Cognitive psychology : theory, process, and methodology /: theory, process, and methodology. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Dawn M. McBride, Illinois State University, J. Cooper Cutting, Illinois State University.
• Other Names: McBride, Dawn M; Cutting, J. Cooper
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Chapter 1: Introduction to Cognitive Psychology; Introduction: Cognition and Shopping; What Is Cognitive Psychology?; Development of cognitive psychology; Current approaches to the study of cognition; Research in Cognitive Psychology; The scientific method; Research methodologies; Commonly used measures within cognitive psychology; Chapter 2: Cognitive Neuroscience; Introduction: Knowledge from Cognitive Deficits; Clinical Case Studies in Cognitive Neuroscience; Structure of the Nervous System; The neuron; The brain; Measures in Cognitive Neuroscience; Single-cell recording; Electroencephalography (EEG); Magnetoencephalography (MEG); Electrical stimulation/inhibition of neurons; Brain imaging techniques; Recording activity in the living brain; Can All Mental Processes Be Explained in Terms of Brain Activity?; Chapter 3: Perception; Introduction: Perception in Everyday Tasks; Sensory Systems: How Sensations Become Perceptions; Approaches to the Study of Perception; Computational approaches; Gestalt approaches; Perception/action approaches; Comparison of Approaches to Perception: Motion Perception; Chapter 4: Attention; Introduction: How We Pay Attention; Views of Attention; Attention as an information filter; Attention as a limited resource; Attention as a feature binder; How Attention Affects Our Perceptions; The gorilla in the room: Inattentional blindness; Incompatibilities tax attention: The Simon effect; Effects of automatic processes on attention: The Stroop task; Automatic and Controlled Processes: A Cognitive Dichotomy; Chapter 5: Memory Structures and Processes; Introduction: The Pervasiveness of Memory<br /> Memory as Structure or Process; Encoding, storage, and retrieval; Modal model of memory; Sensory Memory; Short-Term Memory (STM); Capacity of STM; Duration of STM; Long-Term Memory (LTM); Types of LTM memories; The Working-Memory (WM) System; Baddeley’s model; Beyond Baddeley’s model; Retrieval From Long-Term Memory; Recall tasks; Recognition tasks; Comparing recall and recognition tasks; Implicit-memory tasks; Prospective-memory tasks; Memory Overview; Chapter 6: Long-Term Memory: Influences on Retrieval; Introduction: Superior Memory; Why We Forget; Encoding Effects; Levels of processing; Spacing effects; Serial position curve; Retrieval Effects; The testing effect; Using the testing effect; Encoding-Retrieval Interactions; Environmental context effects; Mood-dependent effects; Transfer-appropriate processing; Summary of encoding-retrieval interactions; Mnemonics; Superior Autobiographical Memory; Chapter 7: Memory Errors; Introduction: The Inaccuracy of Memory; The Seven “Sins” of Memory; Error #1 Transience; Error #2 Absentmindedness; Error #3 Blocking; Error #4 Source misattribution; Error #5 Suggestibility; Error #6 Bias; Error #7 Persistence; Summary; The Reconstructive Nature of Memory; Bartlett’s studies; Schemata and scripts; Memory Errors in the Laboratory; The DRM procedure; Eyewitness memory studies; Applications of eyewitness memory research; Summary and conclusions; Clinical Memory Failures - Amnesia; Types of amnesia; Amnesia and implicit memory; Amnesia in Alzheimer’s Disease; Amnesia in childhood; Chapter 8: Imagery; Introduction: Visual Imagery in Everyday Life; Mental Images and Cognition; The Debate on Propositional and Spatial Representations; Imagery and Memory; The picture superiority effect; The concreteness effect; The bizarreness effect; Imagery and mnemonics; The dark side of imagery; Imagery in Problem Solving and Wayfinding; Imagery in problem solving; Imagery in wayfinding; Nonvisual Imagery; Imagery and simulation; Chapter 9: Language; Introduction: A Simple Conversation; What Is Language?; The structure of language; How Do We Process Language?; Language comprehension; Language production; Dialogue: Production and comprehension together; Acquiring Language; Typical language development; Nature or nurture: Mechanisms for learning words and syntax; Human Language and Animal Communication; Comparing human language to animal communication; Attempts to teach animals human language; Chapter 10: Concepts and Knowledge; Introduction: Game Night; What Are Concepts?; The classical approach: Concepts as definitions; Alternative approaches to concepts; Other alternative approaches to concepts; Organizing Our Concepts; Conceptual hierarchies; Basic-level concepts; Organizational approaches; Summary of conceptual organization; Using Concepts: Beyond Categorization; Category induction; Stereotypes; Expertise; Conceptual combination; The Future of Research and Theory of Concepts; Chapter 11: Problem Solving; Introduction: Problem Solving in Daily Life; Recognizing and Identifying a Problem; Defining and Representing Problems; Functional fixedness; Developing Solutions to Problems: Approaches and Strategies; Associationist approach: Trial-and-error strategy; Gestalt approaches; Problem solving as problem space searches; Summary of approaches and strategies; Allocating Mental Resources for Solving the Problem; Expertise; Experts versus novices; Becoming a better problem solver; Chapter 12: Reasoning and Decision Making; Introduction: A Night at the Movies; Deductive Reasoning; Syllogistic reasoning; Conditional reasoning; Deductive-reasoning approaches; Combining these approaches: Dual-process framework approach; Inductive Reasoning; Types of induction reasoning; Everyday reasoning; Making Decisions; A general model of decision making; Ideal decision making: A normative model; Heuristics and biases; Descriptive decision-making approaches; Dual-process framework; Future Advances in Theories of Reasoning and Decision Making; Glossary; References; Author Index; Subject Index;
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (384 pages)
• Subjects: 153; Cognitive psychology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483324791; 1483324796
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