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Fundamentals of Cognitive Psychology

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ISBN-10: 1412977851

ISBN-13: 9781412977852

Edition: 2nd 2012

Authors: Ronald T. Kellogg

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List price: $102.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/27/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 376
Size: 7.37" wide x 9.13" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English

Ronald T. Kellogg is Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychology at Saint Louis University. His education includes degrees from the University of Iowa (BS, psychology) and the University of Colorado (MA and PhD, experimental psychology) and postdoctoral study at Stanford University. His past research has examined attention, long-term memory, concept learning, and cognitive processes in writing. His current work focuses on working memory in written composition and hemispheric differences in the semantic processing of language production. He has authored numerous technical journal articles and book chapters plus several books, including The Psychology of Writing (1994), Cognitive…    

Introduction
Scope of Cognitive Psychology
Core Concepts
The Brain
Research Methods
Perception
Visual Consciousness
Pattern Recognition
Modularity
Attention
Filter Theories
Capacity Theories
Filter Theories and Capacity Theories: Conclusion
Automatic Processes
The Central Bottleneck
Visual Attention
Memory Systems
Sensory Memory
Short-Term Versus Long-Term Memory
Working Memory
Remembering Events
Types of Long-Term Memory
Prospective Memory
Encoding and Storing Events
Retrieval Processes
Memory Distortions
Reconstructive Retrieval
Encoding Distortions
Source Monitoring
Eyewitness Testimony
Knowledge Representation
Representing Concepts
Propositions and Images
Using Semantic Memory
Language
Defining Language
Representations of Language
Comprehension of Language
Problem Solving
Types of Thinking
a General Model of Problem Solving
Creativity
Reasoning and Decision Making
Syllogistic Reasoning
Conditional Reasoning
Decision Making