Cognitive Psychology
Theory, Process, and Methodology
- Dawn M. McBride - Illinois State University, USA
- J. Cooper Cutting - Illinois State University, USA
Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive Psychology: Theory, Process, and Methodology introduces students to the main topics of study in this exciting field through an engaging presentation of how cognitive processes have been and continue to be studied by researchers. Using a student-friendly writing style and focusing on methodology, authors Dawn M. McBride and J. Cooper Cutting cover such core content as perception, attention, memory, language, reasoning and problem solving, and cognitive neuroscience. Updates to the Second Edition include a reorganization of long-term memory topics to improve readability, revised pedagogical tools throughout, a refreshed visual program, and additional real-life examples to enhance understanding.
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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