Cognitive Psychology
By Phillip Quinlan
October 2008
Prentice Hall
Distrubuted by Trans-Atlantic Publications Inc.
ISBN: 9780131298101
744 pages
$87.50 Paper Original
Cognitive Psychology provides a lively and engaging introduction to this field and offers complete coverage of all the British Psychological Society (BPS) required topics. This text provides a clear and detailed account of key experiments, theories and concepts, and the examples, full colour photos and illustrations found throughout animate theoretical discussion and enable students to grasp the practical applications of Cognitive Psychology.
Contents
List of figures and tables
Guided tour
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Foundations
Chapter 2 Information processing and nature of the mind
Chapter 3 Visual processes and visual sensory memory
Chapter 4 Masking, thresholds and consciousness
Chapter 5 An introduction to perception
Chapter 6 Theories of perception
Chapter 7 Mental representation
Chapter 8 Attention I: general introduction, basic models and data
Chapter 9 Attentional constraints and performance limitations
Chapter 10 Human memory: an introduction
Chapter 11 Human memory: fallibilities and failures
Chapter 12 Semantic memory and concepts
Chapter 13 Object recognition
Chapter 14 The nature of language and its relation to the other mental faculties
Chapter 15 Reasoning
Chapter 16 Cognition and emotion
Bibliography
Glossary
Index
Features
A range of features have been designed to help students consolidate their understanding of core concepts and promote engagement with ongoing research in the field. These include:
- Opening examples introduce the chapter and present the main theme of discussion
- Research focus outlines and critically analyses contemporary research discoveries
- T he 'Taking Stock' feature offers a concise summary of contemporary topics, questions, theories and arguments in the book and develop skills in critical thinking
- Pinpoint Questions consolidate understanding of the ideas and topics discussed
- Key terms provide useful definitions of the terms within the text
- Chapter Summaries revisit the main arguments and themes covered in each chapter
- A website accompanying the book features a variety of interactive features. This can be found at www.pearsoned.co.uk/quinlan
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