Title: Cognitive psychology : connecting mind, research, and everyday experience /
Authors: Goldstein, E. Bruce, 1941-
Publisher: Thomson Wadsworth,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Cognitive psychology.
Abstract: There book is balance between classic and contemporary coverage of cognitive-behavioral and physiological approaches. There is in most all cases a very nice balance between experiment, theory, and everyday life. The author explains the weaknesses of any particular theory in a way that allows the student to understand not just how the particular theory is weak but also allows critical transfer to evaluation of other theories.
Contents: 1. Introduction to Cognitive Psychology -- 2. Cognition and the Brain: Basic Principles -- 3. Perception -- 4. Attention -- 5. Short-Term and Working Memory -- 6. Long-Term Memory: Basic Principles -- 7. Everyday Memory and Memory Errors -- 8. Knowledge -- 9. Visual Imagery -- 10. Language -- 11. Problem Solving -- 12. Reasoning and Decision Making.