Cognition The Thinking Animal

Name: Cognition The Thinking Animal
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ISBN: 9780131736887

ISBN-10: 0131736884

ISBN-13: 9780131736887

Edition: 3rd 2007 (Revised)

Authors: Daniel T. Willingham

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This unique book helps readers understandwhycognitive psychologists approach problems as they do. It explains the questions cognitive psychologists ask, gives clear answers, and provides interesting, lively and comprehensive coverage of controversies in the field.This book is a study of cognition: of how humans think. Topics covered include visual perception, attention, sensory and primary memory, memory encoding, memory retrieval, memory storage, motor control, visual imagery, decision making and deductive reasoning, problem solving, and language.For readers that are interested in understanding the mysteries of cognition, including psychiatrists, psychologists, psychoanalysts, and those in…

Book details

List price: $193.00
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 3/22/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 600
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.244
Language: English




Cognitive Psychologists' Approach to Research






Visual Perception



Attention



Sensory Memory and Primary Memory



Memory Encoding



Memory Retrieval



Memory Storage



Motor Control



Visual Imagery



Decision Making and Deductive Reasoning



Problem Solving



Language


Appendix


Answers to Questions


Glossary


References


Credits


Author Index


Subject Index