Cognition

by Ashcraft, Mark H.

• ISBN13: 9780130307293
• ISBN10: 0130307297
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

Providing a comprehensive, approachable treatment of current cognitive psychology, this fourth edition of a classic volume, formerly entitled Human Memory and Cognition, maintains the direct style that has proved so popular in the past. Neurocognitive evidence is integrated throughout, and the book balances empirical evidence, theory, and explanations of important points with sufficient detail so that readers learn not only cognitive psychology, but also how experiments are designed and interpreted and how theories are tested. Chapter topics include an introduction to cognitive psychology; the cognitive science approach; perception and pattern recognition; attention; short-term, working memory; learning and remembering; knowing; using knowledge in the real world; language; comprehension: written and spoken language; decisions, judgments, and reasoning; and problem solving. For individuals interested in cognitive psychology and memory.

Table of Contents

Cognitive Psychology: An Introduction	1	(33)
The Cognitive Science Approach	33	(40)
Perception and Pattern Recognition	73	(46)
Attention	119	(40)
Short-Term, Working Memory	159	(44)
Episodic Long-Term Memory	203	(46)
Semantic Long-Term Memory	249	(47)
Interactions in Long-Term Memory	296	(51)
Language	347	(51)
Comprehension: Written and Spoken Language	398	(44)
Decisions, Judgments, and Reasoning	442	(49)
Problem Solving	491