Cognitive Psychology: A Student's Handbook: Sixth Edition
Book Details
- Publisher : Psychology Press
- Published : January 2010
- Cover : Paperback
- Pages : 744
- Category :
Neuroscience - Catalogue No : 29399
- ISBN 13 : 9781841695402
- ISBN 10 : 1841695408
Also by Michael W. Eysenck
Fundamentals of Psychology
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Previous editions have established this best-selling student handbook as the,/b> cognitive psychology textbook of choice, both for its academic rigour and its accessibility. This sixth edition continues this tradition. It has been substantially updated and revised to reflect new developments in the field (especially within cognitive neuroscience).
Traditional approaches are combined with the cutting-edge cognitive neuroscience approach to create a comprehensive, coherent and totally up-to-date overview of all the main fields in cognitive psychology. The major topics covered include perception, attention, memory, concepts, language, problem solving, and reasoning, as well as some applied topics such as everyday memory.
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New to this edition:
* Presented in full-colour throughout, with numerous colour illustrations including photographs and brain scans
* Increased emphasis on cognitive neuroscience, to reflect its growing influence on cognitive psychology
* A NEW chapter on Cognition and Emotion
* A WHOLE chapter on Consciousness
* Increased coverage of applied topics such as recovered memories, medical expertise, informal reasoning, and emotion regulation incorporated throughout the textbook
* More focus on individual differences in areas including long-term memory, expertise, reasoning, emotion and regulation.
The textbook is packed full of useful features that will engage students and aid revision, including key terms, which are new to this edition, chapter summaries, and suggestions for further reading.
Written by one of the leading textbook authors in psychology, this thorough and user-friendly textbook will continue to be essential reading for all undergraduate students of psychology. Those taking courses in computer science, education, linguistics, physiology, and medicine will also find it an invaluable resource.
Table of Contents
Preface. 1. Approaches to Human Cognition. Part 1: Visual Perception and Attention. 2. Basic Processes in Visual Cognition. 3. Object and Face Recognition. 4. Perception, Motion and Action. 5. Attention and Performance. Part 2: Memory. 6. Learning, Memory and Forgetting. 7. Long-Term Memory Systems. 8. Everyday Memory. Part 3: Language. 9. Reading and Speech Perception. 10. Language Comprehension. 11. Language Production. Part 4: Thinking and Reasoning. 12. Problem Solving and Expertise. 13. Judgement and Decision Making. 14. Inductive and Deductive Reasoning. Part 5: Broadening Horizons. 15. Cognition and Emotion. 16. Consciousness. Glossary. References.
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