Cognitive Psychology

Name: Cognitive Psychology
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ISBN: 9780470002322

ISBN-10: 0470002328

ISBN-13: 9780470002322

Edition: 5th 1999 (Revised)

Authors: John B. Best

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How do we "know"? In this engaging and comprehensive revision, John B. Best vividly demonstrates that the ease with which we engage in cognitive processes shouldn2t blind us to their complexity; in fact, he fosters student appreciation of the nuances through real-world anecdotes, timely coverage of research, and applied demonstrations. Best2s discussions of memory consider complex issues of contemporary neuroscience. Cognitive Psychology provides balanced coverage of the core areas of the discipline, including perception, memory, language, pattern recognition, and thinking. Best skillfully relates cognitive psychology to your experience and provides a solid foundation for later studies in…

Book details

List price: $208.95
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/27/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 548
Size: 8.00" wide x 9.30" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 2.244
Language: English




Introduction


Cognitive Psychology: Definitions, Roots, and Metaphors



Perception


Attention and Object Recognition



Memory


Memory as Storage Memory as Recomputation and Correspondence



Organization of Knowledge


Structure of Knowledge


A Symbolic Approach


Structure of Knowledge


A Connectionist Approach



Language


Structure of Language


Cognitive Process In Speech and Language Perception


Language Acquisition and Cognitive Development



Thinking


Reasoning and Deciding


Concepts and Categories


Problem Solving