Cognitive psychology : theory, process, and methodology /: theory, process, and methodology. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Dawn M. McBride and J. Cooper Cutting.
• Authors: 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; Research in Cognitive Psychology; Thinking About Research; Chapter Review; Chapter Quiz; Key Terms; Stop and Think Answers; Chapter 2. Cognitive Neuroscience; Introduction: Knowledge From Cognitive Deficits; Clinical Case Studies in Cognitive Neuroscience; Structure of the Nervous System; Measures in Cognitive Neuroscience; Can All Mental Processes Be Explained in Terms of Brain Activity?; Thinking About Research; Chapter Review; Chapter Quiz; Key Terms; Stop and Think Answers; Chapter 3. Perception; Introduction: Perception in Everyday Tasks; Sensory Systems: How Sensations Become Perceptions; Approaches to the Study of Perception; Comparison of Approaches to Perception: Motion Perception; Thinking About Research; Chapter Review; Chapter Quiz; Key Terms; Stop and Think Answers; Chapter 4. Attention; Introduction: How We Pay Attention; Views of Attention; How Attention Affects Our Perceptions; Automatic and Controlled Processing: A Cognitive Dichotomy; Thinking About Research; Chapter Review; Chapter Quiz; Key Terms; Stop and Think Answers; Chapter 5. Memory Structures and Processes; Introduction: The Pervasiveness of Memory; Memory as Structure or Process; Sensory Memory; Short-Term Memory (STM); Long-Term Memory (LTM); The Working-Memory (WM) System; Memory Overview; Thinking About Research; Chapter Review; Chapter Quiz; Key Terms; Stop and Think Answers; Chapter 6. Long-Term Memory: Influences on Retrieval; Introduction: Superior Memory; Retrieval From Long-Term Memory; Why We Forget; Encoding Effects; Retrieval Effects; Encoding-Retrieval Interactions; Mnemonics; Superior Autobiographical Memory; Thinking About Research; Chapter Review; Chapter Quiz; Key Terms; Stop and Think Answers; Chapter 7. Memory Errors; Introduction: The Inaccuracy of Memory; The Seven “Sins” of Memory; The Reconstructive Nature of Memory; Memory Errors in the Laboratory; Clinical Memory Failures—Amnesia; Thinking About Research; Chapter Review; Chapter Quiz; Key Terms; Stop and Think Answers; Chapter 8. Imagery; Introduction: Visual Imagery in Everyday Life; Mental Images and Cognition; The Debate on Propositional and Spatial Representations; Imagery and Memory; Imagery in Problem Solving and Wayfinding; Nonvisual Imagery; Thinking About Research; Chapter Review; Chapter Quiz; Key Terms; Stop and Think Answers; Chapter 9. Language; Introduction: A Simple Conversation; What Is Language?; How Do We Process Language?; Acquiring Language; Human Language and Animal Communication; Thinking About Research; Chapter Review; Chapter Quiz; Key Terms; Stop and Think Answers; Chapter 10. Concepts and Knowledge; Introduction: Game Night; What Are Concepts?; Organizing Our Concepts; Using Concepts: Beyond Categorization; The Future of Research and Theory of Concepts; Thinking About Research; Chapter Review; Chapter Quiz; Key Terms; Stop and Think Answers; Chapter 11. Problem Solving; Introduction: Problem Solving in Daily Life; Recognizing and Identifying a Problem; Defining and Representing Problems; Developing Solutions to Problems: Approaches and Strategies; Allocating Mental Resources for Solving the Problem; Expertise; Thinking About Research; Chapter Review; Chapter Quiz; Key Terms; Stop and Think Answers; Chapter 12. Reasoning and Decision Making; Introduction: A Night at the Movies; Deductive Reasoning; Inductive Reasoning; Making Decisions; Future Advances in Theories of Reasoning and Decision Making; Thinking About Research; Chapter Review; Chapter Quiz; Key Terms; Stop and Think Answers; Glossary; References; Author Index; Subject Index;
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 153; Cognitive psychology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781506383842
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