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Cognitive Psychology and Its Implications by John R. Anderson (2014, Hardcover)

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PublisherWorth Publishers, Incorporated

ISBN-101464148910

ISBN-139781464148910

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Product Key Features

Number of Pages500 Pages

Publication NameCognitive Psychology and Its Implications

LanguageEnglish

SubjectGeneral, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition

Publication Year2014

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPsychology

AuthorJohn R. Anderson

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight29.6 Oz

Item Length9.4 in

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Edition Number8

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2014-938514

Dewey Edition22

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal153

Table Of ContentPreface 1. The Science of Cognition Motivations for Studying Cognitive Psychology The History of Cognitive Psychology Information Processing; The Communicative Neurons Organization of the Brain Methods in Cognitive Neuroscience 2. Perception Visual Perception in the Brain Visual Pattern Recognition Implications: Separating humans from BOTs Speech Recognition Feature Analysis of Speech Categorical Perception Context and Pattern Recognition Conclusions 3. Attention and Performance Serial Bottlenecks Auditory Attention Visual Attention Central Attention: Selecting Lines of Thought to Pursue Implications: Why is cell phone use and driving a dangerous combination? Conclusions 4. Mental Imagery Verbal Imagery Versus Visual Imagery Implications: Using brain activation to read people''s minds Visual Imagery Conclusions: Visual Perception and Visual Imagery 5. Representation of Knowledge Knowledge and Regions of the Brain Memory for Meaningful Interpretations of Events Implications: Mnemonic techniques for remembering vocabulary items Propositional Representations Embodied Cognition Conceptual Knowledge Conclusions 6. Human Memory: Encoding and Storage Memory and the Brain Sensory Memory Holds Information Briefly Working Memory Holds the Information Needed to Perform a Task Activation and Long-Term Memory Practice and Memory Strength Factors Influencing Memory Implications: How does the method of loci help us organize recall? Flashbulb Memories Conclusions 7. Human Memory: Retention and Retrieval Are Memories Really Forgotten? The Retention Function How Interference Affects Memory Retrieval and Inference Implications: How have advertisers used knowledge of cognitive psychology? Associative Structure and Retrieval The Hippocampal Formation and Amnesia Implicit Versus Explicit Memory Conclusions: The Many Varieties of Memory in the Brain 8. Problem Solving The Nature of Problem Solving Problem-Solving Operators Operator Selection Problem Representation Set Effects Conclusions Appendix: Solutions 9. Expertise Brain Changes with Skill Acquisition General Characteristics of Skill Acquisition The Nature of Expertise Implications: Computers achieve chess expertise differently than humans Transfer of Skill Theory of Identical Elements Educational Implications Conclusions 10. Reasoning Reasoning and the Brain Reasoning About Conditionals Deductive Reasoning: Reasoning About Quantifiers Inductive Reasoning and Hypothesis Testing Implications: How convincing is a 90% result? Dual-Process Theories Conclusions 11. Decision Making The Brain and Decision Making Probabilistic Judgment Making Decisions Under Uncertainty Implications: Why are adolescents more likely to make bad decisions? Conclusions 12. Language Structure Language and the Brain The Field of Linguistics Syntactic Formalisms What is So Special About Human Language? Implications: Ape language and the ethics of experimentation The Relation Between Language and Thought Language Acquisition Conclusions: The Uniqueness of Language: A Summary 13. Language Comprehension Brain and Language Comprehension Parsing Implications: Intelligent chatterboxes Utilization Text Processing Situation Models Conclusions 14. Individual Differences in Cognition Cognitive Development Psychometric Studies of Cognition Implications: Does IQ determine success in life? Conclusions Glossary References Name Index Subject Index

SynopsisHead to the forefront of the study of cognition as Cognitive Psychology and Its Implications incorporates the latest theoretical breakthroughs, research findings, and technological advances, while marking the increasing role of neuroscience in the study of cognitive functions.

LC Classification NumberBF311.A5898 2014