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Cognitive Psychology
Cengage Learning EMEA (Publisher)
Published on 19. March 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
250 pages
978-1-4080-1806-4 (ISBN)
Description
5th edition International Edition balances accessible writing, practical applications, and research scholarship while interweaving biology throughout this text. Utilizing the theme that human cognition has evolved over time as a means of adapting to our environment, Robert J. Sternberg explores the basics of cognitive psychology through coverage of cognitive neuroscience, attention and consciousness, perception, memory, knowledge representation, language, problem-solving and creativity, decision-making and reasoning, cognitive development, and intelligence. Sternberg provides the most comprehensive coverage of any cognitive psychology text available. This book's 'from lab to life' approach aptly covers theory as well as lab and field research while continually highlighting the applications to everyday life. CengageNow provides you with all the learning resources you will need to help you pass your course in one intuitive online programme. This includes a wide selection of online study tools and a personalized study plan that will help you understand the subject, master fundamental concepts and prepare for exams.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 220 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
1560 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4080-1806-4 (9781408018064)
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Content
1. Introduction to Cognitive Psychology. 2. Cognitive Neuroscience. 3. Perception. 4. Attention and Consciousness. 5. Memory: Models and Research Methods. 6. Memory Processes. 7. Representation and Manipulation of Knowledge in Memory: Images and Propositions. 8. Representation and Organization of Knowledge in Memory: Concepts, Categories, Networks, and Schemas. 9. Language: Nature and Acquisition. 10. Language in Context. 11. Problem Solving and Creativity. 12. Decision Making and Reasoning. 13. Human and Artificial.