Cognitive Psychology (International Edition)
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For students studying Cognitive Psychology, Cognition or Brain and Behaviour courses Cognitive Psychology provides an intuitive pathway through the core topics and concepts required by the British Psychological Society. The book covers all areas of human cognition including questions and ideas about how we think, reason, remember, and use language. Balancing classic research with new, cutting-edge topics, this is the perfect introduction to Cognitive Psychology.
With a clear and straightforward style, this easy-to-follow textbook explores the core topics and concepts through contemporary research, globally relevant, and diverse examples show how relevant Cognitive Psychology is to all of us. Highlighting the research and achievements of key People/figures from around the world and the impact they have had on cognitive psychology. With coverage of Neuropsychology and Neuroscience, Cognition and Emotion, and Social Cognition, including topics like empathy, theory of mind, social rejection and loneliness, this combination of depth and breadth of content, provided in an accessible and multimedia/interactive way helps students to dive into this intriguing subject area.
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- Pearson International Content
- 9781292730165
- 9781292730158
- ePub
- 1
- Gabriel A Radvansky; Mark H. Ashcraft; Antonia Ypsilanti; Lambros Lazuras
- English
- 2025-07-31
- 100
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- Cover Page
- Title
- Copyright
- Brief Contents
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Understanding cognitive psychology
- Learning objectives
- 1.1 Thinking about thinking
- 1.2 Memory and cognition defined
- 1.3 An introductory history of cognitive psychology
- 1.4 Cognitive psychology and information processing
- 1.5 Measuring information processes
- 1.6 The standard theory and cognitive science
- 1.7 Themes of human cognition
- Summary: Cognitive psychology
- Chapter 1 quiz
- 2 The neural basis of cognition
- Learning objectives
- 2.1 Brain and cognition
- 2.2 Understanding how neurons work
- 2.3 Brain structures and their function
- 2.4 Cognitive neuropsychology
- 2.5 Connectionism
- Summary: Neural basis of cognition
- Chapter 2 quiz
- 3 Sensation and perception
- Learning objectives
- 3.1 Psychophysics
- 3.2 Visual sensation and perception
- 3.3 Pattern recognition
- 3.4 Top-down processing
- 3.5 Object recognition and agnosia
- 3.6 Auditory sensation and perception
- Summary: Sensation and perception
- Chapter 3 quiz
- 4 Attention
- Learning objectives
- 4.1 Understanding attention
- 4.2 Automatic attentional processes
- 4.3 Controlled, voluntary attention
- 4.4 Attention as a mental resource
- Summary: Attention
- Chapter 4 quiz
- 5 Short-term and working memory
- Learning objectives
- 5.1 A limited-capacity bottleneck
- 5.2 Short-term memory retrieval
- 5.3 Working memory
- 5.4 Assessing working memory
- 5.5 Working memory and cognition
- Summary: Short-term working memory
- Chapter 5 quiz
- 6 Learning and remembering
- Learning objectives
- 6.1 Preliminary issues
- 6.2 Storing information in episodic memory
- 6.3 Boosting episodic memory
- 6.4 Context
- 6.5 Facts and situation models
- 6.6 Autobiographical memories
- 6.7 Memory for the future
- 6.8 Semantic networks and connectionist models
- Summary: Learning and remembering
- Chapter 6 quiz
- 7 Memory and forgetting
- Learning objectives
- 7.1 The seven sins of memory
- 7.2 Forgetting through decay and interference
- 7.3 False memories, eyewitness memory and ‘forgotten memories’
- 7.4 Amnesia and implicit memory
- Summary: Memory and forgetting
- Chapter 7 quiz
- 8 The building blocks of language
- Learning objectives
- 8.1 Linguistic universals and functions
- 8.2 Phonology
- 8.3 Syntax
- 8.4 Lexical factors
- 8.5 Semantics
- 8.6 Brain and language
- Summary: Language
- Chapter 8 quiz
- 9 Language in context
- Learning objectives
- 9.1 Conceptual and rule knowledge
- 9.2 Reading
- 9.3 Reference, situation models and events
- 9.4 Conversation and gesture
- Summary: Comprehension
- Chapter 9 quiz
- 10 Reasoning and decision-making
- Learning objectives
- 10.1 Formal logic and reasoning
- 10.2 Decision-making
- 10.3 Heuristics and biases in decision-making
- 10.4 Framing and risky decisions
- 10.5 Adaptive thinking and ‘fast and frugal’ heuristics
- 10.6 Other explanations
- 10.7 Limitations in reasoning
- Summary: Reasoning and decision-making
- Chapter 10 quiz
- Appendix: Algorithms for coin tosses and hospital births
- 11 Problem-solving
- Learning objectives
- 11.1 Understanding problem-solving
- 11.2 Basics of problem-solving
- 11.3 Gestalt psychology and problem-solving
- 11.4 Insight and analogy
- 11.5 Means–end analysis
- 11.6 Improving your problem-solving
- Summary: Problem-solving
- Chapter 11 quiz
- 12 Social cognition
- Learning objectives
- 12.1 The neural basis of social cognition
- 12.2 Understanding the self
- 12.3 Understanding others
- 12.4 Responding to adverse social signals
- Summary: Social cognition
- Chapter 12 quiz
- 13 Cognition and emotion
- Learning objectives
- 13.1 What is emotion?
- 13.2 Emotion and perception
- 13.3 Emotion and memory
- 13.4 Emotion and language
- 13.5 Emotion and decision making
- 13.6 Emotion regulation
- Summary: Emotion
- Chapter 13 quiz
- 14 Research methods in human cognition
- Learning objectives
- 14.1 The purpose of research methods in cognitive psychology
- 14.2 Reaction time-based tasks
- 14.3 Visual search tasks
- 14.4 Neurophysiological methods
- 14.5 Neuroimaging and brain stimulation methods
- 14.6 Research integrity and ethics
- Summary: Research methods in human cognition
- Chapter 14 quiz
- Answers to end of chapter quizzes
- References
- Glossary
- Index