Foundations of Cognitive Psychology
1st Edition
0077179420
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9780077179427
© 2016 | Published: February 1, 2016
Cognitive psychology addresses many fascinating questions about memory, emotion and language:Can our identity be reduced to our memories?What are emotions for?Are we born with an innate knowledge of language?This introductory text is a concise guide …
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Preface Part 1: Introduction
Introduction to Cognitive Psychology History A brief introduction to neuroscience
Part 2: Basic Processes
Perception
Attention
Short term memory
Long term memory
Part 3: Complex Cognition
Concepts and formations
Language
Reasoning and Decision Making
Problem Solving
Expertise
Creativity
Emotion and Cognition
Part 4: Advanced Topics
Computational Modelling
Advanced Cognitive neuroscience Consciousness
Social Cognition
Part 5: Putting it all together
Putting it all together
References
Glossary
Cognitive psychology addresses many fascinating questions about memory, emotion and language:
Can our identity be reduced to our memories?What are emotions for?Are we born with an innate knowledge of language?This introductory text is a concise guide to the core fundamentals of cognitive psychology, rather than an encyclopaedic volume. The authors cover a broad range of topics, using their wealth of teaching experience to select the key theories and most engaging examples. Lively and thought-provoking, this new book conveys the sense of discovery that makes the subject so exciting to study.
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