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This engaging guide to the hidden corridors of the mind explores the mental processes through which we interact with the world. Drawing on the work of esteemed researchers and scholars, Cognition applies real-life examples to key theories in order to create an accessible, yet comprehensive primer to the field.

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Author:   Scott Sinnett (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, University of Hawai'i at Manoa) ,  Daniel Smilek (Associate Professor, Associate Professor, University of Waterloo) ,  Alan Kingstone (Professor, Professor, University of British Columbia)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press, Canada
Imprint:   Oxford University Press, Canada
Edition:   6th Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 25.60cm
Weight:   1.134kg
ISBN:  

9780199019700

ISBN 10:   0199019703
Pages:   528
Publication Date:   31 March 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction Case Study: What Is Cognition? Cognitive Psychology and Information Processing Information Theory Models of Information-Processing Ecological Validity Metacognition and Cognitive Psychology The Range of Cognitive Psychology 2. Cognitive Neuroscience Case Study: Head Office The Brain as the Organ of the Mind The Relation between Mind and Brain Methods in Cognitive Neuroscience 3. Perception Case Study: An Unusual Perceptual Experience The Physiology of Visual Perception NEW The Ventral Pathway and Object Recognition Context and Feedback Effects in Perception The Dorsal Pathway and the Relation between Perception and Action Interactions Between the Ventral and Dorsal Pathways Multimodal Perception 4. The Varieties of Attention Case Study: A Total Wreck James's Description of Attention Selective Attention Dual Tasks and the Limits of Attention Task Switching Sustained Attention NEW Overt Visual Attention 5. Memory Systems Case Study: What Was That Movie . . . ? Understanding Memory Systems NEW Modal Model of Memory - Sensory Memory NEW - Short-Term Memory NEW - Long-Term Memory Working Memory Further Developments in Memory Systems Theory Connectionist Models of Memory Aging and Memory Disorders 6. Memory Traces and Memory Schemas Case Study: When Memory Fails Introduction Schema-based Theories of Memory Scripts Autobiographical Memory NEW Levels of Processing Two Approaches to Memory Research 7. Imagery Case Study: Time-Space Synesthesia and Number Forms Memory and Imagery Synesthesia and Eidetic Imagery Mental Rotation Egocentric Perspective Transformations Controversy over the Nature of Mental Imagery Cognitive Maps and Mental Models Auditory Imagery NEW 8. Concepts Case Study: Grasping a New Concept The Classical Approach Learning Complex Rules Wittgenstein's Analysis of Concepts Rosch and Prototypicality Embodied Cognition Folk Biology 9. Language Case Study: Reading in the Olden Days The Structure of Language - The Building Blocks of Language NEW Transformational Grammar The Innateness Hypothesis Communication and Comprehension The Social Context of Language Language, Cognition, and Culture 10. Problem-Solving Case Study: Vaccinating in the Wake of Wakefield NEW Insight Problems and the Gestalt Theory of Thinking Current Approaches to Insight Problems Functional Fixedness and the Design of Tools The Flexibility-Rigidity Dimension Artificial Intelligence Approaches to Problem-Solving Thinking Aloud as a Method for Studying Human Problem-Solving Can Computer Programs Experience Insight? Solving Problems in Science 11. Reasoning, Judgment, and Choice Case Study: The (In)famous Hockey Stick NEW Reasoning Judgment and Choice Ecological Rationality Training in Statistical Reasoning 12. Intelligence and Creativity Case Study: A Child Prodigy The Concept of Intelligence: Historical Background General Intelligence (g) The Flynn Effect Sternberg's Theory of Successful Intelligence Howard Gardner and the Theory of Multiple Intelligences Expertise Creativity 13: 13. Consciousness - NEW Case Study: Blindsight Distinguishing among Different Levels of Consciousness Unconscious Perception? Consciousness and the Grand Illusion? Meta-consciousness? Consciousness and the Brain? Deficits of Consciousness Glossary Note: All chapters end with - Summary - Case Study Wrap-Up - Key Concepts - In the Know: Review Questions - Links to Other Chapters - Further Reading

Reviews

My goal in teaching Cognitive Psychology is to share my enthusiasm for this subject with students, and I feel like this text would help me to do that; it's current, engaging, and appropriately challenging. Penny Pexman, University of Calgary

My goal in teaching Cognitive Psychology is to share my enthusiasm for this subject with students, and I feel like this text would help me to do that; it's current, engaging, and appropriately challenging. --Penny Pexman, University of Calgary The writing style is very easy to read. The authors have tackled describing some potentially difficult theories and done a great job of making them comprehensible. --Michelle Eskritt-Keck, Mount Saint Vincent University

Author Information

Scott Sinnett is an associate professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Daniel Smilek is an associate professor at the University of Waterloo. Alan Kingstone is a professor at the University of British Columbia.

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