This introductory text provides students with a clear, accessible, and well illustrated presentation of the field, starting with memory, the most accessible starting point to more complex theories and research in information processing. It presents an overall conceptual structure of cognition, organizing the material around the idea of the use of knowledge in carrying out the various cognitive processes. Pedagogically sensible and unique in organization, the book integrates classical and modern research as well as demonstration experiments for students to conduct with simple materials.
This introductory text provides students with a clear, accessible, and well illustrated presentation of the field, starting with memory, the most accessible starting point to more complex theories and research in information processing. It presents an overall conceptual structure of cognition, organizing the material around the idea of the use of knowledge in carrying out the various cognitive processes. Pedagogically sensible and unique in organization, the book integrates classical and modern research as well as demonstration experiments for students to conduct with simple materials.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
ROBERT W. WEISBERG, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Brain, Behavior, and Cognition Cluster in the Psychology Department at Temple University. A cognitive psychologist, Dr. Weisberg's area of interest is creative thinking, the cognitive processes involved in the intentional production of novelty: solutions to problems, works of art, scientific theories, and inventions. LAURETTA M. REEVES, PhD, teaches at The University of Texas at Austin. Her research interests span both cognitive psychology-including the development of expertise in mathematical problem solving, use of metaphor in literature, and cognitive development-and the lexical acquisition and role of animacy in categorical inference in children.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface ix Acknowledgments xi CHAPTER 1 Introduction to the Study of Cognition 1 CHAPTER 2 Memory I: Models of Memory and Memory Systems 45 CHAPTER 3 Memory II: Encoding and Retrieval 95 CHAPTER 4 Memory III: Errors of Omission (Forgetting) and Commission (False Memory) 139 CHAPTER 5 Visual Cognition: Pattern Recognition and Spatial Localization 181 CHAPTER 6 Attention 243 CHAPTER 7 Imagery 289 CHAPTER 8 Concepts and Categories 333 CHAPTER 9 Language I: Sounds, Words, and Meanings 379 CHAPTER 10 Language II: Sentence Processing 423 CHAPTER 11 Thinking I: Logical Thinking and Decision Making 467 CHAPTER 12 Thinking II: Problem Solving 515 CHAPTER 13 Thinking III: Creative Thinking 563 References 607 Author Index 685 Subject Index 705
