.