Cognitive Psychology

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Contents in Brief
Contents
Preface
Foreword
About the Authors
Ch 1: Introduction to Cognitive Psychology
	Ch 1: Chapter Outline
	Cognitive Psychology Defined
	Philosophical Origins of Psychology: Rationalism versus Empiricism
	Psychological Origins of Cognitive Psychology
	Emergence of Cognitive Psychology
	Research Methods in Cognitive Psychology
	Fundamental Ideas in Cognitive Psychology
	Key Themes in Cognitive Psychology
	Ch 1: Summary
	Ch 1: Thinking about Thinking: Analytical, Creative, and Practical  Questions
	Ch 1: Key Terms
Ch 2: Cognitive Neuroscience
	Ch 2: Chapter Outline
	Cognition in the Brain: The Anatomy and Mechanisms of the Brain
	Viewing the Structures and Functions of the Brain
	Brain Disorders
	Ch 2: Key Themes
	Ch 2: Summary
	Ch 2: Thinking about Thinking: Analytical, Creative, and Practical Questions
	Ch 2: Key Terms
	Ch 2: Media Resources
Ch 3: Visual Perception
	Ch 3: Chapter Outline
	From Sensation to Perception
	Approaches to Perception: How Do We Make Sense of What We See?
	Perception of Objects and Forms
	The Environment Helps You See
	Deficits in Perception
	Why Does It Matter? Perception in Practice
	Ch 3: Key Themes
	Ch 3: Summary
	Ch 3: Thinking about Thinking: Analytical, Creative, and Practical Questions
	Ch 3: Key Terms
	Ch 3: Media Resources
Ch 4: Attention and Consciousness
	Ch 4: Chapter Outline
	The Nature of Attention and Consciousness
	Attention
	When Our Attention Fails Us
	Automatic and Controlled Processes in Attention
	Consciousness
	Ch 4: Key Themes
	Ch 4: Summary
	Ch 4: Thinking about Thinking: Analytical, Creative, and Practical Questions
	Ch 4: Key Terms
	Ch 4: Media Resources
Ch 5: Memory: Models and Research Methods
	Ch 5: Chapter Outline
	Tasks Used for Measuring Memory
	Two Contrasting Models of Memory
	Working Memory: An Integrative Model
	The Components of Working Memory
	Other Models of Memory
	Exceptional Memory and Neuropsychology
	Ch 5: Key Themes
	Ch 5: Summary
	Ch 5: Thinking about Thinking: Analytical, Creative, and Practical Questions
	Ch 5: Key Terms
	Ch 5: Media Resources
Ch 6: Memory Processes
	Ch 6: Chapter Outline
	Encoding and Transfer of Information
	Retrieval
	Processes of Forgetting and Memory Distortion
	The Constructive Nature of Memory
	Ch 6: Key Themes
	Ch 6: Summary
	Ch 6: Thinking about Thinking: Analytical, Creative, and Practical Questions
	Ch 6: Key Terms
	Ch 6: Media Resources
Ch 7: Mental Images and Propositions
	Ch 7: Chapter Outline
	Mental Representation of Knowledge
	Mental Manipulations of Images
	Synthesizing Images and Propositions
	Spatial Cognition and Cognitive Maps
	Ch 7: Key Themes
	Ch 7: Summary
	Ch 7: Thinking about Thinking: Analytical, Creative, and Practical Questions
	Ch 7: Key Terms
	Ch 7: Media Resources
Ch 8: The Organization of Knowledge in the Mind
	Ch 7: Chapter Outline
	Declarative versus Procedural Knowledge
	Organization of Declarative Knowledge
	Representations of How We DoThings: Procedural Knowledge
	Integrative Models for Representing Declarative and Nondeclarative Knowledge
	Ch 8: Key Themes
	Ch 8: Summary
	Ch 8: Thinking about Thinking: Analytical, Creative, and Practical Questions
	Ch 8: Key Terms
	Ch 8: Media Resources
Ch 9: Language
	Ch 9: Chapter Outline
	What Is Language?
	Language Comprehension
	Reading
	Understanding Conversations and Essays: Discourse
	Ch 9: Key Themes
	Ch 9: Summary
	Ch 9: Thinking about Thinking: Analytical, Creative, and Practical Questions
	Ch 9: Key Terms
	Ch 9: Media Resources
Ch 10: Language in Context
	Ch 10: Chapter Outline
	Language and Thought
	Language in a Social Context
	Do Animals Have Language?
	Neuropsychology of Language
	Ch 10: Key Themes
	Ch 10: Summary
	Ch 10: Thinking about Thinking: Analytical, Creative, and Practical Questions
	Ch 10: Key Terms
Ch 11: Problem Solving and Creativity
	Ch 11: Chapter Outline
	The Problem-Solving Cycle
	Types of Problems
	Obstacles and Aids to Problem Solving
	Expertise: Knowledge and Problem Solving
	Creativity
	Ch 11: Key Themes
	Ch 11: Summary
	Ch 11: Thinking about Thinking: Analytical, Creative, and Practical Questions
	Ch 11: Key Terms
	Ch 11: Media Resources
Ch 12: Decision Making and Reasoning
	Ch 12: Chapter Outline
	Judgment and Decision Making
	Deductive Reasoning
	Inductive Reasoning
	An Alternative View of Reasoning
	Neuroscience of Reasoning
	Ch 12: Key Themes
	Ch 12: Summary
	Ch 12: Thinking about Thinking: Analytical, Creative , and Practical Questions
	Ch 12: Key Terms
	Ch 12: Media Resources
Ch 13: Human Intelligence
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	Measures and Structures of Intelligence
	Information Processing and Intelligence
	Alternative Approaches to Intelligence
	Improving Intelligence: Effective, Ineffective, and Questionable 
Strategies
	Artificial Intelligence: Computer Simulations
	Ch 13: Key Themes
	Ch 13: Summary
	Ch 13: Thinking about Thinking: Factual, Analytical, Creative, and Practical Questions
	Ch 13: Key Terms
Glossary
References
Name Index
Subject Index