Cognitive Psychology: A Student's Handbook

Cover
Endorsements
Half Title
Prelims Advert
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
List of illustrations
Preface
Visual tour (how to use this book)
Chapter 1 Approaches to human cognition
	Introduction
	Cognitive psychology
	Cognitive neuropsychology
	Cognitive neuroscience: the brain in action
	Computational cognitive science
	Comparisons of major approaches
	Is there a replication crisis?
	Outline of this book
	Chapter summary
	Further reading
Part I Visual perception and attention
	Chapter 2 Basic processes in visual perception
		Introduction
		Vision and the brain
		Two visual systems: perception-action model
		Colour vision
		Depth perception
		Perception without awareness: subliminal perception
		Chapter summary
		Further reading
	Chapter 3 Object and face recognition
		Introduction
		Pattern recognition
		Perceptual organisation
		Approaches to object recognition
		Object recognition: top-down processes
		Face recognition
		Visual imagery
		Chapter summary
		Further reading
	Chapter 4 Motion perception and action
		Introduction
		Direct perception
		Visually guided movement
		Visually guided action: contemporary approaches
		Perception of human motion
		Change blindness
		Chapter summary
		Further reading
	Chapter 5 Attention and performance
		Introduction
		Focused auditory attention
		Focused visual attention
		Disorders of visual attention
		Visual search
		Cross-modal effects
		Divided attention: dual-task performance
		“Automatic” processing
		Chapter summary
		Further reading
Part II Memory
	Chapter 6 Learning, memory and forgetting
		Introduction
		Short-term vs long-term memory
		Working memory: Baddeley and Hitch
		Working memory: individual differences and executive functions
		Levels of processing (and beyond)
		Learning through retrieval
		Implicit learning
		Forgetting from long-term memory
		Chapter summary
		Further reading
	Chapter 7 Long-term memory systems
		Introduction
		Declarative memory
		Episodic memory
		Semantic memory
		Non-declarative memory
		Beyond memory systems and declarative vs non-declarative memory
		Chapter summary
		Further reading
	Chapter 8 Everyday memory
		Introduction
		Autobiographical memory: introduction
		Memories across the lifetime
		Theoretical approaches to autobiographical memory
		Eyewitness testimony
		Enhancing eyewitness memory
		Prospective memory
		Theoretical perspectives on prospective memory
		Chapter summary
		Further reading
Part III Language
	Chapter 9 Speech perception and reading
		Introduction
		Speech (and music) perception
		Listening to speech
		Context effects
		Theories of speech perception
		Cognitive neuropsychology
		Reading: introduction
		Word recognition
		Reading aloud
		Reading: eye-movement research
		Chapter summary
		Further reading
	Chapter 10 Language comprehension
		Introduction
		Parsing: overview
		Theoretical approaches: parsing and prediction
		Pragmatics
		Individual differences: working memory capacity
		Discourse processing: inferences
		Discourse comprehension: theoretical approaches
		Chapter summary
		Further reading
	Chapter 11 Language production
		Introduction
		Basic aspects of speech production
		Speech planning
		Speech errors
		Theories of speech production
		Cognitive neuropsychology: speech production
		Speech as communication
		Writing: the main processes
		Spelling
		Chapter summary
		Further reading
Part IV Thinking and reasoning
	Chapter 12 Problem solving and expertise
		Introduction
		Problem solving: introduction
		Gestalt approach and beyond: insight and role of experience
		Problem-solving strategies
		Analogical problem solving and reasoning
		Expertise
		Chess-playing expertise
		Medical expertise
		Brain plasticity
		Deliberate practice and beyond
		Chapter summary
		Further reading
	Chapter 13 Judgement and decision-making
		Introduction
		Judgement research
		Theories of judgement
		Decision-making under risk
		Decision-making: emotional and social factors
		Applied and complex decision-making
		Chapter summary
		Further reading
	Chapter 14 Reasoning and hypothesis testing
		Introduction
		Hypothesis testing
		Deductive reasoning
		Theories of “deductive” reasoning
		Brain systems in reasoning
		Informal reasoning
		Are humans rational?
		Chapter summary
		Further reading
Part V Broadening horizons
	Chapter 15 Cognition and emotion
		Introduction
		Appraisal theories
		Emotion regulation
		Affect and cognition: attention and memory
		Affect and cognition: judgement and decision-making
		Judgement and decision-making: theoretical approaches
		Anxiety, depression and cognitive biases
		Cognitive bias modification and beyond
		Chapter summary
		Further reading
	Chapter 16 Consciousness
		Introduction
		Functions of consciousness
		Assessing consciousness and conscious experience
		Global workspace and global neuronal workspace theories
		Is consciousness unitary?
		Chapter summary
		Further reading
Glossary
References
Author index
Subject index
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