Cognitive Psychology and Its Implications / Edition 7

by John R. Anderson

Overview

Anderson offers systematic and accessible presentation of the theoretical foundations of higher mental processes, with each important idea made concrete by specific examples and experiments. Focusing on knowledge representation as the central issue of cognition research, the book emphasizes an information processing approach to the field, but offers thorough coverage of the cognitive neuroscience approach as well (extensively updated for this edition).

Reflecting the evolution of current research, the new Seventh Edition looks closely at the dramatic contributions of cognitive neuroscience to the understanding of cognitive functions.  New coverage, new color insert, new pedagogy, and other content and format innovations, make this definitive new edition the most student-friendly yet.
 
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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781429219488
Publisher:	Worth Publishers
Publication date:	10/28/2009
Edition description:	Seventh Edition
Pages:	469
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

1 The Science of Cognition
2 Perception
3 Attention and Performance
4 Mental Imagery
5 Representation of Knowledge
6 Human Memory: Encoding and Storage
7 Human Memory: Retention and Retrieval
8 Problem Solving
9 Expertise
10 Reasoning
11 Problem Solving
12 Language Structure
13 Language Comprehension
14 Individual Differences in Cognition

Editorial Reviews

The biggest strength is the breadth of coverage in this text, ….I also really like that the author situates himself in the field by presenting his own research, and sharing insights from the development of the field.”—Patrick Carolan, Saint Mary’s University

“It think the major strengths of Anderson's text are his use of real world examples outside of the discipline to bring life to theoretical points and his use of graphs/figures to illustrate the empirical, data-driven knowledge base of the discipline.” —Russell Costa, Westminster College

“The book does an excellent job of covering traditional foundational behavioral cognitive psychology studies on each topic, and following this up with recent work in neuroscience.”—George Seror, Univ of Houston, Downtown

“Reviews from students each year have indicated that they greatly appreciated Anderson's straightforward writing style. ...The clear writing helps boil down (at times) complex topics into something very palatable to students. For those topics that may not be difficult inherently but perhaps include many different factors, the organization of how he describes information is very useful.”—Meagan Lentz, Rivier Univ

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