Cedar Riener, Daniel T. Willingham

Cognition

The Thinking Animal

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Written for undergraduates taking Cognitive Psychology, this book connects foundational experiments and basic theories to provide students with an essential understanding of cognition. Its structured narrative and friendly tone offer an approachable introduction to how we can discover answers to key questions about the mind.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 460
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009244398
• ISBN-10: 1009244396
• Artikelnr.: 71911832

Autorenporträt

Daniel T. Willingham is Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia, where he has taught since 1992. He has won multiple department and university teaching awards. His research focuses on the application of cognitive principles to K-16 education, and his work on that subject has appeared in twenty-three languages. In 2017, he was appointed by President Obama to serve as a Member of the National Board for Education Sciences.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Cognitive psychologists' approach to research
2. Methods of cognitive psychology
3. Visual perception
4. Attention
5. Sensory and working memory
6. Long-Term memory structure
7. Long-Term memory processes: Memory encoding
8. Long-Term memory processes: Memory retrieval
9. Concepts and categories
10. Language structure
11. Language processing
12. Decision making and reasoning
13. Problem solving
Glossary
References
Index.