Overview

Topics covered include the distracting characteristics of new technologies (such as the effects of cell phone use on driving ability and of distracting advertisements on problem solving), the study of mass media through assessing memories for media experiences, the media's role in advancing gender and racial prejudices, and the misuse of cognitive technology through identity theft and cyberterrorism. Each essay concludes with a bibliography.

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Author:   W. Richard Walker ,  Douglas J. Herrmann
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.299kg
ISBN:  

9780786419746

ISBN 10:   0786419741
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   21 December 2004
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface      1. The Potential of Cognitive Technology      2. Training College Students to Use Personal Data Assistants      3. Remembering What to Do: Using Conventional and Technology-Based Aids to Facilitate Self-Reported and Actual Prospective Memory      4. Why Do Cell Phone Conversations Interfere with Driving?      5. Intrusive Technology: Bartering and Stealing Consumer Attention      6. Social Identity and the Self: Getting Connected Online      7. Decision Making and Group Dynamics in the Virtual Office      8. What We Remember from Television and Movies: Using Autobiographical Memory to Study Mass Media      9. Minorities as Marginalized Heroes and Prominent Villains in the Mass Media: Music, News, Sports, Television, and Movies      10. Digital Dangers: Identity Theft and Cyberterrorism      11. Cognitive Psychologists and Human-Technical Systems: Should We Choose the Red Pill?      About the Contributors      Subject Index      Name Index     

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"""useful...recommended""--Choice; ""a good cognitive psychology textbook""--Portal."

useful...recommended --<i>Choice</i>; a good cognitive psychology textbook --<i>Portal.</i>

Author Information

W. Richard Walker is an associate professor of psychology at Winston-Salem State University. He lives in Archdale, North Carolina. The late Douglas J. Herrmann, was a professor and chairperson in the Psychology Department at Indiana State University. He lived in Indiana.

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