Cognitive Psychology
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Cognitive Psychology is a thorough, clear introduction to the study of cognition, providing insight into the many psychological and physiological aspects of human behaviour. Fully updated with the latest research in this fascinating field, the text guides students through all the major sub-disciplines and key concepts to help them develop a comprehensive understanding of the complex relationships between mind, brain and behaviour. Through the authors’ international approach and emphasis on research, methodology and application, students learn how to interpret theories and then use them in practical applications Cover About the Authors Brief Contents Contents CogLab Experiments Demonstrations Methods Preface for Instructors Preface for Students Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Introduction to Cognitive Psychology Cognitive Psychology: Studying the mind Abandoning the Study of the Mind The Rebirth of the Study of the Mind Modern Research in Cognitive Psychology Something to Consider Chapter Summary Think about It Key Terms CogLab Experiment Chapter 2: Cognitive Neuroscience Why Study Cognitive Neuroscience? Neurons: Communication and Representation Organization: Neuropsychology Organization: Brain Imaging All Together Now: Neural Networks Something to Consider Chapter Summary Think about It Key Terms CogLab Experiment Chapter 3: Perception The Nature of Perception Why Is It So Difficult to Design a Perceiving Machine? Information for Human Perception Conceptions of Object Perception Neurons and Knowledge about the Environment The Interaction between Perceiving and Taking Action Something to Consider Chapter Summary Think about It Key Terms CogLab Experiments Chapter 4: Attention Pioneering Studies: Attention as Selection Modern Studies: Processing Capacity and Perceptual Load Spatial Attention: Overt and Covert Attention Divided Attention: Can We Attend to More Than One Thing at a Time? What Happens When We Don't Attend? Attention and Experiencing a Coherent World Something to Consider Chapter Summary Think about It Key Terms CogLab Experiments Chapter 5: Short-Term and Working Memory The Modal Model of Memory Sensory Memory Short-Term Memory Working Memory Working Memory and the Brain Something to Consider Chapter Summary Think about It Key Terms CogLab Experiments Chapter 6: Long-Term Memory: Structure Comparing Short-Term and Long-Term Memory Processes Episodic and Semantic Memory Procedural Memory, Priming and Conditioning Something to Consider Chapter Summary Think about It Key terms CogLab Experiments Chapter 7: Long-Term Memory: Encoding, Retrieval and Consolidation Encoding: Getting Information into Long-Term Memory Retrieval: Getting Information Out of Memory Consolidation: The Life History of Memories Something to Consider Chapter Summary Think about It Key Terms CogLab Experiments Chapter 8: Everyday Memory and Memory Errors Autobiographical Memory: What Has Happened in My Life Memory for "Exceptional" Events The Constructive Nature of Memory Memory Can Be Modified or Created by Suggestion Why Do People Make Errors in Eyewitness Testimony? Something to Consider Chapter Summary Think about It Key Terms CogLab Experiments Chapter 9: Knowledge How Are Objects Placed into Categories? Is There a Psychologically "Privileged" Level of Categories? Representing Relationships between Categories: Semantic Networks Representing Concepts in Networks: The Connectionist Approach The Representation of Concepts in the Brain Something to Consider Chapter Summary Think about It Key Terms CogLab Experiments Chapter 10: Visual Imagery Imagery in the History of Psychology Imagery and Perception: Do They Share the Same Mechanisms? Imagery and the Brain The Role of Gaze in Mental Imagery Something to Consider Chapter Summary Think about It Key Terms CogLab Experiments Chapter 11: Language What Is Language? Perceiving Phonemes, Words and Letters Understanding Words Understanding Sentences Understanding Text and Stories Producing Language: Conversations Something to Consider Chapter Summary Think about It Key Terms CogLab Experiments Chapter 12: Problem Solving What Is a Problem? The Gestalt Approach: Problem Solving as Representation and Restructuring The Information-Processing Approach: Problem Solving as a Search Process Using Analogies to Solve Problems How Experts Solve Problems Creative Problem Solving Something to Consider Chapter Summary Think about It Key Terms Chapter 13: Judgment, Reasoning and Decisions Making Judgments Deductive Reasoning: Syllogisms and Logic Decision Making: Choosing among Alternatives Something to Consider Postscript: Donders Returns Chapter Summary Think about It Key Terms CogLab Experiments Glossary References Photo Credits Name Index Subject Index
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