Cognitive Psychology: A Student's Handbook

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The fully updated eighth edition of Cognitive Psychology: A Student's Handbook provides comprehensive yet accessible coverage of all the key areas in the field ranging from visual perception and attention through to memory and language. Each chapter is complete with key definitions, practical real-life applications, chapter summaries and suggested further reading to help students develop an understanding of this fascinating but complex field. The new edition includes: an increased emphasis on neuroscience updated references to reflect the latest research applied 'in the real world' case studies and examples. Widely regarded as the leading undergraduate textbook in the field of cognitive psychology, this new edition comes complete with an enhanced accompanying companion website. The website includes a suite of learning resources including simulation experiments, multiple-choice questions, and access to Primal Pictures' interactive 3D atlas of the brain. The companion website can be accessed at: www.routledge.com/cw/eysenck. Cover Endorsements Half Title Prelims Advert Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents List of illustrations Preface Visual tour (how to use this book) Chapter 1 Approaches to human cognition Introduction Cognitive psychology Cognitive neuropsychology Cognitive neuroscience: the brain in action Computational cognitive science Comparisons of major approaches Is there a replication crisis? Outline of this book Chapter summary Further reading Part I Visual perception and attention Chapter 2 Basic processes in visual perception Introduction Vision and the brain Two visual systems: perception-action model Colour vision Depth perception Perception without awareness: subliminal perception Chapter summary Further reading Chapter 3 Object and face recognition Introduction Pattern recognition Perceptual organisation Approaches to object recognition Object recognition: top-down processes Face recognition Visual imagery Chapter summary Further reading Chapter 4 Motion perception and action Introduction Direct perception Visually guided movement Visually guided action: contemporary approaches Perception of human motion Change blindness Chapter summary Further reading Chapter 5 Attention and performance Introduction Focused auditory attention Focused visual attention Disorders of visual attention Visual search Cross-modal effects Divided attention: dual-task performance “Automatic” processing Chapter summary Further reading Part II Memory Chapter 6 Learning, memory and forgetting Introduction Short-term vs long-term memory Working memory: Baddeley and Hitch Working memory: individual differences and executive functions Levels of processing (and beyond) Learning through retrieval Implicit learning Forgetting from long-term memory Chapter summary Further reading Chapter 7 Long-term memory systems Introduction Declarative memory Episodic memory Semantic memory Non-declarative memory Beyond memory systems and declarative vs non-declarative memory Chapter summary Further reading Chapter 8 Everyday memory Introduction Autobiographical memory: introduction Memories across the lifetime Theoretical approaches to autobiographical memory Eyewitness testimony Enhancing eyewitness memory Prospective memory Theoretical perspectives on prospective memory Chapter summary Further reading Part III Language Chapter 9 Speech perception and reading Introduction Speech (and music) perception Listening to speech Context effects Theories of speech perception Cognitive neuropsychology Reading: introduction Word recognition Reading aloud Reading: eye-movement research Chapter summary Further reading Chapter 10 Language comprehension Introduction Parsing: overview Theoretical approaches: parsing and prediction Pragmatics Individual differences: working memory capacity Discourse processing: inferences Discourse comprehension: theoretical approaches Chapter summary Further reading Chapter 11 Language production Introduction Basic aspects of speech production Speech planning Speech errors Theories of speech production Cognitive neuropsychology: speech production Speech as communication Writing: the main processes Spelling Chapter summary Further reading Part IV Thinking and reasoning Chapter 12 Problem solving and expertise Introduction Problem solving: introduction Gestalt approach and beyond: insight and role of experience Problem-solving strategies Analogical problem solving and reasoning Expertise Chess-playing expertise Medical expertise Brain plasticity Deliberate practice and beyond Chapter summary Further reading Chapter 13 Judgement and decision-making Introduction Judgement research Theories of judgement Decision-making under risk Decision-making: emotional and social factors Applied and complex decision-making Chapter summary Further reading Chapter 14 Reasoning and hypothesis testing Introduction Hypothesis testing Deductive reasoning Theories of “deductive” reasoning Brain systems in reasoning Informal reasoning Are humans rational? Chapter summary Further reading Part V Broadening horizons Chapter 15 Cognition and emotion Introduction Appraisal theories Emotion regulation Affect and cognition: attention and memory Affect and cognition: judgement and decision-making Judgement and decision-making: theoretical approaches Anxiety, depression and cognitive biases Cognitive bias modification and beyond Chapter summary Further reading Chapter 16 Consciousness Introduction Functions of consciousness Assessing consciousness and conscious experience Global workspace and global neuronal workspace theories Is consciousness unitary? Chapter summary Further reading Glossary References Author index Subject index End Matter Advert