Cognitive Psychology

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Cover Half Title Title Statement Copyright Contents in Brief Contents Preface Foreword About the Authors Ch 1: Introduction to Cognitive Psychology Ch 1: Chapter Outline Cognitive Psychology Defined Philosophical Origins of Psychology: Rationalism versus Empiricism Psychological Origins of Cognitive Psychology Emergence of Cognitive Psychology Research Methods in Cognitive Psychology Fundamental Ideas in Cognitive Psychology Key Themes in Cognitive Psychology Ch 1: Summary Ch 1: Thinking about Thinking: Analytical, Creative, and Practical Questions Ch 1: Key Terms Ch 2: Cognitive Neuroscience Ch 2: Chapter Outline Cognition in the Brain: The Anatomy and Mechanisms of the Brain Viewing the Structures and Functions of the Brain Brain Disorders Ch 2: Key Themes Ch 2: Summary Ch 2: Thinking about Thinking: Analytical, Creative, and Practical Questions Ch 2: Key Terms Ch 2: Media Resources Ch 3: Visual Perception Ch 3: Chapter Outline From Sensation to Perception Approaches to Perception: How Do We Make Sense of What We See? Perception of Objects and Forms The Environment Helps You See Deficits in Perception Why Does It Matter? Perception in Practice Ch 3: Key Themes Ch 3: Summary Ch 3: Thinking about Thinking: Analytical, Creative, and Practical Questions Ch 3: Key Terms Ch 3: Media Resources Ch 4: Attention and Consciousness Ch 4: Chapter Outline The Nature of Attention and Consciousness Attention When Our Attention Fails Us Automatic and Controlled Processes in Attention Consciousness Ch 4: Key Themes Ch 4: Summary Ch 4: Thinking about Thinking: Analytical, Creative, and Practical Questions Ch 4: Key Terms Ch 4: Media Resources Ch 5: Memory: Models and Research Methods Ch 5: Chapter Outline Tasks Used for Measuring Memory Two Contrasting Models of Memory Working Memory: An Integrative Model The Components of Working Memory Other Models of Memory Exceptional Memory and Neuropsychology Ch 5: Key Themes Ch 5: Summary Ch 5: Thinking about Thinking: Analytical, Creative, and Practical Questions Ch 5: Key Terms Ch 5: Media Resources Ch 6: Memory Processes Ch 6: Chapter Outline Encoding and Transfer of Information Retrieval Processes of Forgetting and Memory Distortion The Constructive Nature of Memory Ch 6: Key Themes Ch 6: Summary Ch 6: Thinking about Thinking: Analytical, Creative, and Practical Questions Ch 6: Key Terms Ch 6: Media Resources Ch 7: Mental Images and Propositions Ch 7: Chapter Outline Mental Representation of Knowledge Mental Manipulations of Images Synthesizing Images and Propositions Spatial Cognition and Cognitive Maps Ch 7: Key Themes Ch 7: Summary Ch 7: Thinking about Thinking: Analytical, Creative, and Practical Questions Ch 7: Key Terms Ch 7: Media Resources Ch 8: The Organization of Knowledge in the Mind Ch 7: Chapter Outline Declarative versus Procedural Knowledge Organization of Declarative Knowledge Representations of How We DoThings: Procedural Knowledge Integrative Models for Representing Declarative and Nondeclarative Knowledge Ch 8: Key Themes Ch 8: Summary Ch 8: Thinking about Thinking: Analytical, Creative, and Practical Questions Ch 8: Key Terms Ch 8: Media Resources Ch 9: Language Ch 9: Chapter Outline What Is Language? Language Comprehension Reading Understanding Conversations and Essays: Discourse Ch 9: Key Themes Ch 9: Summary Ch 9: Thinking about Thinking: Analytical, Creative, and Practical Questions Ch 9: Key Terms Ch 9: Media Resources Ch 10: Language in Context Ch 10: Chapter Outline Language and Thought Language in a Social Context Do Animals Have Language? Neuropsychology of Language Ch 10: Key Themes Ch 10: Summary Ch 10: Thinking about Thinking: Analytical, Creative, and Practical Questions Ch 10: Key Terms Ch 11: Problem Solving and Creativity Ch 11: Chapter Outline The Problem-Solving Cycle Types of Problems Obstacles and Aids to Problem Solving Expertise: Knowledge and Problem Solving Creativity Ch 11: Key Themes Ch 11: Summary Ch 11: Thinking about Thinking: Analytical, Creative, and Practical Questions Ch 11: Key Terms Ch 11: Media Resources Ch 12: Decision Making and Reasoning Ch 12: Chapter Outline Judgment and Decision Making Deductive Reasoning Inductive Reasoning An Alternative View of Reasoning Neuroscience of Reasoning Ch 12: Key Themes Ch 12: Summary Ch 12: Thinking about Thinking: Analytical, Creative , and Practical Questions Ch 12: Key Terms Ch 12: Media Resources Ch 13: Human Intelligence Untitled Measures and Structures of Intelligence Information Processing and Intelligence Alternative Approaches to Intelligence Improving Intelligence: Effective, Ineffective, and Questionable Strategies Artificial Intelligence: Computer Simulations Ch 13: Key Themes Ch 13: Summary Ch 13: Thinking about Thinking: Factual, Analytical, Creative, and Practical Questions Ch 13: Key Terms Glossary References Name Index Subject Index